Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Language

I know I haven’t posted here in… about a month-ish.  I got a little burnt out on Doctor Who, and my biggest television obsession, Sherlock, has recently had a lot going on (as in, the new series started on Sunday and I’ve already watched Scandal about five times). 

I did finish my paper and hand in a final draft, but I wasn’t happy with it.  I’m not sure when I’ll get the chance to clean it up… or would you all rather I just post it as-is?  It’s not awful (I did get a 90% on it from my professor) but I’m sort of stuck a little bit as to how to fix it and say something insightful.  Bah. 

Anyway…

To my followers:

To my paper:

I’m just not really sure what I set out to accomplish anymore.  Here’s to hoping my professor can lead my down the path of doing something with my data besides going “Look!  Here are some conceptual metaphors at work, a little skewed but still there LOOOOK AT THEM!”

Because that’s where this draft is at right now.  All seven pages of it.

(I did title it “Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Language: Conceptual Metaphors About Time in Doctor Who” though.  So at least I’ve got a ROCKIN’ title going for me.)

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Do I really need an entire paragraph about Doctor Who, explaining the premise of the show in my paper?

Either way, it’s staying in right now, because this is the rough draft. I’ll…

The unique portrayal of time travel is one of my favorite aspects of the show. I’d love to read your paper when it’s done. Or read a draft, if you’d like another set of eyes to look at it. 

I’m not sure if I’ll need another set of eyes, yet… we might be doing some sort of peer-review thing in class.  I certainly intend to post the final paper up online when I’m done, though!  A lot of people have expressed interest in it.  

Do I really need an entire paragraph about Doctor Who, explaining the premise of the show in my paper?

Either way, it’s staying in right now, because this is the rough draft.  I’ll cut it later if I find it to be unnecessary. 

But really, I’m not sure if I need it or if it’s going to look like filler.  If you don’t understand the premise of the show, at least the basic concepts that it’s about an alien who travels in time and space in a ship designed for that purpose with a human companion, how will the rest of the paper make sense?

ETA: And I should really mention that when I SAY paragraph, I MEAN nearly half a page.  (Just double-spaced what I have… it’s really big.  I’ve got like three introductory paragraphs: one about my study, one about Doctor Who and one about conceptual metaphor.)

Singing in my office at work and organizing linguistic data about Doctor Who!  What’s not to love?  

Later I’m gonna be like:

Happy Thanksgiving to anyone in the United States! (And to anyone who isn’t, too, because why not?  It’s nice to be wished a good day full of food and family and friends. SO YES!)

Might be interesting.