Lots of Regency

Hello!

It's been long since I've last updated, so now is high time, seeing as I'm not going to get anything done just yet anyway.

The transcription project went well, now I just hope to get a decent grade from my Austen essay. I'll be getting that one back in a week... just before linguistics final paper is due. After that, it's only exams. Four of them.

Yesterday I finally finished Mansfield Park. Took me AGES to read it, at least three weeks! But now it's done, and I can proudly say that yes, I have read all Austens. Afterwards I felt so Regency-oriented that I started re-reading Wrede and Stevermer's the Grand Tour, because I just love references and connections to real history - and during the first 50 pages the heroines of the book had dinner with Beau Brummell! Since I found this awesome website the other day, it's now easier than ever to keep track of who's who: http://www.candicehern.com/regency.htm I most warmly recommend it!

I've done little book shopping. I know I'm not supposed to, but when there's something cheap or something I'm convinced I need, there's no way to stop me. First of all, I got my own copy of Pollington's First Steps in Old English, a book a teacher lent for me and I liked so well I decided I'd get my own. It's very clear, so if you're interested in learning Anglo-Saxon, it's worth taking a look at!

Then I was talking to my friend about how I would love to read Hannu Rajaniemi's the Quantum Thief, but the waiting lists at libraries are extremely long and the book is expensive even in paper back. She told me she had seen it in the window of an antiquary close to where she lives, so off I went to see if I could get it. I'm not sure I got the right antiquary, and I didn't get that particular book, but boy, was it worth it! For what I did find was Scott Lynch's Red Seas Under Red Skies for the measly price of 1.5 euros! I've already got it, but not with this cover, and, well, needless to say it's now sitting on the shelf, waiting for its new brothers to come home.
About a week later I happened to stumble upon Melissa Anelli's Harry, A History in a sales bin at a bookstore. It was even cheaper than before, so now I've got that one, too.

So that's about it. I'm now on Easter Break for three more days, and then it's back to school for a while. Next weekend is the end of April and May Day. In Finland it's a big occasion for students, and it's called vappu. As I'm a university student, I get to wear my graduation hat/cap/whatever that thing should be called, and our wonderful red overalls. There will be drinking and partying late into the night, and a traditional picnic on May 1st. Great occasions to see friends!

Now I think I should get back to semantics. I was clever enough to take an easy topic to write about: lexical fields. They're interesting enough, and just briefly explaining them takes a lot of space. I've got three more fields and conclusion to write, and three pages to do it.

Oh! I'm also going to France in a couple of weeks! We'll be visiting a friend in Poitiers and on our way back home spend a day in Paris. I want to pay my respects to Mr Wilde.

Happy Easter! I'll see you around the end of May, I think! Maybe then I'll say something about Red Riding Hood, if I remember. And Rise Against's new album!

Love, Wilzo