Hello again,

I hope all’s well with you, dear readers. I had the group presentation for ‘LULITMI’ yesterday. I was a bit nervous thinking about it beforehand, but by the time it rolled around I was feeling ok. I think we did a good job with our poster (I mean I’ve nothing on Bob Ross but a fair attempt for someone who regularly locks herself out of Word Documents on her own laptop). Bless pre-made poster templates. I felt like a proud mother seeing it displayed at the Ideas Fair. I surprised myself with how I was actually able to come up with a somewhat comprehensible answer to some of the questions the panelist’s asked. Overall, I think the oversight of policing in LULITMI was in good hands.

With regards to History, I was busy completing a precis (sounds fancy I know) based on an article by Amanda Wunder detailing the impact a controversial hoop skirt, the guardainfante, had on 17th century Spain. There was a variety of absurd arguments against it, like it could be used to smuggle prisoners out of jail. Oh to have the fanciful imagination of a man in the 1600s. In a way I found it amusing how men tried to discourage women from wearing it. It made me think that this ignorance could be seen reflected in today’s world, where similarly non-sensical and laughable arguments are often made, especially in the era of Trump (and various others who like to invent their own reality).

I’d say my biggest hill to climb this week was InDesign. I’ve been struggling with it since the start of the semester but I fell I had somewhat of a breakthrough with it. I felt it was a major achievement that I manged to actually get words onto the file, courtesy of a friend who figured out how in the last week or two. I was nearly delirious in this weeks lab, but eventually got there through the power of shared uncertainty about the exercise at hand. I managed to get practise in on Wednesday, using borderline incomprehensible notes I had made on my phone. Fingers crossed the exam next week goes well.

I think that’s the end of my week’s account. Farewell, talk soon.

Alison