Remember remember the - how on earth is it the 5th of November?

(Okay so today is the 4th. Same diff. Almost N7 day!)

You guys. It's November. How in God's good green earth is it NOVEMBER?

Uhhhg.

It's been so long since I've posted. But at the same time I have no clue what I ought to say. What has happened this October, let's see...

Not a lot. Or at least it sure feels like it.

I've stumbled my way through drafting an essay - or at least half of one. Gosh, this essay is gonna be bad and I have NO TIME to write it. Now i've got to start a second one! I am really hoping that this second essay will go well, as it's going to be - hopefully! - the start of my study of games. But I just have so little time!!!

What else? I can't remember what I've already told you and I'm too lazy to go back and check. Well this is the last term I'm required to attend seminars, so I've been going to 2 a week. One is one I did last year, Aristotle's Ethics. In a way it's good because I feel like I actually know what's going on now. But also it is just kind of... boring. Really easy to zone out in. The other seminar though is GREAT. It's on Feminist Philosophy and I am really enjoying it. The teacher is wonderful and I love the way she has set up the class - it's structured enough to allow us to dig into really meaty questions while open enough to encourage everyone to share. Als the stuff we're reading - I've never read this kind of stuff before and it's SO interesting. We've done a lot on how we define "gender" and how we define "philosophy" and it's been good. A lot of it is about challenging the way philosophy is done - and you know what? That's what I need right now.

I think I've said it before but the longer I've spent in Oxford doing philosophy the more I've come to hate philosophy. I just don't care for it, I don't want to do it, I'm not invested, and I feel like ths things I do want to do "don't count" as philosophy. But maybe a lot of that is because of the extremely constricted way philosophy is done in academia and in oxford - a very analytic form of philosophy. And that's not ME. But maybe that's not all of what philosophy should be. I dunno. It's interesting to say the least. I don't think I will submit an essay about feminist philosophy but I'm enjoying reading it.

It is fall here - winter, practically, and it is SO BEAUTIFUL. I will probably post some pictures this weekend, as I've been on several walks to just admire the bright yellow trees :) It got really cold over the last few days tho! And it's starting to get very dark at like 5pm now or even earlier.

I've finally started to get something of a rythm to my weeks. Kind of. So that's good. It got really interrupted last week though because I got sick - or at least I had a really terrible week of allergies. I had a sore throat, which I normally know is the first sign of catching cold, but the cold never came. I just had a sore throught and extreme fatigue for a few days, and had to take naps every day. Feeling mostly better now.

I really don't know what else to say. I've been meaning to post on this blog for ages and I'm finally doing it but I dunno what else I have to share. I've been working my way through the Discworld books (Terry Pratchett) via audiobook.

Oh! the best thing that happened this week: I got to meet a dog the other day!! Someone here are college has asked if I would like to dog sit for them on Tuesdays which is all kinds of wonderful. They are SUPER nice and their dog is super chill but gets lonely. So I might get to take the bus to their house and just do some reading and take their dog on a walk and stuff on Tuesdays now. Which is awesome. Because I really miss having a dog. (Also seriously these people are SO NICE)

I'm still trying to figure out what my next essay will be on. I think it will be submitted under the heading of "Ethics" but I would love it to be about games, and I would really rather NOT do the issue of violence because that is so overdone. But we shall see. I'll talk to my supervisor about it on Monday.

I'm still really nervous about my ability to get these two essays prepared by 0th week of Hillary (2nd week of January) because I'm going home for Christmas. Which is fantastic! I am super looking forward to being with my family and friends. But I'll definitely have to bring work home with me this time. I really wish I had my marks from the last batch to see how well I need to do on the next...

What elllllssse? I started watching Stranger Things. I'm not done yet so no spoilers! but it is SO GOOD so far. Anyway that was my Halloween. Ummm idk what else. Life has been pretty up and down, but for once I remember to write while i was in a good mood rather than the opposite.

I can't believe I STILL HAVEN'T made any posts about my summer trip. It feels like ages ago now! I am so sorry guys. Maybe I'll try to do that while I'm home? No promises.

I guess I'll wrap up here since I've said "what else?" several times now. This has been your monthly news update :P

Thank you again to everyone who reads this. I love y'all!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow, praise him all creatures here below, praise him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Rissa