
Posted in Updates on 3rd March 2003
Got up early and completed essay. Not entirely convinced it's my best work, but its done on time and before my trip - so I'm pleased. Bumped into work people in town and gossiped a little. Some difficult news from a friend later. Visited, managed to get myself pretty mad...

Posted in Updates on 1st March 2003
Finally completed reading and started work on essay. Realised how flabby the old academic muscles have become over the last lazy year. Rattle off an introduction and some brief sketches of how I'd like to procede. Lost confidence and concentration about the same time. Attempted to find diversion which would...

Posted in Updates on 28th February 2003
Pay day coincides with Day Two of enforced leave. More rather weighty tomes arrive in the wake of the Terry Eagleton book - taking things to extremes as usual when I should be trying to get assignment done before heading off. Booked hotel for next week, then headed out to...