Rambling

Okay, so I don't know why I'm burning the midnight oil after a week of missing sleep, except I can't seem to turn off my brain after that combination of writing and research.

I'm thinking about using some of my spare time to check out The Spanish Gypsy or some of the works by George Eliot preceding Daniel Deronda. Apparently it's possible to see Eliot's thought-progression by looking at her works. That, and checking out Ivanhoe, because surprisingly (for me at least) Sir Walter Scott has had an influence on her writing. It may be worth looking into.

And here's the cutie of the week:

JOY TO THE WORLD~

So very, very happy I finished my paper on time. WHEW. Writing that fast felt like finishing a marathon as gloriously as possible without all the external glitter and all of the internal ones. But it was kinda fun, in a semi-masochistic way considering how the process of research and organizing that research can be both incredibly interesting and creatively painful.

I found that getting my Works Cited page in order was what almost made me submit my paper late -- I neglected organizing my Works Cited until I finished the paper, so there I was with only 10 minutes left and a glitchy computer causing me to type at a slower speed than my usual breakneck pace. And then I realized that converting from single-spaced to double-spaced text all over really messes with the original formatting. And then I forgot to cite my Daniel Deronda text of all things. This meant I had a Works Cited floating in the middle of a page, and Works Consulted separated from the Works Cited by an entire blank page, and a missing citation. Ergghhh. I really need to take mine to the LTS sometime...

But hey, everyone, we're done! Cheers, and have a cute otter pup!

*rageface*

I think I might have to scrap my original thesis after all -- the biographical evidence feels a bit sketchy to me, not enough to base 6 pages' worth on (I'm still looking for more though!). I kind of want to bang my head into the wall. Right now I'm thinking about perhaps reflecting how GE's relationship with the men in her life are affecting her portrayals of the men in DD. This may or may not work out...

Here's to hope!

*headdesk*

My brains are leaking out of my ears.

Some of it has to do with the fact that I can't quite pin down my 'thesis'. The wording is driving me absolutely batty, and I'm beginning to wonder if I need to restructure the thesis itself. I've even neglected my blog in favor of fine-combing Daniel Deronda -- so many ideas I like, so little time. *inundates the Nile ahead of schedule with metaphorical tears of frustration* I feel so much like the hamster in this picture:

Cheers all, and hopefully you all have better success than me.