I have a unique conception of fun

I am feeling quite...naughty is the only word that comes to mind. I looked at this weeks homework for my only current Coursera course, Games Without Chance, and it looked so boring I'm NOT GOING TO DO IT OMG. Teeheehee.

The Games without Chance course is kind of like having a pleasant but somewhat dull and confusing conversation with an old mathematician in the maths department lunch room. The guy obviously loves his topic but it's all a bit rambly and vague. I want FORMALISM dammit. WHERE ARE THE PROOFS?? I don't want to have to play actual individual games, I want to learn abstract algorithms for solving whole classes of games!! Where is the combinatorics I was promised??

*mutters about Applied Mathematicians having all the wrong priorities*

Ah, Upstairs Downstairs

Was going to play Mass Effect 2 today to head towards being ready for the DLC tomorrow, but the Windows machine died. So I had to get my canon femslash needs met elsewhere.

Half remembered paraphrasing of a scene that amused me:

Lady Agnes: My women's exercise group is low on numbers, so I said we would make up the numbers!
Maids: But we have duties in the afternoons, your Ladyship.
Lady Agnes: I admire your work ethic! But there are classes every day, I'm sure there's one you can go to in your time off.
Maids: ...
Lady Agnes: And don't feel self conscious, the great thing about these classes is that we're all equal! Isn't that wonderful?
Maids: ...yes, your ladyship.

Lord Hallum is a bit more self aware, but still isn't a Standfast Symbol of Old Fashioned Britishness like the guy from Downton Abbey. England being set up as this wonderful haven for Jews is...accurate if we compare to Germany, but still makes me think of my grandma's less than joyful experiences as a Jewish Londoner in the same era.

EDIT: Awwww, and now Hallum is being a douche and lady Agnes is taking him to task.

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