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bedlamsbard) wrote2011-09-28 06:04 pm
bedlamsbard) wrote2011-09-28 06:04 pm
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grad school, harper's island
Finally I feel emotionally capable of looking at graduate programs again, which is good, as a lot of them open up for applications in October. The University of St. Andrews seems nice? And is really gorgeous, at least judging from the pictures on the website. (This is basically Bedlam's guide on how to choose a graduate school by being shallow. I got a prospectus from the University of Leicester yesterday that said something about Leicester having the largest market of its type in Europe and I went, "Sold! When do I need to apply by again?" Alternately, you can call it Bedlam's guide on how to choose a graduate school based on a strong desire to leave the country.)
One slight problem: with some schools, I haven't quite decided whether I want to go for medieval history or classics. I'm a little in the mood of swinging back over towards medieval, which might be due to my frustration with the classics department at Tulane, but I really do like medieval! Obviously it is not like anyone is saying that if I choose the one then I am cut off from the other ever more, especially since I'm just looking at a master's and not the PhD, but I am torn, y'all, I am so torn.
Unrelatedly: I have just finished my epic rewatch of Harper's Island, where I rediscovered my frankly irrational love for this show is still in effect. It is not exactly quality television! But I really do adore it. Partially because it's set in my home state and it looks like it (probably because it was filmed just over the border in BC, natch) and it feels like it (Washington's principal export: creepy serial killers. No, wait, we keep those to ourselves). And partially because it's just a lot of fun.
Okay, okay, I'll back up and explain: seven years ago, a series of horrific murders were carried out on Harper's Island, a remote island off the coast of Washington State (in the show, it's one of the San Juan Islands). The murderer, John Wakefield, was killed by the sheriff (Jim Beaver), whose wife had been murdered by Wakefield. Now the sheriff's daughter Abby Mills (Katie Cassidy), sent away for her own protection, has returned to the island to celebrate the wedding of her best friend. Only now people have started dying, murdered horrifically, and nobody knows who's doing it -- or who will be next. All anyone knows is that somehow it's all tied back to Abby.
Obviously it is not a show to watch if you can't handle blood and gore and/or violence. It doesn't do torture porn or rape. I like most of the characters. (Aside from, you know, the creepy serial killer/s. But I like him/her/them most of the time too!) And it is amazing at cliffhangers; I am honestly not sure how I watched this show the first time without having a minor heart attack every week. Obviously it is not the kind of show that is everyone's cup of tea, but I love it a lot. And the love stories, omg.
One slight problem: with some schools, I haven't quite decided whether I want to go for medieval history or classics. I'm a little in the mood of swinging back over towards medieval, which might be due to my frustration with the classics department at Tulane, but I really do like medieval! Obviously it is not like anyone is saying that if I choose the one then I am cut off from the other ever more, especially since I'm just looking at a master's and not the PhD, but I am torn, y'all, I am so torn.
Unrelatedly: I have just finished my epic rewatch of Harper's Island, where I rediscovered my frankly irrational love for this show is still in effect. It is not exactly quality television! But I really do adore it. Partially because it's set in my home state and it looks like it (probably because it was filmed just over the border in BC, natch) and it feels like it (Washington's principal export: creepy serial killers. No, wait, we keep those to ourselves). And partially because it's just a lot of fun.
Okay, okay, I'll back up and explain: seven years ago, a series of horrific murders were carried out on Harper's Island, a remote island off the coast of Washington State (in the show, it's one of the San Juan Islands). The murderer, John Wakefield, was killed by the sheriff (Jim Beaver), whose wife had been murdered by Wakefield. Now the sheriff's daughter Abby Mills (Katie Cassidy), sent away for her own protection, has returned to the island to celebrate the wedding of her best friend. Only now people have started dying, murdered horrifically, and nobody knows who's doing it -- or who will be next. All anyone knows is that somehow it's all tied back to Abby.
Obviously it is not a show to watch if you can't handle blood and gore and/or violence. It doesn't do torture porn or rape. I like most of the characters. (Aside from, you know, the creepy serial killer/s. But I like him/her/them most of the time too!) And it is amazing at cliffhangers; I am honestly not sure how I watched this show the first time without having a minor heart attack every week. Obviously it is not the kind of show that is everyone's cup of tea, but I love it a lot. And the love stories, omg.