"You crack-brained slave-driver. I'd like to see you try."

Done my rough draft for my last website evaluation. *dances* Just need to print all of them out, correct spelling and gramar, AND I'M DONE!

I feel like treating myself :D

lika got crap done on Sunday, December 5, 2004, 05:49 p.m.

I am evaluating a website! Just taking a break from this horrible school thing and dreaming about Christmas. Many things are getting me through these tubulent days (movies, knitting, roommates) but the main one is dreaming of Christmas at home.

I CAN'T WAIT TO GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS! HERE IS ME GOING SQUEE AND GLEE AND WHEE ABOUT SEEING MY MOTHER AND MY BABIES AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND SEEING MY BROTHER AND CATCHING UP WITH MY SISTER AND EXCHANGING PRESENTS AND

NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL!!!!

It will just be me, my family, snuggled together and watching movies and playing on the piano and singing songs and eating springrolls.

IcannotwaitIcannotwaitIcannotwaitIcannotwaitIcannotwait.

Okay, back to evaluating this website >_<

lika got crap done on Sunday, December 5, 2004, 05:00 p.m.

Ignore this too. Wow, to think my blog has become so-school-related. The moment my finals are over, I'm writing gibberish. Encyclopaeia Britannica 2002 1. Macropaedia Vol. 15 Birds-Chess p. 745-748
2. Micropaedia Vol. 3 Ceara-Deluc p. 141

lika got crap done on Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 01:56 p.m.

This will be taken down later. There is no internet on this computer (library's computer) and if the total ineptitude of McGill's library hasn't pissed me off enough, the circulation closes at 5 on Saturday. Carleton, I took you for granted, you and your wonderful library with its big windows and comfty chairs to read newspaper and circulation desk that remained open until 10 on Sundays. So since I can't take the books out of the libraries or type this up on my email, I'm going to write the abstract here on my blog and take it off later.

In other words, ignore.

Chaucer's Queer Nation - The main argument by the author is that by reinventing the English vernacular to write The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer has reimagined the relationship between body and society. The idea of body is discussed throughout the book, and how various tales, especially the Miller's, the Wife of Bath's, the Reeve's, and the pardoner's intepret it. The question of gender, the manly woman and the feminine man, is discussed, with the conclusion seeming to be that they are new to today's society with its more open acceptance of homosexuality, but had always been a part of society.

Chaucer's falibaux as analogues - Hertog tries to find if the best way to determine if if a fabliaux (rauchy short stories from the period that always involved the human body in very sexual or inmodest way) could be an analogue, which are contextual, intertextual, and analogy. He looks at various fabliaux within Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", the characters that populate them, and different models and structures (actantial, social, isotopic) to treat the question of analogue, and at the end gives a summary on the pros and cons of each of the three methods.

The elements of Chaucer's Troilus - A question that surrounds Chaucer's poem, "Troilus and Criseyde" is whether or not the poem praises love, or condems it. The question is often dealt with without looking on poems that "Troilus" was based on, a flaw that Wood corrects by looking at "The Romance of the Rose" and "Filostrata", two similar poems that also dealed with love. By seeing how Chaucer was influenced by these poems, he concludes that "Troilus and Criseyde" condemned lovers but praised non-romantic love.

The Monk's Tale : A General View by William C. Strange Chaucer Review V.1 p.167-180 1966 The Monk's tale about misfortune and bad luck is known as Chaucer's one bad tale in "The Canterbury Tales." Before he could even finish his tale, the knight interrupted him, calling his story so boring that he, the knight, was going to fall off his horse from sleepiness, and demanded that the Nun's Priests tell another story. This article asked if The Monk's tale was really as boring as it is reputated to be, and if the knight thought it was boring. He concludes that the knight was actually disturbed by the tales of misfortune and interrupted to not get to the important, no doubt life-affirmingly tragic, message that the Monk was about to say.

