The Final Final

Paper update: Today, I edited two of Kelly's papers. She's revised one of mine and says she's working on the next one. Have been revising my thesis. Also, completed my essay exam for African history. It was exactly as the study guide said it would be, so that's good. I was one of the first people to walk out of there, which doesn't usually happen. I suspect it's because I usually take essay exams in an hour and a half, and don't have outlines on me when I come in. This was easy in comparison. It's also my very last exam at MSU. I don't really have time to comprehend or enjoy it yet.
I was in a cheerful mood earlier this evening because Kelly really liked my Matilda essay. She said it flowed well. I would like to think, given how much I write, that I am getting better at it. I am pretty proud of it, I must admit.
Tomorrow is crunch day. Wish me luck.
Geez. 60 posts. Doesn't seem possible.

Choices

As I was walking into class today, Kelly ran up behind me. She wanted to talk about Doctor Who. Have I seen the new episode yet? No.
Mostly, I forgot that it has already premiered. I've gone so long without regular episodes that it's weird to think there are now more.
I'm still wary of this new Doctor. When Tennant announced he was leaving, a whole slew of ideas went up on the Internet, and some of them sounded like great ideas. I was disappointed that they chose Smith, who I've seen before in other things and found serviceable but ultimately not interesting enough to be anything more than a bit player. I'm also still disappointed they chose a white man instead of a woman and/or a person of color. England is not as white as so many people like to believe. It's time for its greatest tv show to do a better job of reflecting that reality.

The Life and Tales of William Marshal

On Monday, my friend Kelly and I were discussing how we should make a movie about William Marshal. Today, while sitting in a class and learning about Henry II, who seems to have been really interesting, I think I still like the basic idea.
I think it would be better as a miniseries about William Marshal, focusing on his time as Young King Henry's knight. After Young King Henry dies, he goes to Jerusalem, and then we can end at Marshal's death. I'm thinking, in the beginning, we let Marshal tell three stories about himself to establish the kind of person he is, maybe the first three interesting stories about him from the poem that is about him.
I like this idea mostly because so many other movies have been done about other people who have spent time around Henry II, like Becket and The Lion in Winter. Henry II seems to have really captured writer's imaginations, since there's Murder in the Cathedral, and hell, even the Canterbury Tales is ultimately about Becket.
I tried, over Christmas Break, to watch The Tudors, and wasn't that into it. Maybe I've over done it with the Tudor history? It seems unlikely, but possible. I think, mostly, that it's no fun for me because I already know what's going to happen to all the main characters, unlike most Americans, who maybe know, at best, that Elizabeth will eventually become queen. I think also court intrigue is just depressing, because it reminds me how untrustworthy everyone is.