Half term and reading week simply dragged because I really just wanted to get on with the exams and get them out the way. English Sociology and History essays are drafted in full. I typed them out, but then I also hand wrote them. Two reasons, one to practise writing with a fountain pen and the other to determine whether I could write 1000+ words in an hour and a half. I can. Only trouble is the ink cartridge is now empty.
Image: worldislandinfo.com Half-Term is over but Sue isn't feeling particularly well rested, thanks to her Mother-In-Law's fondness for timer switches. There are also exams to contend with, if only Sue's pen could keep the ink supply going and she could remember what she sat down at to write...
Half term and reading week simply dragged because I really just wanted to get on with the exams and get them out the way. English Sociology and History essays are drafted in full. I typed them out, but then I also hand wrote them. Two reasons, one to practise writing with a fountain pen and the other to determine whether I could write 1000+ words in an hour and a half. I can. Only trouble is the ink cartridge is now empty.
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We’re getting to that age at Squeamish Bikini, too old to use ‘sick’ as a slang-ridden compliment, yet too young to insist people get off our lawn. Our insistence upon city-dwelling also impedes our ambition to yell such instructions. All we have in our mid-to-late youth is pedantry. We are getting crow’s feet from all that wincing we do as we overhear people mangle the English language. Why don’t you stop eavesdropping? You might ask. Why don’t you let us charmingly correct you in a list of 5? We reply… |
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