back-to-school BLAHS ???

with only a week now under my belt, this second year of grad school has me feeling totally, well, BLAH. not sure if it's because i'm having a hard time getting back into the groove of things, or because i feel so physically/mentally lethargic or what. i'm even having a harder than usual time of feeding myself! case in point-- it's approx. noon-thirty as i type this and i finally got around to making my fav. snack (toast with marmite, smoked cheddar and a fried egg). while it's packed full of vitamins and protein and stuff, it's the only thing i've eaten today. i'm going to take some grapes and leftover (yes! leftover!!! shocking, i know) spaghetti to class tonight, but should probably eat something else in there. somewhere.

i feel like i can't get anything done. okay, so maybe i did finish my 150-ish pages of early-late tang dynasty poetry/prose but now i can't be bothered to start the readings for my thursday class. i'm too comfortable at home, but if i were to go anywhere, i'd have to lug everything i needed for the rest of the day along with.and my anthology of chinese literature pre-1911 book is wicked heavy! UGH.

i just feel so >meh< about everything. nothing motivates me. nothing excites me. this does not bode well for the semester....

i'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

tonight is the first class of my 2 year of grad school. this semester will be a literature based class and a pop-culture related class. sounds interesting i know, but i'm trying not to get my hopes up yet. (just in case i end up with a disaster professor)

in other news...it's FRAKIN' hot today!!!! and the school is not air conditioned because, it never usually gets this hot. good thing i brought along mugicha and a cold salad.

summer update

so, i have read my way through most of the list below, minus books unavailable at my local libraries or that have ridiculous amounts of holds placed on them (like "queen victoria: demon hunter").

i've also watched a TON of the defunct tv show veronica mars. it was enjoyable for awhile, but the realm of ridiculousity has gone too far for me to truly enjoy it.

being very lazy, sleeping in almost daily, drinking lots of yummy micro-brews and avoiding anything vaguely academic....

all in all, a good if not super lazy summer.

so begins my summer reading list

by rosie rushton:
- love, lies and lizzie
- secret schemes, daring dreams

by amanda grange:
-mr darcy, vampyre
-mr knightley's diary

random:
-queen victoria: demon hunter
-mansfield park and mummies

by george mann:
-the affinity bridge

by stephan hunt:
-the court of the air
-the kingdom beyond the waves
-the rise of the iron moon

by laura joh rowland:
- the cloud pavillion
-bedlam: the further secret adventures of charlotte bronte

by natsuo kirino:
-real world
-grotesque

by jules verne:
-journey to the center of the earth
-around the world in 80 days

any other suggestions???

bibliography

for shits and giggles, if you want to know my souces

paper, part 5

(the end. and quite a bit of it. as always, MY property. do not use without written permission. also, i don't know why the font changes color sometimes. oh well)

paper, part 4

(yes, it just keeps going. and it's MINE. don't use it without my okay!)