Brr, It's Cold in Here
Nov. 23rd, 2006 12:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annundrielMy day was basically unproductive. Well, Tuesday was pretty unproductive, but that was in a fun way and I felt not at all guilty about it. Today was a day of not being able to focus on anything and it all basically comes down to the fact that my exploratory narrative for Modernism is due Tuesday and I haven't done anything for it besides think about it. Which is fine, because it doesn't take me that long to write five pages and exploratory narratives are easy since they're basically a diary entry detailing thought processes during research. The thing that I'm worried about is the fact that I don't really have an interpretive question. I know I want to write about Woolf's To the Lighthouse and that I'd like to explore the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey and the power dynamics between them, but I don't know what sort of question to ask.
I'm drawn to them because on the one hand Mrs. Ramsey is a very Victorian woman, urging Lily Briscoe to marry and start a family because that's what women should do. She worries about Lily and how she'll end up alone if she doesn't marry. On the other hand, Mrs. Ramsey strays from the ideal Victorian woman and the submissiveness of that position in her actual interactions with her husband. He's still in power, but he's basically still in power because she lets him think he is.
At least, that's how I read it. Looks like I might be pulling out Foucault again. I'm never going to get away from his History of Sexuality, am I?
Anyway. I'm a little frustrated at my lack of focus today. I've had some fic ideas that I've jotted in my notebook and I couldn't even focus enough to work on them today.
But, I have been reading Wizard of the Crow, which is a good thing because I really should finish it before writing the author paper and it's 700+ pages. And now I've painted my toe and finger nails and they're all shiny and the polish fumes have probably gone a little to my head. Other than that I've watched America's Next Top Model and Top Chef and blathered at my mother about how I'm kind of liking Torchwood better than Doctor Who.
Speaking of Torchwood, that "Countrycide" was one of the creepiest television episodes of anything I've seen in awhile. And very very good. As soon as it started with the deserted country road in the middle of the night and the girl came across the figure in the road I had to pause it and ask Natasha if she would stop for a figure laying in the road if she was alone and it was night and there was nothing around. She said she'd call 911 and wait in the car. One of the things I absolutely HATE is driving around at night when I'm home. It's scary when you're the only person on the road and the only lights are the houses ever half-mile apart. You just...don't get out of your car when weird things start happening.
Other than the creepy/disturbing? I will say that I'm always a little surprised by how adult the show is. The bit with Gwen and Owen against the tree is usually only something I see/hear on Nip/Tuck in my regular TV schedule. Owen's been growing on me a bit. We'll see about this affair though.
Tosh is still just kind of there for me. I like her, but she hasn't stood out a lot. Ianto, on the other hand, has become a bit of a favorite and I'm not even entirely sure why. (Rodney was an immediate favorite on SGA and I couldn't explain that to begin with either.) I guess there's something about how he does brave things when he's obviously terrified and generally competent at his job. Plus he's got lovely hands.
Yeah. Anyway. I want more information about Jack and what he was doing on Earth during the war anyway.
Tomorrow EB's picking me up and I'm going to the aunt and uncle's for Thanksgiving. Have never actually had it at their house before, and this is only the second time I've had it somewhere other than home. This will also be the first time I see their new house and new cat. Exciting!
I'm drawn to them because on the one hand Mrs. Ramsey is a very Victorian woman, urging Lily Briscoe to marry and start a family because that's what women should do. She worries about Lily and how she'll end up alone if she doesn't marry. On the other hand, Mrs. Ramsey strays from the ideal Victorian woman and the submissiveness of that position in her actual interactions with her husband. He's still in power, but he's basically still in power because she lets him think he is.
At least, that's how I read it. Looks like I might be pulling out Foucault again. I'm never going to get away from his History of Sexuality, am I?
Anyway. I'm a little frustrated at my lack of focus today. I've had some fic ideas that I've jotted in my notebook and I couldn't even focus enough to work on them today.
But, I have been reading Wizard of the Crow, which is a good thing because I really should finish it before writing the author paper and it's 700+ pages. And now I've painted my toe and finger nails and they're all shiny and the polish fumes have probably gone a little to my head. Other than that I've watched America's Next Top Model and Top Chef and blathered at my mother about how I'm kind of liking Torchwood better than Doctor Who.
Speaking of Torchwood, that "Countrycide" was one of the creepiest television episodes of anything I've seen in awhile. And very very good. As soon as it started with the deserted country road in the middle of the night and the girl came across the figure in the road I had to pause it and ask Natasha if she would stop for a figure laying in the road if she was alone and it was night and there was nothing around. She said she'd call 911 and wait in the car. One of the things I absolutely HATE is driving around at night when I'm home. It's scary when you're the only person on the road and the only lights are the houses ever half-mile apart. You just...don't get out of your car when weird things start happening.
Other than the creepy/disturbing? I will say that I'm always a little surprised by how adult the show is. The bit with Gwen and Owen against the tree is usually only something I see/hear on Nip/Tuck in my regular TV schedule. Owen's been growing on me a bit. We'll see about this affair though.
Tosh is still just kind of there for me. I like her, but she hasn't stood out a lot. Ianto, on the other hand, has become a bit of a favorite and I'm not even entirely sure why. (Rodney was an immediate favorite on SGA and I couldn't explain that to begin with either.) I guess there's something about how he does brave things when he's obviously terrified and generally competent at his job. Plus he's got lovely hands.
Yeah. Anyway. I want more information about Jack and what he was doing on Earth during the war anyway.
Tomorrow EB's picking me up and I'm going to the aunt and uncle's for Thanksgiving. Have never actually had it at their house before, and this is only the second time I've had it somewhere other than home. This will also be the first time I see their new house and new cat. Exciting!
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