Bath was fantastic. I think we went to York, but I can't remember. the best thing was seeing a Shakespeare play at Stratford on Avon, the tour guide and I were the only ones who went and afterwards we stood on a bridge and talked and watched the swans get swept down stream by the fast current.
I liked Bath a lot. The combo of Roman and English just fascinated me, and I have a cool picture of me standing in front of this roman mouth with yellow, hot water streaming out of it. And I saw Kenneth Branaugh in Hamlet at SuA! It was so cool. I snuck into a closer seat in a box and just watched.
I have to go Out into the cold and submit my background check. I will do it at 4. I don't want to go out. It's really freakin' cold out. Luckily, the university is only 5 minutes away.
More coffee for me. (I had horrible insomnia last night, and didn't get to sleep till 6 am, and just woke up at 2:30 to Gimlet staring owlishly at me, then thumping over the length of my body to twitch ominously at the squirrel outside the bedroom window.)
SA has a new tag.
And since I'm here, so does beathen, the saucy minx.
Someday, I will make it to the UK.
I'm hoping my parents go this year while mother's cousins are still spry enough to bustle them about, though with a new grandchild on the way, they'll probably put it off.
re: Jack London.
I love To Build A Fire. We read that in 7th grade English and I loved it. Mom had an old textobook at home with the story in it and I would sit there and read it over and over. That and A Rose for Emily.
REcently I went and bought a collection of Jack London's short stories but it was hard to read them because he was very much a product of his times and it's hard to get past some of his descriptions.
Hardian Wall
OK, I love this. I think you're talking about Hadrian's Wall, yes? But honestly, I like Hardian a whole lot better.
Hee. Now I see the border between Scotland and England being patrolled by morose characters from Jude the Obscure.
I love To Build A Fire. We read that in 7th grade English and I loved it.
That's a great story. It's like, "Yay, I got a--FUCK. Okay. Stupid matches. All right! I got a f--FUCK! Fucking snow. Let's try this again. Awesome. Check out my fi--MOTHERFUCK. That's it, I'm killing my dog."
Deb - yes, Hadrian's Wall! And I know how it's spelled, but I was trying to be stealth and not get caught posting when I should be typing up notes.
Hmm. I may include that synopsis for my students. I think they'l appreciate it.
O' course, my mentor teacher probably wouldn't. But my university supervisor takes all her phone calls in her hot tub, with a glass of Scotch to hand, so she'd probably be ok with it.
Ali, I honestly like Hardian better. It's like Eddie Izzard, saying that there really should have a Roman Emperor Fabulous.
