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Okay. Okay. We've (mostly) past the boil-your-brain-out, punched-in-the-face head portion of the cold. Now it's moved down into my chest and settled there quite happily, as usual. *sighs* And I'm not sure why I'm posting this. Possibly I'm not thinking all that clearly just yet. Fever-dreams scramble your brain. *nods solemnly*

Also? Heavy-duty texts on Medieval Islamic Engineering are hard enough going when I'm not boil-brained and coughing my lungs up. And some of the original illustrations from the islamic manuscripts look really funky when viewed through a fever-lense. Possibly not helped by the fact that most of the water-raising technology involves gears, which in illustration usually translates to 'vast spiky things involving bound animals' (animal power being the main motive force on anything not situated over a fast-running water course - or wind or gravity powered, admittedly, but ... shush), which ... again, do not do happy things to a fevered brain -_-;

Also also? I'm rambly today. And babbly.

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I'm dead. I'm so dead. Also, sick and panicking right now, so not making too much sense, probably, but ... I'm dead. I have this presentation on Monday, on the dissertation, and owing to my health this past year, I have been working on said dissertation for exactly two days, as opposed to everyone else's few months. And now I have to get up in front of a room, and show everyone exactly how little I've done. *cries*

I have spent the past eight hours or so scanning two sources, and I've another couple lined up for tomorrow, and I have cherry-picked a couple of points I could maybe bullshit on for a few minutes, but ... I'm supposed to get 10 minutes of well-reasoned presentation out of two days work scanning a few sources and jotting down some rushed notes? How?

( Some ideas ... Help? )

I'm dead. Also, not currently able to see straight. And panicking. And coughing.

And very, very dead. I am so, so dead. *cries*