5 Things

So, I shall challenge myself to post about 5 things which made today today.

1. Waking up at (not exactly) the crack of dawn.

While I have days where I survive only on 5 to 4 hours of sleep, it hasn't happened often this year. In college, I can miraculously obtain at least 5 1/2 to 6 hours of sleep at a minimum. However, since I am on holiday/study leave, I have been waking up at a very respectable 9.30, and be down for breakfast by 10. So, the past two days has been very difficult as I had to be up and running in college by 9 am. I am not the only one, though, I've been seeing panda eyes and hazy faces for the past 2 days.

2. Literature is very exhausting, even though it is a pathetically short poem.

In fact, the shorter the poem, the harder it is to analyze. For example, this one:

This Is Just To Say

by

William Carlos Williams

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet

and so cold

Apparently, there are many ways to read this poem, so it is not about plums.

3. Sometimes, words are what they mean.

From the poem Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy, there was a line 'And the sun was white, as though chidden by God'

So, we did William Barnes for lit also, and he used an accent so the words looked funny. I thought the same thing happened here. Turns out, chidden does mean chidden.

4. I have backlog.

I was checking the updates on my Facebook and discovered a backlog of articles from a lot of groups. I am still deleting them.

5. My dog refuses to eat.

My dog does not like the thunder or the rain. However the place I live likes ironies and

therefore, provide thunder sans the rain.

However, my dog refuses to eat due to the prospect of rain since there is thunder.