About a month after my last post here... and pretty much everything is still as it was.
The Ohio Shakespeare Conference went quite well, actually, and I discovered - much to my surprise - that The Maid's Tragedy is somehow quite popular. I'm still sick of it and, if my advisors are to be believed, I'm going to get much, MUCH sicker of it before this whole dissertation thing is over. Ugh. Yup, I've been ordered to write a chapter on the bloody thing. *sigh* Ah, well. It could be worse. At least I've also been ordered to write one on Edward the Second... Oh, wait. I'm going to be sick of that, too (show is March 7-9 for those of you in or who will be in the Boston area). Hopefully Marlowe has a bit more staying power than Beaumont and Fletcher.
And no, I haven't really moved past the "re-do this" part of my life. Except now it's really more of "this is too big, cut out most of it and then fill in the rest." Ack. Ah, well, at least someone (i.e. my advisors) is still excited about this project. And I can stop reading about portraiture. Oh, wait. I was done reading about portraiture. Maybe next post I'll be able to say "this will do." Maybe. (I'm not holding my breath, and I suggest you continue respirating, as well.)
I think I need some cake and ice cream. But I should probably eat dinner first.