The Squire in wonderland by John P. McCall p. 103-109 The Squire's tale, at best, is a chaotic mess that lacks continuity and subtlety. The use of magic is uesless, oen of the main character is a shrieking, bloody, self-lacertaing falcon, and there's only ten lines that does not describe the beauty of Canacee. Yet McCall argues that this is actually a masterpiece story that shows Chaucer's great gift for delicate humour. By looking at the story through the storyteller, a youth trying to impress and does too much, he shows that Chaucer had developed a pattern of irrelevance and illogic clashes between the world of romance and reality, art and life.

The St. Joce Oath in The Wife of Bath's Prologue p. 85-87 Ann S. Haskell Alice, the Wife of Bath had five husband, the fourth which was a reveler and an adulterer. In retailiation to his adultery, she made him as jealous and angry as she was, and swore it "by Seint Joce." The essay discusses why Saint Joce was used, and makes a connection between the idea of Joce as a Saint who had a cross, and Alice who made a similar cross for her fourth husband.

The Narrator and his narrative in Chaucer's Parlement by James J. Wilhelm Vol 14 Issue 1 p. 201-206 Once upon a time, the "Parlement of Foules" was considered a disconnected Valentine Day's card. Is it supposed to be funny? Or tragic? Wilhelm discusses this by looking at the narration of the peom and comparing its element to other poems such as "Romance of the Rose" and "Vigil" and decided that at the end of the vision Chaucer described in the poem of love, which was protrayed as sublime and absurd, we are left with ourselves.

the Legend of the Legend of the Good Women Robert Worth Frank, Jr. 110-133 - It's a popular assumption among critics that Chaucer was bored with the Legend of Good Women, an assumption that the essayist wants to refute. He address the reason behind the belief that Chaucer was bored - tone of the poet, haste of the style, the fact that it was unfinished - and explains why they are wrong.

Chaucer's Parody of Compline in the Reeve's Tale - Robert M. Correale - Compline was a liturgical night prayer uttered back in the time of Chaucer. It makes an appearance on the night described by the Reeve where a series of lewd and illicit acts takes place in a miller's house. Correale argues the the use of the compline lightens up the comic irony and helps make it Chaucer's best fabliaux.

Scholastic Logic in Chaucer's House of Fame - william S. Wilson - Chaucer's House of Fame is as much a poem about poetry as it is as about fame. Wilson, by looking at the groups of petitioner that enter the house, tries to discover what the poem says about the truth of fame, and concludes that it discourages logic and encourages the poet to continue his journal and not look for trivial arts. p. 181-184

Chaucerian irony and the ending of the Troilus - Anthony E. Farnham p. 207-216 At the end of Troilus and Criseyde, two people who were said to attain a celestrial love, Troilus found happiness elsewhere while Criseyde found tragedy. It has been considered an ironic ending, but by looking at the story from the beginning and following the lovers to that dual ending, Farnham concludes that the irony is actually Chaucer's belief that the healthiest reaction to love is to both weep and laugh.

lika got crap done on Saturday, November 27, 2004, 05:22 p.m.

There's six billion thoughts running through my mind and I'm confused and misplaced and oh-so-very-hyper in that exhausted mental way, and I'm thinking that weekend spent in Ottawa did more harm than good, as much as I loved it. It just totally threw me off my schedule and broke my concentration for school, and I need my concentration for the next month in order to pass and be that one step closer to accredited librarianship. Frith. I'm such a tumult of emotions and moonswings and desires, and I just want two minutes of clarity and calmness. The sound and the fury that's reverberating in my mind needs to filtered out now, and I need to stop fluttering about, being in a constant state of tharn because things are due soon that I can't get myself motivated to start, and just start them.

Easier said than done, of course >_<

lika got crap done on Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 08:27 p.m.

THE END OF AN ERA.

Ammikins, I will reply soonish, provided I survive the cataloguing test tomorrow >_< If both of us actaully finish this library school thing with our sanity half intact, we're meeting up for drinks and singing "I'm a survivor" during drunken kareoke night.

AUGH! HEATHER! YOU GOT TO MEET KERMIT THE FROG AND BUZZ LIGHTYEAR! I'M SO JEALOUS!!!

lika got crap done on Monday, November 15, 2004, 10:04 p.m.

