Managed to catch a cold in time for the first day of teaching yesterday. Did a fair bit of dripping, thought I was going to faint a couple of times, and I was definitely a bit fuzzier than usual, but the students were bright and interested.
Meanwhile, I'm thoroughly excited by No Direction Home, Martin Scorcese's documentary about Bob Dylan (part 1 last night, part 2 tonight). I showed the students Jed's apostropheless poster yesterday and had to stop myself going on about Dylan too long. I assured them that I'm not a Dylan nerd, but I should have admitted that I am working on it. I enjoyed the opening bit where he spoke about being on an odyssey taking things in on his way home. I've added this snippet to tomorrow's 'Meaning and Understanding' handout:
I was born VERY far from where I’m supposed to be and so I’m on my way home
B-)
I am not a big Bob fan myself, although I always loved 'Like a rolling stone'. I managed to catch part 2 today, and I was very amused with the parts where he was answering questions in press conferences. My favourite one is when someone asks him "how many singers are there in the same musical vineyard in which you toil?" and then he answers "136" then the man asks again "do you mean about 136 or exactly 136?" I think we need a semanticist here :)