Copious Amounts of Coffee in a Karl Marx Mug

Concerning the general topic of the Master’s dissertation, I sit back in my chair, drum my fingers on my desk and ponder: “Motivation, Motivation, Where for art thou, Motivation?”
There are a range of activities that have filled up my days following my last essay hand-in–none of which having much to do with my dissertation [...]

Sì, mi chiamano Mimì

The other day when Desmond and I were comparing lunches, his being in Bristol and quite fancy, mine being in Edinburgh and quite depressing, I suddenly realised how beautifully daunting my life can be– hence the extremely uppity title of today’s blog.
Grad school is far from my undergrad experience: there is no one to hold [...]

Sort It Out

To bring you up to speed: After months of deliberation and the end-all decision that law school was not this moment’s calling, I applied to the University of Edinburgh’s Literature and Transatlanticism program — a new program that bridges cross-cultural theoretical exchange with literature. This program is ultimately perfect for me and there [...]