Week 3

Classes went significantly better this week now that we've actually started the coursework. This week I read "Sheepshagger" by Niall Griffiths which although extremely well written was so graphic that I actually had nightmares from it. It was also quite lengthy which made it a task but I finished it in three days and two of those days I had nine hours of class. I also read "Landscape for a Good Woman" by Carolyn Steedman which I was expecting to be more about gender but it's main focus was a historical view of class. Then I read "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville which is a rather short novel about a strange man. I'm still not sure how to feel about it. It wasn't life-altering, clearly. I read selections from "City-Lit: London" as well.
This week I went to the British Library which was fantastically modern and  had lots of comfortable places to sit. However, to actually get to the books you had to have proof that they had something you couldn't find anywhere else and you had to go through all these security things and could only bring like pencils and laptops into the rooms with the books. So I didn't actually get to SEE the books. Oh well...
I spent more time reading in Regent's Park which was nice because I managed to catch it on a sunny afternoon. Supposedly this is going to be the last week of relative warmth before it starts to get cold. I'm not excited for it to get super cold because I like being outside.
I've been frequenting the gym and trying to eat fruits and veggies and have thus gained some muscle which is nice. I know I'll be taking a week off so I worked out extra hard this week. Hah.
I went on my second trip to Camden today. It was way less crowded on a Friday than on a Sunday so I enjoyed it a lot more.
I'm headed to Wales in the morning until Sunday night. Then Gina arrives on Monday morning! So I probably won't get around to posting again for a little while.

Here are some pics of the British Library.