-Madison
p.s. I am starting to see more and more students, etc. in robes (which is pretty cool) because it's about time for exams.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A few more pictures
Hello! This is just a brief update. The weather has been great for the past few days--warm enough for shorts!! So, I have been updating my photos from Oxford, and I put together my album for London. I was in Stratford last night to see Julius Caesar (which was awesome), but I didn't get to the Shakespeare sites, so I will be going back in the next weekend or two to see that. So . . . there will be a lot more pictures (and still more pictures from spring break to come); however, I might not have time to post those until the end of term or even right after I get home. I'm staying pretty busy trying to take care of school work and see everything I can before I leave. Term is a little more than halfway over, and I only have 4 more weeks!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Back in Oxford
Hello!
I’m finally back in
Stockholm, Sweden: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018072&id=1294230414&l=8db94adfb2
Geneva, Switzerland: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018136&id=1294230414&l=c512c86bb8
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018390&id=1294230414&l=0c318f20f2
and http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018424&id=1294230414&l=266bbac263
Paris, France: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018426&id=1294230414&l=d73b53f392
and http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018427&id=1294230414&l=d614f766bf
I’ll be finishing up pictures from
This term is going really well so far. I have some good tutorials, and I’m much better adjusted to the system so I can do more fun things and still get plenty of work done! My tutorials this term are Post Modern and Contemporary Lit (major) and C.S. Lewis (minor). It is a busy term; there are things going on all the time here! Springtime in
Here are some of the things I’m looking forward to in the next few weeks:
--Tea Party at the Warner’s, May 17, Penelope makes outstanding cakes, desserts, and cucumber sandwiches . . . and we all stuff our faces.
--Seeing Les Mis in
--Trip to
--Beating of the Bounds, May 21, an
--WJC choir comes to
--Trip to
--Jacque, Joy and Madison take a day trip to
--Walk up to The Kiln’s (C.S. Lewis home) and Lewis’s gravesite
And the term will be over before I know it, and I’ll be back in KC on June 21!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Spring Break
Hello again . . . it’s almost the end of Hilary term here in
March 12 Dane comes to
March 13-15
March 16-17
March 18-29
March 20-21
March 22 We head back to
March 23 Dane and I fly back to the
March 23-April 3 I’m home in the
April 3-4 I travel back to
April 5 Fly to
April 6-7 See Berlin, also Joy joins us!
April 8 Joy, Ashton, and I take the train to Nice.
April 9-10 See Nice. (And turn 21)
April 11 Joy splits from Ashton and I; we travel to
April 12-13 Spend the Easter holiday in
April 14 Train to
April 15 See
April 16 Train to
April 17-18 See
April 19 Fly back to
April 20 Start Trinity Term!
I will post pictures with much more success this time, but as I was unsuccessful in ever posting a full account of
Also, if you want a postcard from any of these place, let me know!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Scotland Pictures
I listed the pictures all in chronilogical order of the stops we made in Scotland. No real post today about the rest of my trip, but I wanted to get pictures up quickly! Enjoy.
Kyle of Lochalsh & Isle of Skye: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2017135&id=1294230414&l=fd39a
Kyle of Lochalsh & Isle of Skye pt. 2: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2017137&id=1294230414&l=16c18
Edinburgh pt. 2: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2017138&id=1294230414&l=4c671
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Pictures
We're going to do an experiment. I am going to post a link for my pictures from Oxford thus far that I've already posted on Facebook. You visit the link and let me know if it works.
Oxford photo album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2017392&id=1294230414&l=ab126
If this works, then I will put up all my Scotland pictures. In other news, I received a lot of packages and letters from my family and Dane over the past week or two, which makes me very happy. I've got cake mix and icing, Valentine's Day candy, phone cards, tea and thermos, beautiful flowers, and a funny Seinfeld shirt that is only made funnier because Dane has a matching one. Thanks everyone!
Friday, February 6, 2009
The Great "Snowstorm"
So if you watch the news then I'm sure you know that a legendary snowstorm is hitting England (mostly London is getting the worst of it, I think). It has snowed on and off for 3 days-ish here. It's wonderful, reminds me of home, and makes everything all the more beautiful. So . . . I've attempted to put some pictures up. They are taken from my window in the front of the house, and they are all pretty much the same--one from each day of snow--but I felt like I needed to document it all since, hey, this hasn't happened for 18 years. Pictures go in order from Day 3, 2, 1. Also notice in pictures, you can park in any direction on any side of the street.
p.s. Someday I will finish telling you about Scotland . . . someday.
p.p.s. People do go sledding here, have snowball fights, and build snowmen.
p.p.p.s. I might start including a "craving of the day" whenever I post. Today's craving: Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts. (It was Doritos for a few days until I noticed they had Doritos in the store and bought some; problem solved--I am problem solver. You too can be a problem solver, if you catch my drift.)
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tutorials
So because school work takes up so much of my time, I figured I would take a short break from telling you about Scotland and give you an idea of where a good deal of my time goes. My major tutorial meets once a week (Thursdays) for an hour (8 total meetings); my minor tutorial meets once every other week (usually a Monday) for an hour (4 total meetings). My major tutorial is Feminist Lit and my minor is Oscar Wilde. Both are very fascinating and more complex than I imagined. My tutors are very insightful if not a little excentric. :)
General Outline of Course:
Week One:
Week Two:
Week Three:
Week Six:
Week Seven:
Week Eight:
Here is a snippet of my syllabus from my major tutorial (I didn't include the whole suggested reading list because it would make this post entirely too long). Basically, you read each week and write a paper that you will present and discuss in your next tutorial. (Right now I am in week 3).
Also, if you are interested in seeing what event are going on at the Oxford Union you can go to:
And if you click on "term card" (top, center) then you get a list of events. We're planning on going to many of the debates, some speakers, and probably some stuff like the pancake party. :)
General Outline of Course:
“I have the feelings of a woman but I have only the language of men.” (Far From the Madding Crowd) A study of women through the ages to show how they were trapped by the patriarchy and how they struggled to express themselves. The course will balance “accepted” great works against the less familiar.
Week One:
Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own,
Virginia Woolf: Three
James King: Virginia Woolf
Does Virginia Woolf’s position as feminist icon reflect the complexity of her views?
Week Two:
Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway
To The Lighthouse
(
How does Virginia Woolf rewrite the novel to reflect the movement of a woman’s mind?
Week Three:
Fanny Burney: Evelina
Evelina was an enormously popular novel. Why is its modern readership so tiny?
Week Four:
Jane Austen: Emma
How deeply does Jane Austen examine the causes of Emma’s dissatisfaction? Are we satisfied that they are resolved by the conclusion of the novel?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Aurora Leigh
Are we convinced of the correctness of
Week Six:
Rewriting Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre
Jean Rhys: Wide
Why is it so important to reclaim Jane Eyre for the woman’s movement?
Week Seven:
Angela Carter: The Magic Toyshop, Nights at the Circus
Does Carter’s style of writing suggest there is another world available for women if they are brave enough to access it?
Week Eight:
Clare Morrall: Astonishing Splashes of Colour
How does the writer manipulate our opinion of the central character?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
.jpg)
