New mood theme. I'm actually not going to use this journal much, I think. But we'll see.

New job, moving soon. Loads going on but no one knows me here.

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Stephen Fry was in Wisconsin last week?! I was in Wisconsin last week! (Most weeks, actually. Sadly.) It's kind of . . . interesting. Probably to no one but me. But this is, after all, my journal. And I am still awake at this ghastly hour.

I'm either going to read more British history, or hit myself in the head with a brick. The general idea being I will get something approximating sleep, or do more studying. The tests are Monday, so... maybe insomnia's a good thing?

Enter Jeeves came today.  (And I think I made a link! Never did that before. *insert proud face, whatever that looks like... honestly, I've never been around a mirror when I've made one*)

But I have too much to do to crack it, so I've hidden it until further notice. (Actually, it's just in my backpack, where none of my other books are at the moment, so . . . yeah.)

The two volumes of the omnibus that I did order have not arrived. I only ordered two because they're expensive, even from marketplace sellers in the US, and because the third that I desperately wanted was not available. I'm still contemplating ordering the rest, or the whole thing, depending on the state of things when these arrive, from the UK store. I'll resell them, I suppose. I've used the marketplace before, with reasonable success.

Augh. Back to The Europeans.

I stopped in at the used bookstore after work this evening, looking for some odd volumes of Wodehouse to keep me busy. Honestly, the assigned stuff is getting rather depressing. (At the moment: The Rise and Fall of Calss in Britain, The Peoples of the British Isles, Clarissa, The Coming Race/Erewhon -transitioning at the moment, if I keep that class - and the geography text, stunningly titled: The Europeans)

I found no Wodehouse, but I did find a Norton English Lit - 7th edition, which is what I have, but Vol. C, which I definitely do not have. I also picked up a fairly respectable looking anthology of Irish Literature, as I still don't have one of my very own, and The Penguin Book of the City - 29 Tales of Urban Life by the Greatest Names in Contemporary Fiction, apparently. There are a few false steps, I believe - Maeve Binchy? Really? - But Gabriel Garcia Marquez (apologies, no accents), Tobias Wolff, who's been following me on my quest for Wodehouse, Ron Carlson, whose contribution is less than two full pages and I've already read half of it, not realizing it was so short - but his was the piece I turned to for a sample, when I was still on the fence about the book.

I'm thinking that I might stop by and ask Steele if he's seen the book, or knows the stories, next week. Might be a good preamble, since I need to ask him a favor, anyway. (but that's a topic for another day. I really should be skipping through The Europeans about now)

The Jeeves Omnibus is on Amazon.com, for slightly cheaper, if one figures in shipping, than ordering from .co.uk -but it's still expensive. I'm thinking about it. Right now, I very much want numbers 1, 2, and 5. But I already have a copy of Carry On, Jeeves and that heavy tome Everyman came out with this past summer, which probably has a lot - but that's kind of why I'm thinking the omnibus is the way to go. Break it down into digestible pieces, and get it all in one - or five - go(s). There's also "Enter Jeeves - 15 Early Stories" on both Amazons. That looks like it might be quite amusing.

Breaking off to do homework, and not contemplate spending money on these things until I find out how much I'm working next month.

My dvd player has an incredible instinct of self preservation. When the power strip again acted on its apparent death wish and leapt for the floor and the open DVD tray, it pulled in. It chucked DVD, of course, but hey. 10 dollar DVD versus repairing the DVD drive in my computer?
Awesome.

One more paper to write today, and then I hit a weekend I can do something with. I've cleared it so I have time to sleep, catch up on reading, and I think I may use an hour or so to decide what to do with this journal. I still don't know if I even want to keep a personal journal on LJ anymore, but it seems a better option than carrying one around with me.

And so. I may transfer some people over to this journal, and a community or two that I haven't already. I may actually write in here, and start locking down posts.

I'm still thinking.

Oh, and icons. If I'm going to annoy myself with those infernal ads, I need to upload some icons.

I cannot believe it's not, oh, I don't know, three weeks from now.

My brain is completely fogged in.

I am ridiculously happy right now, and it's all notatracer's fault.

Oh, I don't know. I just felt like I needed a new name. 

I honestly don't feel up to making an introductory post tonight, so I'll just say a little bit about myself - which I guess makes this an introductory post. But anyway. 

I'm in my last semester of pursuing an English degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  I have no plan.  It's terrifying, but I'm trying to think of it as freeing, because I am starting over in most areas of my life.  Obviously there are still a few things that tie me to Madison, and also to my hometown, family and friends, but there's really very little to hold me back right now from pursuing whatever I might want to do with my life.  I'd like to think that I know what that is, and can figure out a feasible plan before May. 

I haven't added any of my old friends (on LJ or otherwise) on here, although I did move a few Hugh Laurie communities over here to keep track of, because an amusing diversion is, well, amusing. Man, do I need sleep. Or more caffeine. 

I don't really know if this is a real new journal or not, yet. Everything in my life seems to be in limbo right now. I guess anyone who stumbles on this journal has to deal with that. 

So, yeah. Comment if you feel like it; if people are showing up, entries might show up as well. I am always writing somewhere. Haha (I hate laughing in cyberspace - also, the word 'cyberspace'), I'm talking to people I'm sure aren't out there, but it's immaterial because no one will know unless they're reading, in which case, I'm talking to them. Definitely should have gotten more sleep or caffeine before writing this, but I think I won't edit it. Might as well let you know now - I'm not usually running on a full night's sleep or a reasonable amount of natural energy.  

I chose the Plus option for more userpics, and grabbed one of the icons I'd been using from one of my older journals... and promptly couldn't be bothered to pick 14 more. So I guess we're going with 1 or none for now. Watch this space. This pot might boil.