"So you pass to the left then you sail to the right..."

[hermionesviolin]

Slept in and then had a headache until about dinnertime. Not fair, i say. Got my taxes done, though, so that’s one thing off the To Do List.

Writing my Robinson Crusoe paper i think i’m gonna end up actually ended up arguing against the side i was originally gonna take. Huh. Whatever, just so long as i can just get the bloody thing finished.

The amount of work i have to do these next few weeks rather borders on staggering. I remain convinced that it is doable, however. And i have ideas for all my current fic assignments, so that’s good, too. Need to figure out exactly what i wanna do for my final for Betsey’s class, though.

My 2nd UMass interview paper is basically “What was your experience with fairy tales as a child and how have fairy tales influenced your sense of self?” Volunteers?

Went to Sea Symphony. Michael sat a few seats down from us, sans brood (probably a good idea given the length of the symphony, i suppose). I was so impressed that no one clapped after the first movement, but then after the second and third some people clapped for just a second. One would think it would be the other way around, no?

My grandfather’s blazer for Drag Ball tonight was the first time i had worn long sleeves in 2 days. Woot.

Bryn was totally working the bondage look. Telling everyone to sit down so we could all see for the Drag Show (aka sex on a stage) she said “Everyone get down on your knees. Yes, you may call me Mistress. Now get down on your knees.”

I was gonna babble about being comfortable in one’s own skin and gender roles and stuff but, nah.

Bedtime.

Comments

[lilithchilde.livejournal.com]

Well, did you like the concert? :p (We always get such rude audiences at JMG. I wanted to smack the people who were leaving loudly. Arrrgh.)

Bryn? Bondage? Gah. Just one big world of gah.

I do wish I could have come, but believe me, I just would have collapsed on the sidelines after about five minutes.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Yes, i did like the concert, dearheart :P (And yeah, i was rather astonished by the number of people who kept leaving between movements.)

When i came in, Bryn and someone else were putting on a mini-show on the dance floor (i swear most of the point of Drag Ball is just to watch other people) and i thought of you and Evadne and thought "Watching Bryn = worth the price of admission alone?"

I totally understand about opting out. Don't really think collapsing from exhaustion is a good thing. Hope you had a good night at Kath's.

[hedy.livejournal.com]

I'll be interviewed.

[speacechilde.livejournal.com]

ooh, interview me!
:)

The Interview Question

[azdback.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if the tale of Robin Hood counts as a fairy tale or not, but if so, then...

One of my favorite movies as a child was the Disney Robin Hood with the fox and so on. Robin Hood the Fox was my first crush ever, and I was absolutely infatuated. Keep in mind I'm about four or five. Well my mother, being the woman she was and not being quite able, at that time, to understand that I was a child and not a small adult (though her insistence that I was began to make me so so by the time I was six I was mentally about 40 which has made me all kinds of screwed up but also made me the person that I am now, and my God! these are a long parthesies)decided I should get The Real Story. So she read it to me. In long grizzly novel detail. And he dies! Robin DIES at the end of Robin Hood! There was a great engraving in the book of him being hanged or whatever that I vividly remember TO THIS DAY because it was so traumatising.

From there on out, I refused to read the "real" version of Disney movies.

And that's my experience. But like I said. Not sure it counts as a fairy tale, per se, but I'm not sure how one defines a fairy tale anyway. Care to illuminate?

Re: The Interview Question

[azdback.livejournal.com]

Ah. As for how fairy tales influenced my sense of self, I don't think they really did. Except, I was always very upset that Disney Princesses were usually blonde and never had my skin colour.