Musicology poisoning
So I can't decide whether AMS/SMT this year was a good experience or a bad experience. Suffice it to say were busy as all hell at the IUP booth (good for job security if not for my nerves) and there was a fair amount of networking done on my part. I think I just should have skipped the IU party however, which only made me grumpy because of all the prospective students. Note to kiddies: don't expect me to convince you to come to IU when I'm up to my eyeballs in debt because we don't fully fund grad students. Also, in case nobody had realized it yet, musicologists and theorists are a sometimes painfully awkward bunch - something I think I'd just had my fill of by about 1.5 days in. Also, a certain prof needs to stop telling me I need to quit my job in favor of writing the diss faster and otherwise generally thinking he/she runs my life.
The best parts, though, should outweigh the tiring parts.
1. Got to see the mentor (aka musicology daddy... except that sounds wrong) and he is very encouraging re: writing and very sane re: keeping a roof over my head.
2. The other jazz and Bernstein guy? I can totally take him.
Anyway, I am super-stoked about continuing writing, but have encountered the first major reading roadblock, which I hope to have cleared in the next couple of days. But I still wrote a bit today. I've decided to aim for a modest 30,000 words, since we're still talking about academic, not creative writing here, and there's got to be some semblance of, you know, proof for what I put down.
Word count: 5,682/30,000
The best parts, though, should outweigh the tiring parts.
1. Got to see the mentor (aka musicology daddy... except that sounds wrong) and he is very encouraging re: writing and very sane re: keeping a roof over my head.
2. The other jazz and Bernstein guy? I can totally take him.
Anyway, I am super-stoked about continuing writing, but have encountered the first major reading roadblock, which I hope to have cleared in the next couple of days. But I still wrote a bit today. I've decided to aim for a modest 30,000 words, since we're still talking about academic, not creative writing here, and there's got to be some semblance of, you know, proof for what I put down.
Word count: 5,682/30,000