Everyone who reads my blog, I would assume, wants to know about my life, how I’m fairing here in Brighton and so, here I am, talking. But, how do I really feel about all this; how do I really feel about doing all this, living here, just being me? In some ways, in many ways, [...]
Archive for the ‘Literature’ Category
My Courses, My Masters, and Me…
Posted in Journaling, Literature, Shakespeare, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, tagged Brighton, English Renaissance, London, Queer Studies, Renaissance, The Idea, Wicked on 8 October 2009 | 2 Comments »
Courses, oh these Courses!
Posted in Literature, Shakespeare, United Kingdom, tagged Alan Sinfield, Sexualities in Early Modern England, The Idea of the Renaissance, University of Sussex on 5 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, since they are going to be the mainstay of my life for the next ten weeks, I thought it might be pertinent for me to post the course descriptions of the two courses I will be following this term. They are, the core course, “The Idea of the Renaissance” along with what will, undoubtedly [...]
On to the literature, after a stop at the movies…
Posted in Journaling, Literature, Movies, Shakespeare, United Kingdom, tagged Argos, Christopher Marlowe, Dorian Gray, Sexuality on 5 October 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, the weekend is passed. Saturday was somewhat eventful; I went out with a new friend of mine, to see Dorian Gray, the new British film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic novel, which also happens to be on my short list as one of my favorite novels. The film, starring Ben Barns (known for his [...]
15 Works of Literature That Stay With You…
Posted in Austen, Journaling, Literature, Shakespeare, tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Capitalism and Freedom, Catcher in the Rye, Christine Jorgensen, Dorian Gray, English, English Renaissance, Fahrenheit 451, Gone With the Wind, Harry Potter, Jane Austen, Literature, Margaret Mitchell, Marya Hornbacher, Mrs. Dalloway, Oscar Wilde, Pride and Prejudice, Ray Bradbury, Reading, Reading choices, Salinger, Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Virginia Woolf, Wasted, Wizard of Oz, Woman in White on 5 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago, I received the following challenge from a good friend: List 15 books you’ve read that will always stick with you — list the first 15 you can recall in 15 minutes. Don’t take too long to think about it. So, here is the list I created. They, largely, are not in [...]
Seeing the beauty in life…
Posted in Journaling, Literature, Shakespeare, tagged Anorexia, Diet, English, English Renaissance, Exercise, Grad School, happiness, Literature, London, Love Letters, University of Sussex on 5 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always been skinny, naturally thin with a virtual impossibility of gaining weight. Yet, in high school, for a time, I was anorexic. They traditionally say eating disorders are about control. I was no exception. I had the worst time coming to grips with my sexuality, so starving myself became a coping mechanism. I had [...]
Hello Grad School!
Posted in Journaling, Literature, Shakespeare, Uncategorized, tagged Graduate School, Joyce Huff, Rai Peterson, University of Sussex, William Stockton on 10 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has been quite a while since I have posted here, and I have good reason. I have extremely busy! But, most importantly, recently, I found out much to my sincere pleasure, that I am accepted to the MA program to study Early Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England [...]
So… what about gender and sexuality?
Posted in Literature, Shakespeare, tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antonio, Crossdressing, English Renaissance, gender, Grad School, Merchant of Venice, Renaissance Theatre, Sebastian, Sexuality, Shakespeare, Statement of Purpose, Transvestitive theatre, Twelfth Night, University of Sussex, Women in the Renaissance on 7 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After preparing the initial draft of my statement of purpose yesterday and sending it off to Will for review he returned with a few suggestions, and question. That being, in essence, what about sexuality and gender actually interests you? Yet, isn’t that what the statement of purpose in essence asks? So, I guess I will [...]
A Bit Busy…
Posted in Journaling, Literature, Shakespeare, tagged English, George Washington University, Grad School, Shakespeare, University of Sussex on 3 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t posted here recently, but, to give a bit of explanation, I am extremely busy at the moment with classes and work, so that is in large part the cause of the slow down. Currently, I am taking three English courses on campus (American Literature 1865-1945, Early 20th Century British Literature, and my English [...]
25 Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know…
Posted in Jeannie, Journaling, Literature, Shakespeare, tagged 25 Things, Anorexia, Audrey Hepburn, Bible, Celine Dion, children, English, Europe, God, Hamlet, Idina Menzel, James, Judy Garland, London, Love, Macbeth, Paradise Lost, Pre-Med Major, Shakespeare, Travel, Walt Disney World, Why on 1 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is currently a “fad” of a sort going around the Facebook world to post a list of 25 random things (as personal or not as you wish) about yourself. After reading a few friends post their lists, I felt I might as well do the same, so here it is: 1. At one time [...]
