The end of the semester officially arrived on Wednesday afternoon with the slightly unsettling 'thunk' of six essays being ceremoniously dropped into a locked submission box. Despite the fact that I feel relieved to have successfully survived my first semester of graduate school, when I got home Wednesday evening I felt at a loss. Mostly because I had nothing more to procrastinate and there were so many options of what to do with my time that it was slightly overwhelming.
As a result, I bought myself a reward for finishing the semester. Actor John Barrowman is a native Glaswegian and does pantomime shows at the SECC, which is a short walk away from my flat. I bought a ticket to go see it; it wasn't too expensive, and I figured it would be entirely cool to get to see one of the actors I admire up close. Boy, was I right. The show was amazing. It was called Dick McWhittington, based off of the show Dick Whittington and His Cat, but with a Glaswegian twist! It was phenomenal and while I did not get the chance to meet John this go-around, I'm thinking of going again!
And more adventures will start soon enough.
Friday, 20 December 2013
Sunday, 8 December 2013
I'm bad at this blogging thing: Stirling, Linlithgow, Antonine Wall, and other miscellany.
Nervous chuckling. Apologies for the lack in updates; things have really kicked into the swing of it over here. Now that I've been here for three months (it has been three months on the nose since I left home) it's about time for an update. Time seems to be slowing down a fair bit, and speeding up almost simultaneously. And let's not mention how close to Christmas it is!
It has felt like longer since I moved here, and speeding up in the fact that since then I've written two essays (which I and my fellow Celtic & Viking MLitts would rather not think about again), started doing some volunteer stuff with my convenor, attended some amazing lectures on Iona (potential dissertation topic!), Richard III, and Stonehenge. I might get to work with some material from Iona starting in January, and I've also gone to some new places, as well!
It has felt like longer since I moved here, and speeding up in the fact that since then I've written two essays (which I and my fellow Celtic & Viking MLitts would rather not think about again), started doing some volunteer stuff with my convenor, attended some amazing lectures on Iona (potential dissertation topic!), Richard III, and Stonehenge. I might get to work with some material from Iona starting in January, and I've also gone to some new places, as well!
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