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So yesterday coleman_genie, ananasananas and I met _jibberish_ at the airport. We then went back to her place for photos and snacks and, you know, catching up with our best friend after a three month absence. So of course we nearly killed ourselves laughing. Eventually we left so they could have dinner, and I came home to Mom and Stuart finishing up with dinner. Okay, whatever. Then there was the unpleasantness and then the bookstore, where I would have liked to have spent more time with mom, especially in the Starbucks, but whatever. I'm trying to let go since, you know, stress induced ailments are bad.

I did get to do one of the things I wanted to last night, buying some Jane Austen. I bought my own copy of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. I admit, I bought this esition of it since it looks girly and all, but I'm really debating taking them back for regular classics version (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice). Seriously, the question over what editions to buy vexes me because, assuming they stay in good condition (which is likely, since I take very good care of my books) I'd hope to pass these on to any nieces or daughters and I know that sounds ridiculous but I am so totally serious. Hrm. Maybe not- if I were to hand down any books, I'd rather they were hardbacks since they really do last longer. So, maybe just for me then, but still. These will be my copies for a good long while; I don't want to choose something I'll only end up hating in a few years.

Erm. Anyway. I also got an email from the professor, and we made an arrangement to meet this afternoon to discuss special topics courses. YAYE. Unless he's calling me in to say "no, I don't actually want to work with you anymore," but I dout he'd do that. Oh god, now I'm worried. I sabotage myself. Arrgh.

In honour of _jibberish_'s return, I present The Beetles- Letter B.

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So, I met with The Professor and we discussed if I could and what I should be studying in a special topics class. Last year we were thinking of doing an historical and etymological examination of the concept of "home," but now after doing Old English and The History of the English Language, he thinks I'll be challenged by Middle English.

So for the first few weeks I'll be writing up a guide to different ME dialects, and then I'll be working with one text, a poem from "The Infancy of Christ" and I'll be examining it phonologically, morphologically, syntactically, lexically...at this point he looked up and said "am I forgetting anything?" and I piped up "Graphologically?" and he got this gleam in his eyes and went "Oh! Paleography!" and wrote that down too.

I'm 85% "OMGYAYE!" and 15% "What the hell have I gotten myself into?"

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So, um. If I was to organize a Jane Austen book club for people in Winnipeg, would anyone on my flist like to come? I'm not sure how it would be organized yet, but I'm just trying to gauge interest.I'm thinking it would be pretty informal.

I'm feeling memeish: Go to the Randomly Generated Quotes page, and select five of them that apply to you.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), 1780

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
George Carlin (1937 - )

I was in yoga the other day. I was in full lotus position. My chakras were all aligned. My mind is cleared of all clatter and I'm looking out of my third eye and everything that I'm supposed to be doing. It's amazing what comes up, when you sit in that silence. 'Mama keeps whites bright like the sunlight, Mama's got the magic of Clorox 2.'
-Ellen Degeneres

The meek shall inherit the earth? Well... I don't think so. If by meek you mean friendly and introverted, okay maybe, but if by meek you mean unwilling to take a chance, then never. If I was a betting man and I had to wager on who I thought would inherit the earth, my money would be on the curious.
Jim Coudal, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

And this one seems perfect for Baxter time: Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park