When I looked for you I almost passed you by

The Chronicles of Narnia are good books.

But may be ruined forever for me because of this paper that I must write. C.S. Lewis is endlessly fascinating. If I were writing a paper on him, I'd be all set. But the publishing history of these seven books? Not so much.

But I shall plod on, because if I want to make it through the rest of this semester, I need to finish this blasted paper.

Thanksgiving was good - I was glad for the time off, as I'm sure all of you were. Time to chill out, sleep, and wear fleece pants and a sweatshirt. Because that's what I did pretty much all day Saturday and Sunday. Whilst reading said Chronicles.

I wish I had more interesting things to say, but the only thing I can share with you is this - remember the smell of libraries during finals time? Sitting in the dusty stacks, with headphones on, the smell of old books, hard work, sweat and tears. Silence that can make someone completely sane go crazy...because you know that in that silence, you've got work to do, but all you can do is sit and listen, waiting for someone else's scream of frustration when they can't find the book that they want. But you'll listen in vain, because we only scream inside our heads, hands and eyes frantically searching for that 812.92473 LD40WP book that isn't where is should be, even though it says that the book is not checked out yet. But then, you find the book, you breathe that sigh of relief, pay your library fine, and walk out to get the coffee you promised yourself when the victory was achieved.

And then the wireless doesn't work at the coffee shop.

Happy Monday, campers.

Quote o' the day:

"Far better things lie ahead than any we leave behind." - C.S. Lewis (who else?!)