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[hathycol]

Today has been, after the madness of yesterday, A Good Day. I decided that dressing as a pirate for divinity was a bad plan. I did, however, have my silent protest by, er, not going to my lecture or my tutorial BECAUSE I DO NOT CARE LALALALALALA.

Instead, I edited my essays and serenely handed them all in. I then practically skipped home, crawled into bed, had a Naptime Friday happy in the knowledge that I should be learning about God and I wasn't, and woke up in time to have a leisurely lunch sat in the beautiful sunshine, before happily skipping to my medieval tutorial and talking rubbish for an hour.

Then I found out that I've gotten in my first choice for all my modules. All! I rule!

Semester One will consist of Samuel Pepys And His World - RESTORATION ENGLAND. THE RESTORATION. THAT THING WITH MY HISTORICAL CRUSH CHARLES II. And ohohoh I love British history I do I do I do and this si slap bang in My Period and oh yay!

I will also get The Medieval Ages and the Movies. This is an incedibly competetive course, and linwesurion assured me it was very popular, etc, etc, and that it's also bloody amazing. Robert Bartlett, The Greatest Lecturer To Hit The Medeival Period! Watching films! EEEHEEEE!

Second Semester is Henry VIII, which I'm taking out of a morbid attraction to the fat git. I don't have quite the same OMFG SQUEE feeling about it, but it's still a Very Good Thing. I'm also doing a Scottish History course - shoe__gal should be proud - on Edward I and his attempted takeover of all of the British Isles.

So again, I trundled home, so happy I could sing, because the sun is shining, because my essays are out of the way, because I like such random historical things that no one else took my place in the classes I wanted. I talked - really, properly talked - to people I don't often talk to, which is rare.

Tonight I'm going to see The Lives of Others with Sashsa and shuffle_off, and then there may be some drinking. Tomorrow I am not starting on my divinity essay. Instead, I will do my tutorial reading, and I will clean the house, and I will enjoy getting these things out of the way. I'm sure that I'll go back to being crazy and miserable in a couple of days, but for now, I'm going to enjoy that feeling.

Comments

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for getting desired module choices!

[shoe--gal.livejournal.com]

Glad you got your choices - they all sound pretty interesting actually! The Scottish one is a good option - Michael Brown's lovely. I'd also want to take the Henry VIII one myself - I took a few Tudor modules at honours, as Tudors used to be my big thing. I suppose they still are in some ways, with the British aspect of my thesis. We had John Guy here back then, I was so excited to be taught by one of my history idols, haha! Paul Hammer does all the Tudor stuff now - he's also pretty cool.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

The Henry VIII one is the only Tudor one ofered this year, except as part of inclusion in the Reformation and a study of nobility. Quite gutted, I wish there'd been someething on Elizabeth I...

[hyrnetanga.livejournal.com]

We have a module here called "The Middle Ages go to the Movies", my friend did it last year for her free elective.
If it's anything similar, I think you're going to like it. It was basically overdosing on Robin Hood films!

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

We go one better than Robin Hood - we get to study Monty Python.

*dances*

[original-hell.livejournal.com]

Hooray for module choices! Hooray for finishing things! *does the happy dance*
and thankyou for the postcard, sweet
*hugs and kisses*
xx

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

Well, it was high time I sent you something in the post!