Brain Inventory

Or, if you will, "brainventory".

1. Approaching Chapter One. The Brothel in Clarissa as compared to The Brothel in Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (yes, that second one is actually soft-core erotica). Why doesn't Clarissa figure out that she's staying in a brothel? What identifying marks are missing? Brothels in both books are disguised as respectable townhouses. What is the significance of the overlap of the two (each in their own way) domestic spaces? Is the brothel a domestic space? Are the signifiers of domestic space the same as the signifiers of a brothel?

2. Dress Shopping. Must find dress for 10-year high school reunion that is in 3.5 weeks.

3. Knitting. When am I going to have time to buy supplies for my next knitting project? Currently knitting from my stash of yarn. It's another scarf and it's pretty easy, but it helps to have something to do with my hands when I'm trying to think through dissertation questions.

4. Inconsistent Edmonton Weather. I want it to be nice so that I can wear flip flops and comfortably walk to the library and work.

5. The Chapter (or rather, the lack thereof). Pages I've written: zero. Pages other post-exam students have written: the entire freakin' bible, it seems.

6. Summer Solstice. Another month until the longest day of the year. Must find patio to celebrate.