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Apr. 23rd, 2021 07:49 pmI had my last lecture of my 1L year yesterday; once exams are over, I'll be a third of the way done with law school. Hard to believe!
One little silver lining to the pandemic is that because this year's International Congress on Medieval Studies (i.e., Kalamazoo) is virtual, I will be able to attend some of the sessions! It's from May 10-15, and my last exam is on May 11. (Plus, some of the sessions will be recorded, and registered attendees will be able to view the recordings until the end of May.) I got the program in the mail yesterday and have been enjoying flipping through to see what sessions I'm interested in. "Bi- and Tri-Lingual Manuscripts and Early Printed Books" and "Saints and Animals" are closely related to my past research, and then there's "Tolkien's Paratexts, Appendices, Annals, and Marginalia"...and the list goes on! And a couple of grad student friends I know from undergrad are presenting. I think choosing law school over academia was the right choice for me, but I miss medieval studies, and I'm glad I don't have to leave it behind entirely. I know some of you are medievalists (and/or Tolkienists) - is anyone else planning on going to (virtual) Kzoo?
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maythe4thbewithyou fic is due Sunday, and I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that the stylistic thing I tried...didn't work, and a lot of the fic needs to be scrapped. [incoherent screaming] Someday I'm going to finish something well in advance of a deadline, but today is not that day.
I read Becky Chambers' The Galaxy, and the Ground Within - the fourth and final book in the Wayfarers series - when it came out earlier this week. I'll post a review (of all four Wayfarers books) after exams, but for now I'll just say that I heartily recommend it.
One little silver lining to the pandemic is that because this year's International Congress on Medieval Studies (i.e., Kalamazoo) is virtual, I will be able to attend some of the sessions! It's from May 10-15, and my last exam is on May 11. (Plus, some of the sessions will be recorded, and registered attendees will be able to view the recordings until the end of May.) I got the program in the mail yesterday and have been enjoying flipping through to see what sessions I'm interested in. "Bi- and Tri-Lingual Manuscripts and Early Printed Books" and "Saints and Animals" are closely related to my past research, and then there's "Tolkien's Paratexts, Appendices, Annals, and Marginalia"...and the list goes on! And a couple of grad student friends I know from undergrad are presenting. I think choosing law school over academia was the right choice for me, but I miss medieval studies, and I'm glad I don't have to leave it behind entirely. I know some of you are medievalists (and/or Tolkienists) - is anyone else planning on going to (virtual) Kzoo?
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maythe4thbewithyou fic is due Sunday, and I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that the stylistic thing I tried...didn't work, and a lot of the fic needs to be scrapped. [incoherent screaming] Someday I'm going to finish something well in advance of a deadline, but today is not that day. I read Becky Chambers' The Galaxy, and the Ground Within - the fourth and final book in the Wayfarers series - when it came out earlier this week. I'll post a review (of all four Wayfarers books) after exams, but for now I'll just say that I heartily recommend it.
