Author: lisahannett

So my ‘Nation’ chapter currently stands at exactly 31,000 words. No, that’s not a typo. 31-freaking-thousand words. Bear in mind that the ENTIRE thesis is meant to be 80,000-100,000 words. I have 4 other chapters to write. Plus Intro and Conclusion. Anyway. 11,559 of those words are real contributions to the chapter, and have the…… Continue reading Albatross

How the hell did it get to be nearly 4:00 already?!?!

That didn’t make me feel better at all. Hates writing.

Head hurts. Damned thesis. So I thought I’d try to make myself feel better by listing the things I’ve achieved (publications-wise) this year. Publications: AcademicArticles’Conquering Viking Enemies in Icelandic Cultural Memory’, in Vikings and Their Enemies, ed. by Katrina Burge (Melbourne: Viking Research Network, 2008), 70-81 Reviews Stephen O. Glosecki (ed), Myth in Early Northwest Europe in…… Continue reading Procrastination

sdfjj==–======= These are the marks of a kitten who –       ——–00-refuses to get off the keyboard. I’m being overwhelmed with kitten love. Most normal people would[]———————————find this adorable. So clearly I’m not normal, which is just finefrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd.

Yep. There’s got to be a chase.So if the word count reaches 2,000 I will cut it back to 1,500.Promise.

Io is a purring machine. His love for me has returned in full force. My allergy-ridden sinuses prove it ;-)Leia? Much less bitey. Much less swearing has been shot in her direction this evening.We’ll not talk about the attack of the flies. Flies aren’t mammals, and so they don’t count in the Snow White Mojo…… Continue reading Return of the mojo…

parataxis, n.The placing of propositions or clauses one after another, without indicating by connecting words the relation (of coordination or subordination) between them, as in Tell me, how are you?.