I am so worn out
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cornerofmadnessToday was my long day (well not as long as Wednesday but close). It's also the end of the year and students were everywhere and they would not go the hell away even after I posted up my new sign a friend made me with Gandalf and the words 'You Shall Not Pass.' As a result I couldn't make it to the gym to do a full work out.
So I rode that bike like the devil was after me because that's what I'm supposed to do, ride hard if I can't go long. Hustled over to the student research presentations. Only sat thru half before going to my friend's Welsh Fellowship presentation and i had to be there because they wanted to present me as the next fellow. My friend is something of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bob_fish's American counterpart and her talk was on the troubles of having an independent Welsh film industry considering both world distribution issues and the emergence of a new Welsh identity seperate from English (and having an English controlled media).
People came up to me to tell me how excited they were by my idea. We can't wait to see your research. Yeah, me too. Gulp. Also I had no idea they were going to announce that my novel Machiavelli Moon was going to be part of my research. Yes I did stick that on the proposal to make myself look better since this is SO far out of my field of study. Whee. You know this makes me wish a) that I could do original art or afford to pay someone to do it for me so I could have a little portrait of Sulien and Caderyn to show this time next year and b) for me to get off my ass, finish editing and start marketing it again because what could be cooler than to have that story published?
I then jumped in my car and flew over to Athens because I had to pick up my world book night books. I also wanted to eat in my favorite Chinese restaurant, forgetting this was Friday in Athens. I got in in time but couldn't get out. There were people every damn place. I got to the Athens Book Center and they were putting out cookies and juice for all the book givers. I was the last to arrive but they waited to see if there were going to be more coming so I shopped around. I swear there was a bird nest in teh wall. I could hear the chirrping and I saw what looked like twigs poking through an area of drop ceiling.
Sadly, no one else came. There were just three of us. That was disappointing. I continued shopping after we put the books in the car and I hit the rest room. I didn't realize that the store had technically closed and they were just open for us (but who closes at 6 pm?) They weren't too sad since I shelled out 70$ in books including one I hope to go to see a presentation on Asylum on the HIll: History of a Healing Landscape about the Ridges (the asylum I've posted pictures of before). It was written by Katherine Ziff who teaches at Ohio University. The book had college text prices. yikes but it's my end of the year treat to myself a little early and it helped a local book store so...I got some o Ohio Hauntings too. The ladies were stunned that I came all the way from where I live to there, like I drove a 100 miles to get there. Oh right, round trip I DID.
I hit the Donkey bar for coffee. I should have brought more quarters for the parking and stayed for the music they were having. Oh well.
The cats aren't speaking to me. I've been putting in 12-14 hours away from home all week and they're like who are you?
So I rode that bike like the devil was after me because that's what I'm supposed to do, ride hard if I can't go long. Hustled over to the student research presentations. Only sat thru half before going to my friend's Welsh Fellowship presentation and i had to be there because they wanted to present me as the next fellow. My friend is something of
bob_fish's American counterpart and her talk was on the troubles of having an independent Welsh film industry considering both world distribution issues and the emergence of a new Welsh identity seperate from English (and having an English controlled media). People came up to me to tell me how excited they were by my idea. We can't wait to see your research. Yeah, me too. Gulp. Also I had no idea they were going to announce that my novel Machiavelli Moon was going to be part of my research. Yes I did stick that on the proposal to make myself look better since this is SO far out of my field of study. Whee. You know this makes me wish a) that I could do original art or afford to pay someone to do it for me so I could have a little portrait of Sulien and Caderyn to show this time next year and b) for me to get off my ass, finish editing and start marketing it again because what could be cooler than to have that story published?
I then jumped in my car and flew over to Athens because I had to pick up my world book night books. I also wanted to eat in my favorite Chinese restaurant, forgetting this was Friday in Athens. I got in in time but couldn't get out. There were people every damn place. I got to the Athens Book Center and they were putting out cookies and juice for all the book givers. I was the last to arrive but they waited to see if there were going to be more coming so I shopped around. I swear there was a bird nest in teh wall. I could hear the chirrping and I saw what looked like twigs poking through an area of drop ceiling.
Sadly, no one else came. There were just three of us. That was disappointing. I continued shopping after we put the books in the car and I hit the rest room. I didn't realize that the store had technically closed and they were just open for us (but who closes at 6 pm?) They weren't too sad since I shelled out 70$ in books including one I hope to go to see a presentation on Asylum on the HIll: History of a Healing Landscape about the Ridges (the asylum I've posted pictures of before). It was written by Katherine Ziff who teaches at Ohio University. The book had college text prices. yikes but it's my end of the year treat to myself a little early and it helped a local book store so...I got some o Ohio Hauntings too. The ladies were stunned that I came all the way from where I live to there, like I drove a 100 miles to get there. Oh right, round trip I DID.
I hit the Donkey bar for coffee. I should have brought more quarters for the parking and stayed for the music they were having. Oh well.
The cats aren't speaking to me. I've been putting in 12-14 hours away from home all week and they're like who are you?
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Date: 2012-04-21 02:33 am (UTC)I'm overwhelmed that your school sponsors that! What an enlightened place.
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Date: 2012-04-21 03:45 am (UTC)It's cool. We're one of the few Welsh heritage places in America.
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Date: 2012-04-21 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-04-21 03:52 am (UTC)ugh
Date: 2012-04-22 01:22 am (UTC)Re: ugh
Date: 2012-04-22 02:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-23 02:42 am (UTC)Ugh mine are the total opposite. I'm gone 13-14hrs then come home and they're ALL over me. Uuuugh my allergies... I can only handle so much. *sniffle*
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Date: 2012-04-23 02:54 am (UTC)