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[nny]

My posts are getting increasingly scatty, boring, and infrequent of late. This'd be because I can't sleep. I'm getting four hours on a good night, and the rest of the time is spent worrying about having bad dreams, which is kinda tiring in itself. I'm hoping this is a small blip and I'll be back to my fascinating and amusing self in next to no time. Sorry.

Currently reading the Edda. This was going to be a quick read through, brief notes for a character. Bloody thing's annoyingly fascinating.

*curses inventively*

Have to put off finishing the Mauritius Command again. Speaking of... I'm having a really difficult time with this one. I mean, I have a very limited knowledge of Naval matters, so a lot of what Patrick O'Brian writes about goes over my head, but I can generally pick up what's going on through context, and the stories are interesting enough to keep me enthralled. This one, I can't seem to get into at all. This is my third attempt at reading it, and I don't know if it's the book that's harder or if my concentration levels have changed. Hmm.

Also? I'm considering sending an email to my lecturer arguing about the implications of stone tools used by Homo erectus. I'm so not clever/well read enough to start this, but I have niggling little ideas that won't go away. She won't hate me for being presumptuous, right?

*wibbles slightly*

Wish gmail worked on this computer so I could do something useful.

Comments

[sophistry]

I dunno, I don't think 'The Mauritius Command' is any less readable than the first three books. Then again, I'm only about 80-something apges in, and am using it as a study-distraction, so.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

:-*

Lalalalaa.

[museofswearing.livejournal.com]

If the nautical terminology's tripping you up, go here: http://www.leicesterandleicestershire.com/Nautical_Words.htm . It's really comprehensive and a great help. You'll be wing-an-wing in no time. :D

[villainny.livejournal.com]

*grins*

I own a dictionary of nautical terms. I just don't think I really need to know every little last thing that's going on. It doesn't really trip me up if I just skim over the action- I mean, it doesn't make all that much difference to me. As Stephen says in the film- "Clearly something nautical and terribly fascinating has occured..." Doesn't matter to me overmuch what it is. I should probably be keelhauled for saying it, but that's the way it is.

[malachan.livejournal.com]

Me too. Haven't had a good night's sleep for ages. :hugs:

The Icelandic Edda, right? D'you recommend it?