Day 2

So my erstwhile editor and critic of long standing (he knows who he is because he's the only one who reads my blogs) has suggested that I add more 'social commentary', which I think merits a picture from one of my favourite webcomics, the genius that is Kate Beaton's Hark, a Vagrant:

Isn't it great? Yeah. I <3 Jane Austen. 

There's not an awful lot for me to comment socially about, to be perfectly honest. There are so few people around and I interact with so few of them that there isn't an awful lot to comment on. Alas, woe, head-beating and teeth-gnashing, etc. 

I managed to have a cup of tea this morning. This was the c(o)up of the day. I traipsed upstairs to Andrew's room to use his kettle. After that I felt ready to burrow underground again (I returned to the Gladstone library) and I read a book, a whole book on Reception studies by one L. Hardwick. Yeah. 

Ooh this blog is so multimedia it's not even real. Check me out. I mean, look at it. It's got a guy with horns on the front cover. You can't tell me that's not classical. It was pretty interesting, too. Though possibly too broad for my use. Still, it's one more thing to put on the bibliography. If I can get it to fill a page I will be happy (and also a bit smug). 

I also had lunch with Adam. I enjoy our lunch breaks. I went to Tesco beforehand and became the proud owner of some tomato ketchup, so I am now truly living it large. I noticed (because 'observant' is my middle name) that Tesco is virtually empty these days, thus proving that actually students make up the bulk of their customers at all times. Something for central supermarkets to ponder, perhaps. They probably have market researchers who are already well aware of the phenomenon, but just in case, y'know, it needed flagging up again... 

I returned triumphantly to Exeter library this afternoon. I dislike how if you aren't at the library before 10am, there are no seats to be had (not even for ready money *sneaky Oscar Wilde quotation FTW*) but happily no-one likes the annexe, so I stationed myself there with my Latin Core file and sorted through it. Once I had done that, I went on a vigorous walk via Christchurch meadows, where I enjoyed judging and begrudged dodging tourists left, right and centre. I was also confirmed in my belief that moorhens are super awesome. Have you seen their feet? You can't tell me they're not awesome. 

Then I went back to the library (yes, life really is that exciting these days), although this time I had my Greek core file with me. Ohoh yes. It's all about variety. 


I had a go at reading some Suetonius this evening but gave it up when Farha came to say hello. We ended up having dinner together and waxing lyrical about our love of vegetables (we really love them). Then I watched Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, ep.2, which was excellent. And now the past has caught up with the present and I am writing about how I am writing a blog. I should stop before it all gets a bit meta.