Momma never told me that there'd be weekends like this...

[d_aulnoy]

But, in all fairness, if she had, I probably would have run screaming from academia to the comforting embrace of the sex industry. Talk about feeling used! So far, I've listed to the entirety of _Let Go_ (to my eternal shame) caught up on crucial reading (Holly Black's _Tithe_ - for my sanity), started revisions on my NYRSF essays (yes, I procrastinate ... when I was younger, I thought of starting the Church of Tomorrow, a sect for Procrastinators... but, somehow, I never got around to it), written a first draft of my proposal for the next ICFA, and attended a grad. student party (much like the reception, actually, but with less food and a greater selection of imported beer - fat lot of good that did me, as I think that the stuff tastes like piss). This is kind of a random question, based wholly in my own bizarre beliefs, but isn't the point of drinking at parties so that you can dance without feeling like an ass? Much booze, no dancing. It was very anti-climactic. I could have used a little catharsis. Instead, I get to go on to a second draft of the proposal, work on my Goblin Market research, and ponder the question of why, why, why, I can never seem to find the time to finish the paper that I'm writing on Harry Potter and racism. Maybe J.K. Rowling's ennui is contagious? The light at the end of the tunnel is dinner and _Angel_ with Bryn.

Comments

Can I read your Potter paper?

[elsiemonster.livejournal.com]

I'm very interested in reading your paper on Potter and racism (whenever you finish it).

The Point of Drinking at Parties:
I thought it was a more socially acceptable way to create excuses for bad behavior if things happen to go wrong. Also, it gives you something to do with your hands and your mouth to make you appear "busy" with something, plus it's cheaper than Paxil.

Re: Can I read your Potter paper?

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

As soon as I manage to work the little sucker out, it's all yours. I find it fascinating the Rowling has created this kind of a fantastic apartheid without considering the consequences; she seems to be setting us up for a positive resolution with Hermione, but in the meantime, we have "good" characters like Ron seriously saying things like "They. Like. It. They like being slaves." Talk about problematic. Considering the age group that the books are putatively intended for, I'm thinking that there must be some damned confused grade schoolers trying to reconcile their classwork with their recreational reading ... hopefully their parents will explain the concept of "story arc" to them.

Regarding drinking .... oh, that's hilarious. Suddenly, so many more things make sense ....