you're too clever to be mentally ill
Sep. 23rd, 2010 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hawkwing_lbIt's been a busy week.
You can tell the Irish autumn is gathering in. Bright flashes of sunlight occasionally break through the dark mass of cloud, but for the most part the grey sky is low, the twilight early, and rain spits - persistently and damply - at the most inconvenient moments.
Today, I attended my first postgraduate "Information Session," in which a very pleasant Director of Teaching and Learning (Postgraduate) explained The Rules. One is required not to exceed two years in the pursuit of an M.Litt, and four in the pursuit of a PhD. There are reporting requirements, and things to do. Depending on how things fall out this year - I had some very fruitful thinking time, for half an hour beforehand - I may need to talk to my supervisor about transferring to the PhD register next year. We'll see.
I have a timetable for my beginners' Classical Greek, which is good. I've also just taken my shiny new library borrowing privileges for a spin. I'm happier about this than any reasonable person should be.
And I've joined the college kayak club.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
matociquala, I blame you and your fabulous roomie for introducing me to this sport. I couldn't just walk past the stand.
Add this to climbing, karate, running, and getting enough Italian to read Il santuario di Aesclepius a Lebena -
Alas, in order to get everything done that I want to get done, and still be able to a)read a little fiction, and b)pretend I still mean to write fictions, I'm going to have to give up watching television and DVDs. No Criminal Minds, no Castle, no nothing. Not until I've written my first 8,000 word chapter, which will hopefully happen within twelve months.
Fruitful thoughts which I have had include the need to find or create a database of mentions of doctors and healing/healing deities in the non-medical texts, if I want to get a good grip on the social context. Anyone have any recommendations for free database software?
You can tell the Irish autumn is gathering in. Bright flashes of sunlight occasionally break through the dark mass of cloud, but for the most part the grey sky is low, the twilight early, and rain spits - persistently and damply - at the most inconvenient moments.
Today, I attended my first postgraduate "Information Session," in which a very pleasant Director of Teaching and Learning (Postgraduate) explained The Rules. One is required not to exceed two years in the pursuit of an M.Litt, and four in the pursuit of a PhD. There are reporting requirements, and things to do. Depending on how things fall out this year - I had some very fruitful thinking time, for half an hour beforehand - I may need to talk to my supervisor about transferring to the PhD register next year. We'll see.
I have a timetable for my beginners' Classical Greek, which is good. I've also just taken my shiny new library borrowing privileges for a spin. I'm happier about this than any reasonable person should be.
And I've joined the college kayak club.
matociquala, I blame you and your fabulous roomie for introducing me to this sport. I couldn't just walk past the stand.Add this to climbing, karate, running, and getting enough Italian to read Il santuario di Aesclepius a Lebena -
Alas, in order to get everything done that I want to get done, and still be able to a)read a little fiction, and b)pretend I still mean to write fictions, I'm going to have to give up watching television and DVDs. No Criminal Minds, no Castle, no nothing. Not until I've written my first 8,000 word chapter, which will hopefully happen within twelve months.
Fruitful thoughts which I have had include the need to find or create a database of mentions of doctors and healing/healing deities in the non-medical texts, if I want to get a good grip on the social context. Anyone have any recommendations for free database software?
