Tag Sechsundfünfzig (Day Fifty-Six)

What should have been a long day actually ended up becoming a very uneventful day. My tutorial leader for sci-fi tutorial caught some sort of stomach bug a couple of days ago and was not yet feeling well. This led us to postpone our double-tutorial session until this weekend, which was okay with me. After sci-fi class, I came home and ate lunch. Then I made some tea and settled in with The Fellowship of the Ring, hoping to finish it. Several hours later, this was accomplished. I am not sure right off hand which book I shall be reading next. The next book for my British Contemporary Fantasy Literature class is Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. In that class, we are currently discussing The Fellowship of the Ring, and, in the tutorial for that class, we are currently discussing The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. For my American Science Fiction in the 20^th Century class, the next book is a short-story by Isaac Asimov, entitled “That Thou Art Mindful of Him.” The next book for the sci-fi tutorial is another short story, entitled “The Cyborg Manifesto.” By my recollection, none of these will be talked about soon (the next week). Checking on this might be a good idea…

All right, by my records, it appears that we will be talking about “That Thou Art Mindful of Him” in sci-fi class on two weeks from today. That being a short story, I will probably go ahead and read it and take notes on it this weekend. We have not yet talked about “The Bicentennial Man” in sci-fi tutorial (because of postponements and such), so “The Cyborg Manifesto” will probably not need to be read for a few weeks yet. After “That Thou Art Mindful of Him,” I will probably start Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone this weekend. Judging by how quickly I read the various Harry Potter books during my first read-through of them, which was years ago (Junior High-age or before, for the first several books), I do not think that this book will take very long. I am relatively familiar with the story already, so this is merely a refreshment of my memory regarding the details.

During the past week, the leaves of many of the trees here have begun to undergo their colour-changes. As I know many of you are big fans of the autumn leaves, I decided to take a picture through my window of my (new) view. I say new, because I have, once again, rearranged the furniture in my room, this time placing my desk in front of the window to afford me a better view of the trees and, behind them the fog rolling over the residential area around the dormitories.

Since I did not expect to even be yet out of tutorial by this time, I am now afforded a good chunk of time for this afternoon and evening. Perhaps I will start in on some more reading after a workout and some more tea. That, plus brainstorming for next week’s presentation (three of us in sci-fi class are in charge of a presentation covering at least one integral aspect of Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild”), should make for a relaxing and productive evening.