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Okay, here goes with a proper lengthed post, and hopefully some vaugely interesting life stuff (though I doubt it. This is MY life, after all.).
Well, work makes me sleepy and tired, which makes for short and bad posts, but (hopefully) good grades. And I've been doing a fair amount of work recently. On some things, anyways. I've written about 1, 700ish words on my dissertation, and sent 1000 of them to my tutor to read before our meeting on thursday. I'm a little concerned because I don't think they're a very good 1000 words, and my meeting is slightly different from the rest of the department - my tutor hates my dissertation and has decided that if she doesn't like this bit then I have to change the whole thing - non v.good (although not as bad as she thinks it would be, because she's under the impression that we've all written loads. I haven't. I haven't even read my sources yet - go me.). So that's sort of preying on my mind a little, but I've decided that I might as well not bother - and that has translated into a "I might as well not bother doing anything more on my dissertation, since I'd just have to rewrite it all anyways". And so that's that out of the way for now!
I've also done a little work on my essays. I think I mentioned that the Shaespeare is long finished, but I still have a 303 (decadence to modernism) and a 372 (Other Victorians) essay to be done, 3000 words and 3,500 word limits respectively. For the 372 I've chosen the question and written a sketchy plan, but I can't start writing it until Ive spoken to my tutor because I'm not sure I am allowed to do the question the way I want to, so it's going to have to wait until monday... the 303 essay I chose the question for and I've written a much more detailed plan, and the plan for today is research for the critical sources, then maybe start writing.
The thing about those essays, though, is that it's actually been much more difficult to chose the question than writing the actual answer will be! We have this thing called "The Overlap Rule" which means basically that you can't write on any topic or book that you've written on previously. After two years of writing on everything going, it makes picking questions pretty tough. Especially as my dissertation is so diverse in topics. So I have to go through 15 offered questions and first of all get rid of the ones I *can't* write on any more - leaving me with about 5. Then I go through those and apply texts to them, to see what I can think of to write. That usually gets rid of about 3. Then the last two I write mini-plans for, to see which one seems to be the best. It can take a while - especially when you suddenly realise half way through that you can't do such-and-such because you need to save it for an exam or another essay or that you simply can't do that question. And then if you can't find any critical sources, or the ones you do find are unusable - you get to start all over again! Yay! (This actually happened to me with these essays - I was not amused in the slightest.)
Once I've got the research done though I should be alright, because then I will even be able to do them at home - though that's not ideal as I don't work as well when I'm at home. But I'll be able to write the basics, and since I'm coming back to Uni early in order to get work done, it'll allllllll be good!
Oh! And I got my other essay back on monday - the Other Victorian's essay that I'd written in about three days and panicked over cause I couldn't find the books... I got 68, which is a high 2:1, only two marks below a 1st - rocking! I'm pretty happy with that, I 've got to admit! :)
The other work I've been doing is working on one of the novels that's been in hiatus. It's as though I've suddenly had a burst of inspiration, so I've been taking what I've written to the library and instead of working on essays or dissertation I've been working on that. And it's strange, but I've found it easy to write that on paper, rather than typed straight onto the computer. But then this has always been an odd book to be writing - and it's not my usual style or choice of topics, but it seems to be working. It's called 'Seeds of Destruction', and it's sort of comedy, though that's not the only intent of the piece. But it is guaranteed to annoy my mother if ever she reads it, which is always a bonus...
I've also decided that I am going to join TKD next term, and see what it's like. I really think that TKJ is overestimating my abilities, but I also think that it'll be fun to do, as well as meaning that I'll be better able to take the mick in the TKD vs. Karate war, because I'll know about both of them! Always good! I'm gonna ache next year though, because Jujitsu is also moving onto campus, so I will be abe to take that up again.
Last year, Jujitsu moved to an even MORE dangerous part of Lancaster (more dangerous than the docks!) which required 2 buses and a walk to get to - that was NOT happening, by any stretch of the imagination. So I gave it up. But this year they're coming onto campus, so I'm going to try a few of the sessions again, see if I can get back into it. Which means I'll be doing Jujitsu on a wednesday, karate Squad on a thursday and TaeKwonDo on a friday, as well as any fight clubs (from any of them), Sunday free sessions (which I intend to start again), and whatever else I might add in! All in all, martial arts = owch next year! But it'll be fun and excercise, and that's what counts!