!@#%%# McDonald's! I said three shifts and 12 hours at the most. You have me working 15 hours and 4 shifts. I'm just so pissed off right now with them. Actually, just one manager. The other folks are all right and they bend over backwards to make sure I have enough time to do homework (and then went to Australia, those losers), and I really like them and am sad to leave them, but this pisser of a manager makes me wants to bite metal. He's the moron who gave me FOUR SHIFTS and he hates my guts, which is fine as I hate his, but !@#$%$@, STOP PICKING ON ME BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK FRENCH FLUENTLY! The costumers don't mind, and my other coworkers don't mind, there's no reason for you throw a hissy fit because I repeated their order slowly just to make sure I got it right. Bastard. And telling me I'm too slow when I'm the only one dropping fries or changing coffee, which if we didn't drop or changed and ran out of, I would be the one he would yell at for not dropping or changing them. PISSASS! I had it and I quit and I have to work on a day that I want off because I want to be in Ottawa. I'm just... grrr... I swear, I'm going to call in sick and not go. I'm too pissed off at this point. I said twelve hours, retard.

lika got crap done on Thursday, November 4, 2004, 08:32 p.m.

Check out the final exam schedule:

GLIS 615 Monday - Dec. 13th 9:30 - 12:30 p.m.

GLIS 607 Tuesday - Dec. 14th 9:30 - 12:30 p.m.

GLIS 601 Wednesday - Dec. 15th 9:30 - 12:30 p.m.

GLIS 617 Friday - Dec. 17th 9:30 - 12:30 p.m.

That's right! Four exams in five days. And guess how many days from the last class and the first exam? TWO! We got a whole weekend to study for four finals.

Bugger >_<

lika got crap done on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 01:22 p.m.

So where was I? Oh yeah, hot pink leaves. I kid you not. Ottawa was overflowing with hot pink leaves this fall. My sister said they were like sakura trees, except not. And mixed in with all the other coloured leaves, bright gold, bronzy yellows, burnt oranges, flaming red, lime green, forest green, dark burnished purple, with many leaves that started green or yellow and bleed out into red or orange at the fringe, all against a backdrop of brilliant blue skies and shadowy grey clouds, I vividly remember thinking, there ought to be a sign that said, “Welcome to Colour Whoredom.”

lika got crap done on Monday, November 1, 2004, 06:25 p.m.

Okay, socialness first, colour squealing later.

Ammie: Stirling's not that bad a name... for a seventy years old man. Give the kid a hug for me? Sorry for no congratulations earlier. Library school has fried - and I'm tempted to say literally - whatever braincells I had leftover from Carleton. As long as someone else shares my pain! *hugs* Good luck on that last paper.

Malice: 1. For making your entire class go on AIM and thus destroying their futures, you are the wind beneath my wing. 2. flaming fans of superior Storm Trooper armour craftsmanship HEE! 3. Good luck on getting the reservation for the mansion.

Sarah: Your ability to hooray is an inspiration to us all.

Heather: After procrastination, "aim low and you won't be disappointed" is my most reverred household deity. Nonetheless, I wish you luck on the nanowrimo, and don't sell yourself short.

Okay! *bounces* So back from Ottawa and may I say how *GORGEOUS* that city is during autumn? Courtesy of hot pink leaves. Actually, I'll finish this later. Expect colour gushing and nostalgia waxing. Autumn has hit me full blast this year.

lika got crap done on Thursday, October 28, 2004, 11:47 p.m.

This is me giving up on cataloguing. My puny brain could only take so much. All that remains is my computer course and my Information&Society assignment.

...

IIIIIIIIIIII DON'T WANT TO WORK. I JUST WANT TO BANG ON MY DRUMS ALL DAY.

Abuse of capital letters and italics, and multiple entries in a short period of time on both LJ and blog. I guess it's official. It's crunch time at school again.

lika got crap done on Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 05:49 p.m.

