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Given that I have complete and up-to-date copies of my book on:
  • My hard-drive
  • A CD
  • My Yahoo email account
  • The Warwick University server
... it would be overkill to put it on the shiny new data-stick my Dad gave me and email it to my work and Excite email accounts as well. Right? Right???

In other news, the materials for the course I'm going to be doing with [livejournal.com profile] redkitty23 next term on The Operas of Handel arrived today. I'm very excited! It tells us what operas we'll be covering each week, and there's a recommended reading list as well.

This means that I can now see that, thanks to superhuman CD-copying efforts over the past couple of months, I have indeed successfully acquired copies of most of the major works we'll be studying. In fact, over a 10-week course, there's only 3 weeks for which I don't have at least some of the appropriate listening material. So that's good - I can listen to the relevant operas in preparation, and read the right bits of the books, and turn up with a big, swotty 'I did my homework' grin on my face. :)

And homework is right, because we also have to do worksheets each week, to 'consolidate' what we've learned in class. We can even do an essay if we want! (Although I'm not sure I'll actually go that far - I may have finished my book by then, but I have a paper queuing up to be written, too.)

But yay! I am going to be a student again! How amusing.

Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2006 14:33 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kkjxx.livejournal.com
I have the latest draft of my novel on three servers, each on a different continent... but then you already know how paranoid I get...

I say put it on your memory stick, mail it to yourself and do whatever you need to feel secure that you can't lose it!

Oh... and on a musical note (PUN!) enjoy the course... it sounds great... but the essay does seem a bit much!

Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2006 17:57 (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com
Yeah, I think in the end I'll just have to do every possible thing I could to back it up. Otherwise, I'll be sitting here panicking about scenarios in which the only method I didn't use is the one to survive a hideous nuclear holocaust (after which I doubt anyone would be that interested in reading about Roman suburbs anyway...)

Have been out book and CD-shopping for the course today with the friend I'm doing it with. Should be lots of fun.

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