Monday, May 15, 2006

My First and Penultimate Exam and How To Celebrate

Hello everyone!!!!!!
I am very happy because my first exam is over and now I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel! It went okay, but that is not the important news: the important news is that if my first exam is over now, my second (and last, ever!!!) exam has the possibility of being over soon, as well! Which is very good, because I am fed up with all this nonsense.
In other (but somewhat related) news, I have decided I want this awesome Domo Kun hoodie I've seen, but I haven't got the money! So, if you feel generous and wanna give me an AWESOME 'yay-your-exams-are-over' present, look for 'domo kun hoodie' on google and buy me a large one. The hoodie is basically just brown with his mouth and eyes on it, but it is awesome. A cuddly Domo Kun toy will also be acceptable, if not themed in any way but just him!
Or you can just make me wait till I get my fulltime job at Homebase and can afford one myself. But what would be the fun in that?
I was going to put a picture of Domo Kun right here, but it is taking too long to upload so I won't.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Some good, some bad.

I have finished my revision for today and have decided to not do extra work because, well, I don't want to. European Theatre revision turned out to be much less stressful than Shakespeare, although I have no clue how I will do in the exams. Not that it matters because the tutors are on strike and probably won't mark any of them, so we are doing work for nothing. At least I have the dubious pleasure of knowing that the two essays I am writing after my exams will be marked because the tutors for those two modules are not in the union...
So, today was a strange day. I got up at 7, did some work on 'Life is a dream', 'Tartuffe' and 'Three Sisters', and then felt so sleepy I decided to take a nap. I dreamt I was at a party in a huge house on the beach where I lived with my entire family, which was made up entirely of famous people. All of a sudden there was a lion scare, so I went to the garage where two Adrien Brodys were closing metal shutters and loading their guns. I hooked up with one of them after he had opened the shutters for me at the danger of being killed by lions (which were nowhere to be seen), and then the scene changed and I was married to Captain Fuller from '21 Jump Street'. I was trying to make sense of this while still being half asleep when someone started mowing the grass VERY LOUDLY. It turned out to be my landlord in my garden, so I decided to have lunch and do some more work, which I am now done with.
The only other thing I have to say is that there are way too few summaries of european plays on the net for free. And why does sparknotes have a summary of Beckett's 'Endgame' but not of 'Waiting for Godot'? Not that I am complaining, mind, as I have to revise 'Endgame'. Well, I am complaining because I hate Beckett but still have to revise him in case I can say something sensible about him in the exam (not likely).
Anyways, I will release you from my ranting and finish by saying my mum sent me an AWESOME card yesterday, in reply to the Edward Monkton card I sent her last week.
(Oh, in case you were wondering; the card and the Adrien Brody snog were the good, all else the bad, but you really shouldn't have wondered because that was quite obvious)

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Bloody Tuesday

It is over! I have cramp in my hands, the top of my right-hand middle finger has more ink than skin visible and hurts, my neck and shoulders hurt and I am tired, but the first day of intense revision is over! And it feels good. I only have a little bit of The Winter's Tale left to do (but that's only because Antony and Cleopatra is stupidly long and took me 3.5 hours), so I think I feel justified in watching one episode of '21 Jump Street' before going to bed. I think it is all my brain can handle right now anyways, my drawings were becoming simpler and with less words as I continued through The Merchant of Venice...
Goodnight all.
(How on earth did I get red and purple ink on the palm of my right hand? So strange...)

Monday, May 08, 2006

Update on my revision



Before I go to bed, I want to leave you with these pictures. Just to make sure you don't think I am insane, the pictures are just to refresh my memory, not real presentations of Shakespeare's language (or drawing skills, haha). Goodnight all.

For the sceptical among you

Just to show my unbelieving readers that I am working on revision. My counseller helped me find a fun way of revising (really, making the schedule was fun enough for me) as I only have one week left and am slightly scared. It's all good, tho, I will survive... I love my counseller, she's great. The empty spaces on Thursday and Friday will be filled by tonight, when I will have planned my revision for European Theatre. I will also post some pics of my lovely 'As You Like It' pictures later on, believe me, they are awesomely artistic. The grey areas are mainly spaces for domestic stuff or mini breaks, and notice I only have one hour of free time during the weekdays? Poor me. Boohoo.