ROTK , and faculty party

The unspoily: Loved it, loved it, loved it! It was utterly fulfilling, utterly non-stop, and afterwards we felt we'd fought in the wars of the rings overselves. Laughed, cried, found very little to disappoint. And frighteningly, there were times when Gollum looked exactly like our kitten.

Of course my beloved is now in post-saga depression. He's been looking forward to this for about 25 years, since he was a mere sprout of 8, and now it's over. I keep whispering "extended edition" in his ear . . . but myself, I wish it had been put out on dvd right away so I could take it home and keep on watching.

The spoily: ( Read more... )

Faculty party was very cool; I was feeling so shy and awkward, but had some lovely brief chats with senior faculty and some real bonding with some of the adjuncts and a very nice librarian. HSS2 is a combined literary and historical course; one of the historians, Molly, who's also new this year, has the exact opposite strengths and weaknesses from me (I'm great on close reading and texts, she's strong on history and contextualization), so we're going to help each other out. Another used to be a bar manager and knows people, so I'm going to send him M.'s resume tomorrow and he's offered to help out if he can. *fingers crossed*