After dinner, which was fried and tasteless, I went to a queer theory session, and dozed through two of the papers but managed to stay awake through the Sir Gawain one - I'm trying to go to every Sir Gawain session I can.
It was the first time I've asked questions - though it wasn't so much to ask a question as to correct something the girl had said. Theorists have a bit of a habit of only reading things in translation and even then a touch half arsedly.
Then I headed to the Toronto University function, having been invited (it was open to everyone anyway). They had an open bar with spirits. While chatting to various people, I got progressively more and more hammered. Was a very pleasant evening.
The wonders of alcohol, I could ignore my body clock enough to get six or seven hours sleep. If I can sleep that much again tonight I may survive Kalamazoo.
Typing is proving very hard today, I think the general lack of sleep all week is actually hitting me harder now my body remembers what it has been missing out on.
Still a bit manic too. I miss sleep. And beds with actual mattresses.
There are mostly no papers on Gawain today, I went to a lecture on the spread of Islam through Christian Syria this morning, it was awesome. There are sessions on now - the first time I've missed possible papers the whole time I've been here. I might pick one at random and sneak in to it late.
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