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I'm at work! (How long it's been since I could say that!) Yes, yes, I'm writing mostly just because I can. I'm in Chapin until 1:30, babysitting the Korean Student Association's winter formal. My other options for distraction are drunken people dancing in formal wear, and Ulysses -- need I say more?

I also worked a Christian rock concert in the campus center earlier this evening. That was...interesting...considering my usual relationship with religious pop music of any kind consists mostly of mocking. The good news is, the original songs had decent melodies and the bass player had a surprisingly awesome voice. And I had Ulysses, so I could focus on that and try to tune out the band. The low point was a song with the refrain "lamb/lamb of heaven," to which I just had to add baaaaaa.

I'm so going to hell.

Anyway. The countdown to the end of the semester has begun and wow, do I have a lot to do by December 19th. It'll all get done -- it always does -- as long as I keep myself interested in the final papers, both of which I've connected to my thesis work, I should be fine. I get to write about vampires! And Ulysses. Woo. :)

Victorian Lit: Double lives and identity in Dracula and Dorian Gray.
Joyce: The influence of Travesties (Stoppard, 1974) on my reading of Ulysses.

Also, we have a Suzuki performance on Wednesday. This will also be interesting, as the chorus (of which I was today made Leader, w00t) has some trouble acting in unison. But y'know. It'll all come together somehow.

[ACK! Balloons popping make scary noises.]

OK. Stephen Dedalus is calling my name...I can make it the next 45 minutes, right?

ETA 2:10 AM: ~~No one's awake at the house, but there's a mystery guest on the living room sofa. Oh, the excitement just never ends.~~ Or the doors were shut just because the TV is loud. Sometimes I make things up, and imagine they're way more interesting than they actually are.