Today...

[hmpf]

... I was given a good grade I didn't deserve;

... I am filled with a burning love for jumping_off for all the great discussion there, and the fact that disagreement isn't seen as a threat there (I'm way behind on commenting on comments and stuff, though);

... I still need to (and will!) wrestle down Slovakian archaeology;

... I've eaten properly for the first time in oh, I don't know how long;

... I feel creative (but still don't quite have the time to write LoM/Sandman fic now - Slovakia comes first, I'm afraid);

... I'm still viscerally disturbed by the prevalent 'happy ending' interpretation of LOM, but beginning to feel a bit more relaxed about it;

... I'm actually looking forward to getting back to the kind of uni work I *enjoy* (once the bloody Slovakian thing is over).

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[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

yay!

[torn-eledhwen.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

I was given a good grade I didn't deserve;

Or possibly you're being too hard on yourself and your natural brilliance shone through!

*anticipates explaination of why that is not the case*

Shut up! Don't question! Be a genius! Come to britain!

...subtle, aren't I?

Um, yes, anyway, this also sounds promising:

I'm actually looking forward to getting back to the kind of uni work I *enjoy*

One should never forget why one is doing something. *nods sagely as if she has actual wisdom*

*anticipates explaination of why that is not the case*

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

The prof explicitly *told* me so. ;-)

No, seriously. Essentially, I screwed up a bit in an oral exam, and she gave me an excellent grade anyway, because she figured she knew that I could do better than that. Bit unfair, really, and I am angry at myself now for not asking her immediately to give me the *honest* grade.

Re: *anticipates explaination of why that is not the case*

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Pfft! The teacher judged you to have performed adequately to get that grade, if her assessment is based more on your practical all-the-time skills than your under-pressure-in-an-exam skills more power to her since that's probably a more accurate for anyone who needs to know once you've left university and aren't going to be using those skills under exam conditions.

A teacher's job is to teach and assess. Frankly, I don't think that one-shot exams are great ways of assessing relative skills anyway. And I say this as someone who usually performs well in exams.

So, as I said, pfft!

[jantalaimon.livejournal.com]

...Slovakian thing?

jumping_off is probably the first time I've really been able to discuss things like I'd want to. Probably because I was watching things so out-of-sync with when everyone saw them on TRA, it was hard to have true "discussions." Prior to the ending, of course. ;)

[ex-emeriin213.livejournal.com]

I'm filled with love for jumping_off too. I don't deny anyone their opinions on TRA but its so nice not to have to feel like I'm doing something wrong by disagreeing with the majority opinion. And yes, I might be slightly obsessed with Livejournal too, anyway.

I mainly went to TRA for the speculation.

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

While I never really *trusted* LOM enough to believe that it would get even close to the level of complexity of some of the theories we developed, it was tremendously fun to try to spot patterns and interpret them, even if only to inspire fic. I really liked the - if you will - creative act of coming up with possible-but-slightly-insane interpretations of minor details. The 'Speculation & Theories' forum at TRA is a treasure trove of fic ideas!

BTW, will comment on your fic tonight; couldn't concentrate enough in the last couple of days. (Yes, I know I participated in discussions despite this; the thing is, discussing is almost an autonomous body function with me... *g*)

Re: I mainly went to TRA for the speculation.

[ex-emeriin213.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I do want to redraft it, I just don't trust myself doing it.

And as for trusting LOM, there was a time when I thought the writers wouldn't comply with the normal rules of TV (happy ending, male/female lead hooking up, that kinda thing) and that I could trust them. But as season two went on, as much I loved it, I knew that they wouldn't be as groundbreaking as I thought and that they would have a normal, TV ending.

Long uni essay (20 pages, though I only managed 17, which is bad)

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

about early metallurgy in Slovakia. I really hope that I'll still manage to pass with that, because I *don't* fancy doing another one of those!