Principessa is starting to get more argumentative these days. And arguing with some form of logic and fact. The lastest argument is the bedtime argument.
- Me: It's time for bed.
- Princi: Mummy (points to window) it's not dark.
- Me: It's still time for bed.
- Princi: But Mummy, it's still light. It's not dark. It's not night.
What can you say? Perfectly logical. It's more or less impossible to get her to go to sleep much before 11pm at the moment. I am thinking of waking her up at 5am and saying 'But it's light. It's time to wake up."
She's also making me laugh lots when I'm playing Guitar Hero - most of the time at her request. I think she likes the tunes. Why does she make me laugh? She tries to sing the songs. Well, more shout than sing. And it is soooo funny and cute! She especially likes 3's and 7's by Queens of the Stone Age. It makes me think I should re-invest in some QOTSA albums.
(OK, while looking for the 3's and 7's vid to put on the blog, the song started playing and Principessa hoofed it down the stairs, burst through the living room door and looked mightily confused that the GH3 tab was not playing on the TV! Funny little Monkey! Oh, and I call her Monkey because she was born in the year of the monkey, and she climbs like a monkey too!)
Well, I'm just on 1,100 words into the Wallace assignment. Not good as I only have just over 100 words left, and I have more spiritualism stuff to cover, his socialism to start, and a conclusion to wind the whole thing up. I think it might be time to go through what I have written and see if there is stuff there that I can cut. Grrr. I think it is all relevant. And I hate cutting things in case they are the things that are being looked for in the essay. Bum! I'm kind of looking forward to this essay being done with, even though it's been, by far, the most interesting of the units.
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Hi Ally,i am the 1000 word mark also.I have covered his early life re:socialism.Hopefully covered the spiritual angle ok.He was obviously at odds with the B. Association and I think i have got evidence to support their differing attitudes.I am struggling a bit on his later socialism and how it affected his reputation?Sure I will get there eventually.One thing Peter stressed in the tutorial last night was to make sure it does not just become a narrative of his life.That is make sure you use statement,evidence,comment.However it seems impossible not for it to be a least partially a narrative.Just hope I get the balance right.
ps.what the hell am I going to do when you go on to creative writing.I am thinking of a216-art and it's histories.Don't suppose you fancy doing that aswell?
Yeah, I'm struggling with the socialism in his later years, though there was something in BB4 (pages 154-156) about his essay 'Human Selection (RB3 page 85). It seems that Darwin did not agree with his utopian ideas, and as we all know, Darwin was the bigshot, Wallace the upstart, so it was a case of what Darwin said goes. Or that's how I see it. Darwin didn't agree with socialism just like he didn't agree with spiritualism. I read somewhere in the Raby book that Wallace had spoken to Darwin about socialism, and Darwin had said something along the lines that socialism just made him doubt himself and question others, so he didn't like it very much.
Hmmm, seems I may have to work the structure a bit, but I should be going to the tutorial myself tomorrow. I have provided loads of references (so far, up to about 55) and included quotes from Darwin and Wallace, so I hope I have the balance right too. Have you written it in chronological order, or jumped about?
Ooohh, creative writing. I've already signed up. Just waiting for the reply from the grants dept. Then I will be all confirmed to start it in September. Yay! I don't think I'll be doing any art history stuff for a while after this course, not too beneficial in getting an Eng lang degree! Soz! It will feel strange not having these conversations. I'll still pepper your blog though!
55 references-Holy sh*t!!!!
Honestly i have used 10-15 so far.Used the South Wales farmer,quotes from Wallace and Darwin on their travels,Huxley,and a couple of others.In fact about ten in total.
Have tried to do it chronologically,perhaps why i am struggling with socialism in later life.Not sure but think his opposing views with Darwin started early on so that would bugger up the chronology.Don't think it neccassary to do it in a particular order it just seemed the most logical to me.Ho hum
Yup. Every single piece of info I have put in I have provided a reference for, just in case I haven't paraphrased enough. And after I had one TMA come back (02) with a 'please quote your reference' (from first tutor, not Peter) I have since referenced everything!
Yep, chronologically here too. I don't think the socialism really did affect his career, other than he had a different way of viewing things than the other 'men of science', in that his socialism allowed him to view 'savage' races as equals instead of animals, like Darwin. In other words, he was more a socialist than an evolutionist (or Darwinian) than the rest of them. In other words, while he included the science, it was the social interaction, customs and such, that interested him. So, as a scientist, he seemed only to be revered as a naturalist - studying butterflies, beetles, animals, plants - than an evolutionary biologist (though for some reason I typo'd revolutionary biologist - hmmm subconscious!). But other than that, socialism in later years did nothing to his reputation, as spiritualism had already dented it. That's my view, anyway, so don't quote me!
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