After a few weeks of silence I am back to say… good bye! I leave in less than two days and am in the middle of packing at the moment. But perhaps that is getting ahead of things here. After all, what have I been up to in the weeks since the end of term? … More The end

I just typed “work will fill the time allowed” into Google and discovered that there is in fact a way to describe this phenomenon: Parksinson’s Law. It would seem that in the past few weeks I have been demonstrating the truth of this law. The nature of the Oxford system is very independent, and you … More Parkinson’s Law

Two and a half weeks left of term and life is continuing in much the same fashion. I’m at the kitchen table, determined to draft an essay before I am due at a lecture at five. The reading for this week was considerable and saw me at the library from open to close for the … More Starting to sound familiar…?

At this very moment it is 3:25… in the morning. Perhaps not unusual for a student, but for someone who is usually nodding by half past midnight, this is pretty late. I am working on an essay about music in the postcolonial world. It seems pretty inventive right now, which feels like a good thing, … More Oxford: where pens come to die, theater comes to live, and students don’t sleep

It is 9:00 on a Thursday morning of an even week. That means… an essay is due! I was taking a bit of a gamble by leaving it so last minute (the computer could have stopped working or some other horrible, unforeseen circumstance) BUT the email with attached essay was sent out with a time … More Last minute

Somehow I seem to have found myself back in Turf Tavern with my laptop and some inspiration to write. Perhaps a habit is forming…? Though this time I have a glass of mulled wine. Old Rosie cider was my companion last time. (Speaking of mulling and cider: I had mulled cider for the first time … More Reading, Fall, and the Future

Once again I am typing this post in a Word document while on the go. This time I am on the second story of a tour bus, fourth seat from the front on the lefthand side. We are just heading out of Oxford proper and once again I am surprised at how quickly buildings give way … More Bus ride memos and some pictures

November is just around the corner and, amazingly, I am able to sit outside in the evening while typing this. It drizzles plenty here and the pavement always seems to be wet but there are bouts of sunshine and the temperature has been appreciably mild. But with the shortening days the leaves have started to … More Moving into Second Week

This is the first of likely several posts that are written to take a break from the larger task of essay-writing. What today looked like: I got up around eight, which is the time my internal clock is starting to favor. Cleaned my room, sent some emails, had yogurt and a banana, taped event cards … More Essay break

… would not be enough to take advantage of everything Oxford as a town and university has to offer. (Let alone blog about!) I am writing now in my kitchen as a way of procrastinating from doing the real business of writing my first tutorial essay, but that will come in due time. First a … More All the time in the world…