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[felis_ultharus]

1. I gave my Gatsby presentation. I was the last presenter, so everyone was nearly asleep. I tried to keep it entertaining. Nick gave a good presentation of Fahrenheit 451. scottevil, if you want to see Emily at her giggliest, try getting her into a discussion on the sadomasochistic, uniform-fetish, homoerotic art of Attila Lukacs. But she gave a good presentation in spite of nervousness. I really respect her as a presenter, and though I don't always agree with her point of view, she's extremely well-researched and fair.
   
   I felt sorry for the two presenters stuck with Wuthering Heights. If it's half as dull as it sounds, every student reading it should be awarded a special medal.
   
   
2. In other news, for those of you who haven't noticed, LiveJournal is not always notifying users about replies to their comments. They're upgrading, and parts of their system are going down. This means that if you've posted a reply to a post or comment of mine in the last 2 days, there's about a 50/50 chance I actually know about it. Let me know if I've missed anything vital.
   
   
3. My writing continues well, but supernatural elements continue to intrude. I hadn't really been going for dark-fantasy-set-in-the-modern-day style, just something Robinson-Davies-esque, where the supernatural is just a flourish added to otherwise standard fiction. But it really seems to be heading towards fantasy.

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[scottevil.livejournal.com]

Next week in conference I'll find a way to bring S&M into a discussion of Victorian poetry. The Lady of Shalott: submission, bondage, stuff like that.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to picture the bondage version of Lady of Shalott. For some reason, all I'm getting is the "Lesbian Version of Oedipus Rex" from Threesome.

[sugar-spun.livejournal.com]

Of course. The Lady of Shalott is in bondage to the inevitable: she's cursed to remain where she is, and then doomed to accept the consequences.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Mwahahahahahaha!

(Are you sure you aren't half my grad professors?)

[sugar-spun.livejournal.com]

I've just been a grad student a long time.