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May. 12th, 2010 01:20 amomg why did i ever pick a ppaper that requires me to read 18th century newspapers. the one saving grace is that they're pdfs online, so i don't have to deal with microfilm. i would say the second saving grace is that they've been OCR'd, which, clearly they have because you can search for terms, but you cannot download the OCR'd version, just the images, so they lose those points. i wouldn't complain, because i know how much of a pain scanning can be, but clearly it's already been done and uploaded, so why can't i download it?
which is why i spent my evening transcribing things like "A Married Lady of this town was the other evening, when paffing from one houfe to another, taken hold off by a foldier; who otherways behaved to her with great rudenefs; a woman near Long Lane was ftopped by feveral foldiers, one of whom cried out feize and carry her off; fhe was much furprisfed, but luckily got fhelter in a houfe near by; another woman was purfed by a foldier into a houfe near the north end, who dared to enter the fane, and behave with great intolence..." (I'm writing about violence between soldiers and civilians in occupied Boston, 1768-1770 in order to put the Boston Massacre into context. Interesting, but see previous point about newspapers. Why didn't I chose something with, like, texts that have been reprinted in the last century?) (and yes, I will not actually transcribe the funky s's as f's in the paper.)
It is freezing in my room. I am wearing: sweatpants, smartwool socks, a blanket wrapped around my legs and lower torso, tshirt, (handknit!) wool-blend sweater, (handknit!) wool/silk armwamers, and a scarf. a winter scarf, not one of the gauzy ones i wear in the summer when i realize my top half is a little too naked. are we sure it's the middle of May?
which is why i spent my evening transcribing things like "A Married Lady of this town was the other evening, when paffing from one houfe to another, taken hold off by a foldier; who otherways behaved to her with great rudenefs; a woman near Long Lane was ftopped by feveral foldiers, one of whom cried out feize and carry her off; fhe was much furprisfed, but luckily got fhelter in a houfe near by; another woman was purfed by a foldier into a houfe near the north end, who dared to enter the fane, and behave with great intolence..." (I'm writing about violence between soldiers and civilians in occupied Boston, 1768-1770 in order to put the Boston Massacre into context. Interesting, but see previous point about newspapers. Why didn't I chose something with, like, texts that have been reprinted in the last century?) (and yes, I will not actually transcribe the funky s's as f's in the paper.)
It is freezing in my room. I am wearing: sweatpants, smartwool socks, a blanket wrapped around my legs and lower torso, tshirt, (handknit!) wool-blend sweater, (handknit!) wool/silk armwamers, and a scarf. a winter scarf, not one of the gauzy ones i wear in the summer when i realize my top half is a little too naked. are we sure it's the middle of May?