Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Steadily Creeping

On January 7th and 9th, I will be taking my field exams--no exaggeration--the most important academic tests I will ever take in my life. And I only have 17 days left to study. Some of the material I feel confident with--the film, the fiction--but the poetry, that my friends is going to take a miracle.

So, forgive my lack of interesting posts this semester, and should anything else be posted between now and mid-January; know that it's merely a study break diversion; and try not to judge me too harshly.

Although, taking my cue from Em, I've tested my blog readability and been anointed "College: post-graduate*," so I guess my slippage hasn't yet occurred.

*Edit: After linking to this cite, I rechecked and was promoted to "Genius." Seems suspect.

Little Things

1. I just finished writing the last paper I ever have to write for a class. Wow.

2. After literally years of looking for a quote I'd feel comfortable representing me as my standard email signature, should I ever decide to include one, I came across two from in a single book (Jacob's Room, Virginia Woolf, 1922). Because I don't know if I'm that person (who has email signature quotes), I offer them here:

"But real flowers can never be dispensed with. If they could, human life would be a different affair altogether."

"It is the same with books. What do we seek through millions of pages?"