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Aug. 11th, 2004 11:42 amI watched Kill Bill Vol 1 last night on video, and now I can't get that "Bang Bang" song out of my head. It's not conducive to a light-hearted and carefree attitude.
(Never mind the fact that I'm going to see one of the people from my differentiation panel this afternoon; or that when my supervisor sent me his notes on differentiation, he appended the hollow-sounding words, "You're getting on well"; or that I spent yesterday rushing around the libraries like a mad thing until 7-ish, then came back to an empty house cos Philip had gone off to a mate's birthday in Banbridge, and when I wanted to order a Domino's, our one and only menu was lost so I had to leave the house again to go somewhere else. No, the sole reason for my state of melancholy is #Bang bang/He shot me down/Bang bang/I hit the ground/Bang bang/That awful sound/Bang bang/My baby shot me down#.)
It makes me think of my favourite James Bond song, "Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". It was supposed to be in "Thunderball" but only the instrumental was used, in the scene where he's dancing with the evil bitch in the blue dress, surrounded by guys who are going to shoot him at the first chance. I've only ever heard it on one Bond compilation, which belonged to a friend of mine, but I can't find it anywhere. The title is a Japanese nickname for Bond translated into English, or something.
I think I will have to disappear from LJ for a while. I have so much reading I want to do. I've decided that undergraduate degrees are too short, too rushed. They should be at least five years, to let you really get into your subject and be thorough about it. And there should be more classes: more seminars, tutorials, lectures etc. One lecture and one tutorial a week just isn't enough. I don't care about whatever else it is tutors are supposed to do! Aren't they supposed to be there for us, to teach us?
This is all too late for me, of course. Meh.
I don't know if I will disappear immediately, but yeah it will be soon. I'll see you guys on the flipside. Don't go doing anything important, like inventing time travel or ending the world or anything!
[EDIT: The meeting went OK. I feel a bit clearer on what these people want from me. Now I've got to get a hold of Leon and see what we're going to do about it. #Bang bang#]
(Never mind the fact that I'm going to see one of the people from my differentiation panel this afternoon; or that when my supervisor sent me his notes on differentiation, he appended the hollow-sounding words, "You're getting on well"; or that I spent yesterday rushing around the libraries like a mad thing until 7-ish, then came back to an empty house cos Philip had gone off to a mate's birthday in Banbridge, and when I wanted to order a Domino's, our one and only menu was lost so I had to leave the house again to go somewhere else. No, the sole reason for my state of melancholy is #Bang bang/He shot me down/Bang bang/I hit the ground/Bang bang/That awful sound/Bang bang/My baby shot me down#.)
It makes me think of my favourite James Bond song, "Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". It was supposed to be in "Thunderball" but only the instrumental was used, in the scene where he's dancing with the evil bitch in the blue dress, surrounded by guys who are going to shoot him at the first chance. I've only ever heard it on one Bond compilation, which belonged to a friend of mine, but I can't find it anywhere. The title is a Japanese nickname for Bond translated into English, or something.
I think I will have to disappear from LJ for a while. I have so much reading I want to do. I've decided that undergraduate degrees are too short, too rushed. They should be at least five years, to let you really get into your subject and be thorough about it. And there should be more classes: more seminars, tutorials, lectures etc. One lecture and one tutorial a week just isn't enough. I don't care about whatever else it is tutors are supposed to do! Aren't they supposed to be there for us, to teach us?
This is all too late for me, of course. Meh.
I don't know if I will disappear immediately, but yeah it will be soon. I'll see you guys on the flipside. Don't go doing anything important, like inventing time travel or ending the world or anything!
[EDIT: The meeting went OK. I feel a bit clearer on what these people want from me. Now I've got to get a hold of Leon and see what we're going to do about it. #Bang bang#]
