So… apparently writing an essay on Stargate paid off!!! 🙂

I got a first class mark for my research project/mini-dissertation. It illustrated Weber’s theories of power by comparing the politics of the goa’uld with the colonial slave trade.

Whoop! Whoop! I hope Daniel Jackson would be proud 🙂

(Yes I’m procrastinating)

You know for all I’ve been super stressed about my assignments I am so lucky in what I get to do. For two of my modules this semester we got to pick our own assignment topic.

So, for one assignment, I used the Aschen (Stargate SG-1), the Klingon (Star Trek: Discovery) and Wakanda (Black Panther) to explore different aspects of imperialism.

For the other assignment I’m comparing the power structure of the Goa’uld (Stargate SG-1) with the slave trade to analyse Weber’s theory of power.

Sure the academic reading is dense, (I swear they have all swallowed a thesaurus and write convoluted paragraphs on purpose), but that would be true whatever the topic. This way I have the amazing compensation of getting to write about Stargate. 

I mean how many people get to write essays using their favourite TV show ever?

Just handed in an assignment so…

ONE assignment and ONE week left!!!!

Then:

I wish people wouldn’t write in library books.

Disgraceful way to treat a book.

My literature essay has killed me (just in case anyone wondered where I was).

BUT I’ve just finished my last class before the Easter break (and handed in the accursed essay) so after sleep and cake …

Sam will return – for the sequel of mini-dissertation, portfolio and podcast panic. BUT far more relevantly I’ll try and reply to my messages again.

I love you guys! *snores*

Last night I went to comic book club. It’s like one of the few things I try and do that’s vaguely social with other real life people. Anyway it was debate time and they gave points in descending order, so the only person that got zero in a round was the person that came last.

I totally represented England like in Eurovision as I came out with “nil point” aka zero for the whole night. Why?

Well Round One was “name one person who should definitely die in Infinity War” and I spent the round arguing 1) Leave Tony Stark alone he deserves happiness after all he’s been through!!! 2) Happy endings are not boring, there is enough despair in the world, let all the heroes live and only kill off the bad guys.

You know maybe he could get Pepper a farm or something 🙂 So I pretty much got disqualified for not arguing on topic.

Then I actually thought I would place in the Bonus Round as we had to argue “name one character who has never appeared in the MCU movies who should be in Infinity War” and I said Jemma Simmons.

The movie has enough heroes to punch bad guys, what they need is someone smart who can find the weakness in the bad guy – science saves the day! Plus Jemma is badass in her own right and she has experience of space. She is utterly perfect BUT apparently nobody knows who she is *this is me screaming right now*

Anyway I wear my zero points with pride because I defended the best characters – in my opinion obviously hehe 🙂 – and you know I didn’t disgrace myself in Round 4. I still need brain bleach from that. Sometimes men can be disgusting.

I am such an uncultured heathen.

This week on “why did Sam sign up to do literature?”

I dislike reading plays, I don’t like watching black and white movies (or indeed most movies made before I was born, some things age well but most don’t imo) and I’m really not a fan of discourse where it’s so flowery a sentence = a paragraph, I’ve read it three times and I still have no clue what it says.

I love stories, nothing on earth resonates the way a well-told story does or a well-crafted image whatever medium it’s in. There are poems that have taken my breath away, plays that have had me in stitches of laughter, movies which have made me sob, novels which have kept me up all night turning the pages, graphic novels which have made me think.

All of that, in all the things, and so much more! There are so many aspects of literature which stay with me – I love literature, I really do, honestly.

Just … this week is not my cup of tea I guess.

I know about damn time.

I wouldn’t blame anyone if they’d thought I’d disappeared. I literally just haven’t had the mental energy to keep up with tumblr BUT the last day of the semester was yesterday. I just about survived my exam (not sure I passed but I didn’t faint or throw up even if I was shaking so hard I couldn’t write my name legibly, thank merlin I was allowed a computer to type my answers). I do still have an essay and a report to write but they both have to be in by the 20th.

So come Wednesday I’m free until mid-January. My plan (and I know, no plan survives ever) is to beta read this fic for my friend, literally the first thing Thursday morning, they have been so patient waiting for me. I’ll then go through my like list *gulp* (that’s going to be long) and repopulate my queue. Then go through all the gifs from the awesome makers and reblog those.

You see I haven’t forgotten anyone, I’ve just been very very tired. After that it’s fic-time! I still have some RCIJ I never got round to reading (shhh don’t tell me about RSS I might cry) and so yeah. I want to support you guys. I know what it’s like feeling like you’re screaming into a void, so share the love you know.

Which brings me to my two WIP’s *cough* haven’t forgotten them, just been very very tired. No promises ever because then I just feel bad. They are still on my list and will happen one day. One thing at a time though and first I have an essay and a report to do.

Happy Saturday! 🙂

beastlycheese reblogged your post and added: “Update”

Yay , high 5s and hugs for surviving exams.

rumple-belle replied to your post “Update”

Love you!!! Job well done on making it through your first semester. 😀

leni-ba replied to your post “Update”

*hugs* Love to see you!

woodelf68 replied to your post “Update”

Miss you!

Awwww thank you so much! Yup one semester down, seven more to go 🙂 Wow it’s hard to believe actually that it’s been a whole semester. I mean I certainly felt it at the time but now looking back I feel like I blinked.

theoneandonlylittlebird reblogged your post and added: “Update”

Oh good. I was on the verge of messaging you to find out if you were still with us. Like you, I’ve been distinctly less here since the school thing, but that ended wednesday for me, so I’m here now and writing my RSS like a fiend (meaning I need to go write on that like right now!). I completely understand and I’m so glad to see your lovely icon back on my dash. I’d have said your lovely face, but I’ve never seen you, so…

Oh, I had better go write. 🙂 *hugs* glad to have you back.

Heh yeah I’m camera shy. I don’t like how I look so I avoid pictures whenever possible. Even my icon on Facebook is my game avatar and not actually me. Oooooh yeah you are at screenwriting school? or filmmaking? or something incredibly exciting like that? Massive congrats to you for surviving your semester! How was it? I hope it was great! You deserve all the success and happiness in the world *big hugs*

And oh sweet merlin you signed up for RSS? You are incredibly brave *waves pom-poms* you can do it! Also feel free to message me anytime. I haven’t been on my dash but I’ve been on messenger 🙂

Ok my presentation slides and script are done. I finally nagged my group enough to get them to agree to meeting tomorrow. All good. I literally can not wait for Wednesday to be over.

Did I mention earlier I’m getting sick again? I’m trying to resist but ugh I feel lousy. Achy, sore throat, throat to ear pain, sick from the lump in my throat, all round general feeling rubbish.

This is my second cold inside six weeks 🙁 No fair! *stamps foot*