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…I’ll just be in my hole* this month.

An open letter to my friends:
You may have to coax Bryce to post a bit more regularly, because I think I’ll be out of commission these next few weeks. I shall be gulping coffee like it’s water and striding my short little legs all around this city en route to the Uni and home.

I am giving a work in progress presentation a month earlier than I thought, on Monday rather than in March. This should be okay because I do have a chapter of my PhD that I’ve finished and so should be able to extract some from that. However I do need to have some very small bit of brilliance to go along with my brilliant friend who is also presenting on Monday. Cue: coffee.

I also foolishly signed up to read about 10 honkin’ biographies for a prize that the University gives out. I signed up as I get paid 150 quid. However, this 150 quid comes after reading (clear throat, skimming) and reviewing said biographies by the end of the month. Did I mention I just got the box of books today?

I also, glutton for punishment that I am, volunteered to do a book review for a journal. This is good as it counts as a minor publication. However, I’m only halfway through the book and the review is due at the end of the month. Again, brilliance needed…and by the end of the month, I’m sure it’ll be elusive.

I also have weekly tutorials to teach; I believe I shall let the students do presentations to lighten up my own prep work. Next week it’s House of Mirth, followed by Heart of Darkness and then Ezra Pound’s poetry.

Oh one more thing, a job application to fill out. Indeed, much brilliance and much coffee needed.

So dear friends,
I hope our friendship I can mend
If I in any way offend
As I run and run and run around
Marching from home to Uni, up the Mound.
Please leave comments to show you care
In the meantime I’ll sip my coffee and perfect the blank stare…
…and wait till March.

*’hole’ denotes my 4th floor garret office.

This entry was posted by Ashley on Friday, February 10th, 2006 at 6:37 pm. This entry was tagged with silliness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.