When it rains, it POURS

[jhameia]

So like, this month, I was going to do the novel writing thing right? Jazz Fest, pfft, I only need 16 hours to be considered a full volunteer. I was gonna write one chapter a night, steadily, all the way until mid-August, then revise, and register for SIWC.

Oh nooooooooo. No, pride and academic nerdiness dictated that I commit to revising Intersection of Race and Steampunk for an anthology, due August 10. I predict several evening hours spent in the Killam library, as I won't be able to borrow books out of uni libraries without a student ID. But that's okay, it's grad school work in something that interests me without the actual grad school tuition fees!

And not only that, but I'm stage-managing. Four shifts. Each of them six hours, and a possible two more hours (which I hope not, because Dinuk Wijeratne is performing that night and he's a genius so I don't want to have to miss a minute). I don't know why I'm stage-managing so many shifts. Jazz Fest is only one week, thankfully. I'll be lucky if I come out of this without my brain seeping out of my ears.

So. I may have to take a break from the internetz for a while.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

嘘なの？

[pernishus.livejournal.com]

My dear, you don't have to be a student to borrow books, as long as you are resident in Halifax. Consult with the Circulation Desk for details. A card can be issued, that I know for sure.

[pernishus.livejournal.com]

Here's the info:

http://www.library.dal.ca/Services/Borrow/Cards/OCB/

So alright, it's thirty five bucks per year -- but surely the convenience is worth the price of a week's worth of lunches?

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

That's definitely useful! I don't mind paying a little extra. I like the convenience of having the Novanet Catalog at my disposal.

I remember being told that non-students can't borrow books by some librarian somewhere. Probably a student librarian though.

[dmp.livejournal.com]

LoL. I know what you mean about craziness on the plate. I've already dedicated major library time trying to find resources for my revision too. But I have no idea where to begin revising. What angles are you pursuing?

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of discussing assimilation in fashion, and how PoC tend to take on the clothing of where they are minorities in order to fit in better. I'll be arguing that it would help the cause of diversity if PoC didn't feel the need to assimilate. I don't know yet though, it'll depend on what I can find. I also want to throw in stuff about more after-effects of colonialism in there, from PoC perspectives. Both these angles may converge.

[dmp.livejournal.com]

Cool. I had a revelation on the subway today and so I think I have a better understanding on where I'm going. I'm still keeping the topic of American steampunk perspective, but expanding more on the history Americans and anglophilia and how that applies to the current fascination with steampunk. I'm going to also talk about the political symbolism of the colonizers' fashion in history and include my thoughts about past cultural approbation and orientalism. But I'm arguing that by co-opting British colonial fashions, steampunks are subverting the colonial symbolism those fashions once possessed.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Nice! I'll be arguing the other way: Using the alternate history aspect of steampunk, steampunks can assert and re-connect with their heritage by mixing in aspects of their own cultural fashion into colonial fashions, creating a more visibly diverse space. I'll be hitting the costume vs. clothing angle in this, tying it in with the lifestyle aspect of steampunk.