Kareoke Time again (because Lika is bored and Lika sings when she's bored. She also talks to herself, pulls her hair, and sniffs at inanimate objects around her.): Cataloguing's boring. Cataloguing's boring. Cataloguing's boring. Cataloguing's boring. Cataloguing's boring. Cataloguing's boring. Cataloguing's boring. Cataloguing's boring. Cataloguing's boring.

WHY? WHY ME? WHY DO THE FATES HATE ME SO MUCH? WHAT DID I DO IN MY LAST LIFE THAT WAS SO AWFUL THAT I AM SUBJECTED TO DO CATALOGUING NOW!?

lika got crap done on Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 03:50 p.m.

Guess who's behind in her classes? Guess who did nothing over the long weekend when she had a crapload of assignments to finish? Guess who should be doing her cataloguing right from last week and is instead typing in her blog, surfing to see the box office numbers, and reading televisionwithoutpity.com's reviews she had already read before?

Ah, memories ^_^

BLUSH You are not helping me overcome my vice of vanity, you do realize that *huggles* I promise that when you become world dictator, I will make sure that everyone spends at least ten minutes a day considering and admiring your Magnificent and Wonderful Glory. All those who don't will lose their heads (because we'd be a poor sort of CLAMP fans if there was no decapitation in our world.)

Gah! You're doing cataloguing! Why? I thought it was just me suffering, but you too!? There's evil in this world that's beyond my comprehension. I'm *dying* in that class. Stupid rules for entry headings and added entries and corporate bodies and uniform names and WHY IN FRITH NAME DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AUTHORITY FILES!?

I will sit in my corner and cry now.

lika got crap done on Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 12:39 p.m.

As for 6:48, my day today has been wonderful. Wonderful class with the always engaging Professor McNully telling stories about his truly courageous, triumphant adventures as a librarian followed by a blissful shift at McDonald's which had me singing odes of love to everyone and everything in the store - I kid you not - and then a sky that literally made me gasp when I stepped out the metro. The brilliant shade of crimson is forever seared into my memory.

Skies make me orgasm in ways none of my potential future husbands ever could ^____^

lika got crap done on Monday, October 4, 2004, 06:48 p.m.

I have turned into a very dull person. I bore even myself, which is amazing, because if there's anything I find fascinating, it's Me in all my Magnificent and Wonderful Glory. I even spend ten minutes in front of a mirror admiring the amazing creature that I am and feeling sorry for everyone who is not me because they don't have my Magnificent and Wonderful Glory. But as I stand right now, I'm dull. All work and no fandom will do that to me.

That does it! I'm watching 24 tonight or tomorrow night. I cannot remain dull like this for long. That would be criminal. Plus, Nina Myers is *such* a babe ;)

(Yay, I wasted 45 minuets online when I should have been reading. Now that's the Lika I'm proud of ^_^)

lika got crap done on Saturday, October 2, 2004, 05:38 p.m.

Karoke Time! (because nothing calls for a round of alcohol like singing in public):

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Pretty Malike, Happy Birthday to you!

lika got crap done on Sunday, September 26, 2004, 03:29 p.m.

Nothing like smart, sexy, intriguing women to pick up my mood #^___^#

lika got crap done on Sunday, September 26, 2004, 12:15 a.m.

I'm totally Nostalgia's bitch. I actually miss Carleton, the university that I used to wish terrorists would bomb so I could get out of there. Right now I'm remembering its library with its lovely carpeted floor, and the cement path to the Unicenter with the benches and the flowers, and breathtaking view of the sky during sunset from the computer lab's window, the sound of the rapids and the autumnal reflection of trees on the lake and I'm missing it and I feel like the world's greatest fool, because I want to go back to my younger self and tell her to enjoy Carleton, even though I know for a fact that my younger self would be cursing at me and demanding why ain't I happy for getting out there.

Dammit, it must be fall again >_<

lika got crap done on Saturday, September 25, 2004, 04:49 p.m.

Kicking it old school :) Links and new color scheme to follow (or not.) But random note about how much I want lick Ammie all over like a lollipop. I will have your babies, if it's the last thing I do *snuggles*

lika got crap done on Friday, September 24, 2004, 04:40 p.m.