I'm. So. Tired.

 
So very tired.

So...First fortnight down and I'm way exhausted. I kind of feel like my brain has gone through a grater, or a paint mixer or something.

Anyway, so far everything is alrightish. My Reading Poetry class is -- without being too cocky -- cake. I mean, reading and poetry, what's not to like? Except for the fact that the current lecturer's name is Huw...Pron. "Hugh". I'm thinking of changing it for him, lol. I know that we can't all choose our names, but really. Varieties of English Grammar is good but it would be better if we could move on from the Greek and flash forward to when English started to become English, lol. The lectures are pretty cool, though, because they're small and there's plenty of room for questions and stuff...And plenty of room for the lecturer to get off track and to be distracted, lol. Phonetics is fine too, but it's melting my brain a bit...I haven't had a lot of experience with phonetics save for some brief IPA transcription work during last year, but it turns out that there's a bit more to it than that, lol. Did you know that if a text is properly transcribed (narrowly transcribed, rather), and you know what you're looking at, you can exactly imitate the pattern of speech and accent of the person whose voice the transcription came from. Incredible.

But...Functional Grammar. I'm still thinking I can crack it, but my God. We have a two hour lecture on Wednesdays (right after Phonetics, gawd) and it makes my brain ache. There are a few problems I have...I mean I'm used to grammar working a certain way (as we all are) and it turns out that functional grammar has a grammar all of its own. Which kind of means that I have to shove aside everything I've ever learned RE grammar and try to learn this new stuff. The other kind of downer is the lecturer. Apparently he's all world renown and stuff (heh, I've never heard of him ;)) which is all well and good for him, but he's a crap lecturer. Very robotic and not terribly informative. I mean, I'm not looking to be spoon-fed, that's not what higher education is about, but I would like some basic explanations as to what these new terms are and how they function. Brugh. It also seems that the second I think I've got the hang of something, I get all turned around and feel like I don't know what the hell I'm doing.

Phwoar. I sound all grouchy but I'm not. Not really. I'm just really freakin' tired. Really. I was at uni today from 11 to 7pm when my Functional Grammar tutorial finished. During the tute the tutor (a Spanish woman who speaks English in Australia studying Spanish grammar, go fig) calls on people to contribute bits of info or to do stuff on the board and today it was my turn...Which made me feel both stupid and like I kind of knew what I was doing. weird moment.

Anyways, poison girls, I'm going to bed because I'm going to die. Really die. Forever.

'Night all xx