Right. I finished two ridiculously long and horrible exams today, and I'm dead-beat. If there's a word that means more than exhausted, that's me. BUT, on the bright side, once I collapse today, I've tomorrow off to rest, and I *might*, just might, actually get some stuff done. *cross fingers*

And completely unrelated, and apropos of nothing, I found a couple of lines of G.M. Hopkins poem 'The Windhover' that are awesome, and for some reason fit with DCAU Hawkgirl in my head:

"My heart in hiding 
Stirred for a bird,--the achieve of, the mastery of the thing! 
Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here"

Brute beauty and valour and act ... damnit, that's just ... Hats off to the manic-depressive little Jesuit, but he sure had a way with words! That line is going to stick in my head forever. More than just Shayera. That is so many of my favourite people ... just six words that perfectly encapsulate an ideal. Damn the man. It's gorgeous! 

Okay, first and foremost I want to apologise to everybody for being absent for ages, and being completely antisocial and not talking to anyone ... I'm truly sorry, and I don't mean to ignore anyone.

Secondly, the reason for this, and the bad news (for me, anyway) is that this is not likely to change, owing to my triple-damned EXAMS. May is the cursed month. My last exam is on the 30th, and if the past week is anything to go by, I'm not going to enjoy it.

This isn't meant to be a moan-post, and I apologise for it coming across as such. All I wanted to say was sorry for not talking to everyone, and that if you've anything you want me to read, or if you're feeling incredibly charitable and lovely, and want to point me towards something that'll cheer me up, could you send me a heads-up? Because I've absolutely no energy left to go looking. And during the week, I've barely time to turn on the computer.

In short, I'm going to be a very *dim* presence for the next month. Forgive me.