Mad Hatter Day

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.

~ Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


Today is officially Mad Hatter Day. For me, that is. I got that term from (surprise!) Alice In Wonderland, where Alice visits the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. (And then there's the Dormouse, of course, but seeing that he's hardly conscious...) These guys are sitting around a table full of tea-things, and every few minutes they pop up like a couple of cuckoos to change chairs. That's what I'm doing today.

I'm sitting at my dining room table, which is round with six seats. At one chair I have: a huge file of Econs notes and a scroll of brown paper to draw graphs on... next chair I have E.M. Forster's A Passage To India... turn around and you see a bright Pink Econs tys... next chair there's my Maths tys... and rounding up, taking two seats, there's my stack of Math prelim papers, of which I have only done one. (And very badly too.)

And right in the middle of this temple of study is-! *drumroll* A packet of Oreo cookies, which acts as a stimulant. Why only one? Because right before I'd even started... I devoured two out of sheer panic at the sight of so much paper.

Yes. I think I better get back to it now. Just looking at my table is enough to drive me into a frenzy (and it's not the Oreo cookies, unfortunately).


"--so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."