In the wake of getting my degree results (yes I’m still pleased as punch about them) I decided to start researching the options for learning Latin and ancient Greek because if I want to do a MA then I’ll need to have languages. If I wasn’t about to have me some babies then I’d be [...]
Archive for the ‘classics’ Category
I got my exam results a few weeks ago and I tweeted, IM’d, FaceTimed, emailed and FaceBook’d – hell I even went on LinkedIn! But what I haven’t done so far is blog or had a full on celebratory meal as there is a bit too much going on at the moment and I’m on [...]
I fly to London tonight so I can sit my final exams for the BA in Classical Studies I’ve been toiling over for the last six years. I think everyone in my immediate sphere will be very happy when this last clutch of exams are over. The courses have been very tough this year, and [...]
April
Posted: 04/17/2011 in classics, daily lifeTags: 2010, ash cloud, blood wine, civil war, classics, exams, klingons, London, lucan, virgin london marathon
My Twitter feed is chock full of tweets about the Virgin London Marathon that is happening today in.. duh.. London, and it reminded me that this time last year I was there. It wasn’t the weekend of the marathon but it was the weekend of the volcanic ash cloud craziness. The Icelandic volcano kicked off [...]
In honour of Mother’s Day (UK) a few of my favorite mothers from Greek tragedy
Posted: 04/03/2011 in classicsClytemnestra I love Clytemnestra. Not the Clytemnestra of Homer’s The Odyssey but Aeschylus’ Clytemnestra as they have different motivations. In the age of disposable daughters Clytemnestra stands out by seeking revenge on her husband, Agamemnon, for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia in order to get a change of weather so he could sail to Troy to [...]
And then they go and cancel Stargate Universe
Posted: 12/16/2010 in classics, televisionTags: caprica, greeks, hamish macbeth, school, sci-fi, sgu, stargate universe, syfy, tragedy
I lost most of last week to a bunch of doctors appointments. Between that and the up coming holidays I am starting to get behind in my school work so I am not a happy bunny. Throw in the news that Syfy has just canceled Stargate Universe apparently out of the blue as it wasn’t [...]
Holding pattern
Posted: 09/08/2010 in classics, Navel gazingTags: classics, fall, pumpkin spice latte, school
I am in limbo at the moment. September is that kind of month. Fluctuating temperatures have me flip flopping between switching over wardrobes or hanging on for that Indian summer (that is always promised). Those pumpkin spice lattes that I desire right up until my first sip when I remember why I only have one [...]
