"ONE THING I AM NEVER GOING TO DO WHEN I GROW UP
Is fall in love, drop out of college, learn to subsist on water and air, have a species named after me, and ruin my life." - Nicole Krauss: The History of Love
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Lip Biter.
I've noticed in the past few days while sitting in front of my computer and the pile of books that are mounting up on my desk that I bite my lip when I am trying to concentrate. To be more specific, when I am in that awkward stage of working where I know everything I need to do and everything I want to say, but actually putting it into words is a task that I cannot engage with. In the next few days, I need to put the finishing touches to one essay, do the reading to begin the plans for another, find a way to work the book I want to write about into another AND have a meeting with a tutor as I way to tackle the one I am dreading. To say I am both scared and stressed would be an understatement. Add into this equation the excruciating pain of my wisdom teeth attempting to make an appearance, and I am just about ready to crawl into bed, sleep and resurface when all this is over, with the wish that the Degree Fairies have completed all my impending work for me. No? Didn't think so. Best get back to it...
introspective, adj. having the quality of looking within; examining into one's own thoughts, feelings, or mental condition, or expressing such examination. (OED)
A little bit of everything and a whole lot of nothing.
Snack food in vast quantities. A large cup of tea, 2 sweeteners. Loud music, long books and late nights. Black and white movies, rain storms, big sunglasses, painted nails and a never ending 'to read' list.
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