Winding down...

So I would really like to go to bed, but my body is not accustomed to sleep before one o'clock, if not later, so I'll blow some time on here.
Today was the first day of the winter semester, and the beginning of my eighth university semester (not counting intersession last spring when I took only one course). I'm a little freaked that if it were not for my penchant to drop a class or two and refusal to take five courses at once, I would be finished my degree at the end of this term. As things actually are, I should be done by next Christmas. This is also fucked.
I am taking this term three classes on campus and one of two I am currently registered for by distance. We have English 4080, Postmodern British Literature (!!!); Classics 1121, Elementary Latin II; English 4251, American Literature to 1880; and either Religious Studies 2350, Religious Institutions; or Religious Studies 2610, Introduction to Religious Ethics. The distance education thing seems very complex to me and I don't have the energy to figure it out yet. The on-campus courses seem promising...slash necessary. I'm hoping my enthusiasm for Latin comes back...it's been seven months since I even looked at this crap and it's all a little fuzzy. The English courses should be all kinds of wicked. 4080 is the second part of a course I took in the fall (the modernist literature one). This course last term was what changed my mind about fourth year seminars. I have completed all I need for my major, but this class was so rewarding I decided to take another one for kicks. It's the same prof, same format...I know exactly what to expect. There are four or so of us who took the other one, and we're considered wise. 4251 is going to be an insane amount of work, but mercifully does not require any presentations. I also get to experience the legend that is Andrew Loman before I leave MUN. I already had a very good impression of him from the two weeks I spent in Graphic Novels (the dropping of that course had nothing to do with HIS teaching...), and after today's class, my opinion remains positive. I really can't say enough good things about the majority of the English department at MUN. I transferred to MUN focusing more on the History offerings, and it's nice that despite the fact that the History department has disappointed me over and over again, the English department has really come through. It was worth the move to this crazy island just to get something fulfilling out of the second half of my degree.
I'm actually kind of sleepy now, so I'm going to go with it and move to the right into my wonderful bed.

A new coat, a new blog.

I have been pondering creating a new blog for some time but, like a new email address, it took me awhile to get at it. As my livejournal account that I started roughly two years ago is named "paddington_coat" for my lovely red winter coat, I figured that the acquisition of a new coat last week was the exact push I needed to get at this. Mind you, I don't have much to say at this moment. Hopefully this will come with actually leaving the house and rejoining the outside world over the next few days.