I'm heading back to ye olde homestead on thursday, after my dissertation meeting, because it's really the only day that I can - Dad's off so we have the car, and it makes things easier all round. I'm sort of packing as I go along, but as always I don't know what I need to take home - I hate packing, a lot, and so I try not to think about it, but since I have; Mums 50th, Amy's 21st, Christmas and Work (of both varieties), I need to have a good think. meh. But then as soon as I'm home, practically, I'm off again! I'm heading into Manchester on saturday to watch my friend in a competition, so long as I can get some funds together. Should be a good day, especially if he wins - he'll be british Champ! (Although he's already student british champ, this will mean he's OVERALL british champ - not just students!)
It's pretty cool!
Okay, I think I've rambled enough there, so I'm going to go ring the girls, cause I'm supposed to be watching films with them tonight, then tidy up my mess of a room, and then I might do a little work...though I wouldn't want to push myself too hard ;)
Lates,
Curuevo
Well, work makes me sleepy and tired, which makes for short and bad posts, but (hopefully) good grades. And I've been doing a fair amount of work recently. On some things, anyways. I've written about 1, 700ish words on my dissertation, and sent 1000 of them to my tutor to read before our meeting on thursday. I'm a little concerned because I don't think they're a very good 1000 words, and my meeting is slightly different from the rest of the department - my tutor hates my dissertation and has decided that if she doesn't like this bit then I have to change the whole thing - non v.good (although not as bad as she thinks it would be, because she's under the impression that we've all written loads. I haven't. I haven't even read my sources yet - go me.). So that's sort of preying on my mind a little, but I've decided that I might as well not bother - and that has translated into a "I might as well not bother doing anything more on my dissertation, since I'd just have to rewrite it all anyways". And so that's that out of the way for now!
I've also done a little work on my essays. I think I mentioned that the Shaespeare is long finished, but I still have a 303 (decadence to modernism) and a 372 (Other Victorians) essay to be done, 3000 words and 3,500 word limits respectively. For the 372 I've chosen the question and written a sketchy plan, but I can't start writing it until Ive spoken to my tutor because I'm not sure I am allowed to do the question the way I want to, so it's going to have to wait until monday... the 303 essay I chose the question for and I've written a much more detailed plan, and the plan for today is research for the critical sources, then maybe start writing.
The thing about those essays, though, is that it's actually been much more difficult to chose the question than writing the actual answer will be! We have this thing called "The Overlap Rule" which means basically that you can't write on any topic or book that you've written on previously. After two years of writing on everything going, it makes picking questions pretty tough. Especially as my dissertation is so diverse in topics. So I have to go through 15 offered questions and first of all get rid of the ones I *can't* write on any more - leaving me with about 5. Then I go through those and apply texts to them, to see what I can think of to write. That usually gets rid of about 3. Then the last two I write mini-plans for, to see which one seems to be the best. It can take a while - especially when you suddenly realise half way through that you can't do such-and-such because you need to save it for an exam or another essay or that you simply can't do that question. And then if you can't find any critical sources, or the ones you do find are unusable - you get to start all over again! Yay! (This actually happened to me with these essays - I was not amused in the slightest.)
Once I've got the research done though I should be alright, because then I will even be able to do them at home - though that's not ideal as I don't work as well when I'm at home. But I'll be able to write the basics, and since I'm coming back to Uni early in order to get work done, it'll allllllll be good!
Oh! And I got my other essay back on monday - the Other Victorian's essay that I'd written in about three days and panicked over cause I couldn't find the books... I got 68, which is a high 2:1, only two marks below a 1st - rocking! I'm pretty happy with that, I 've got to admit! :)
The other work I've been doing is working on one of the novels that's been in hiatus. It's as though I've suddenly had a burst of inspiration, so I've been taking what I've written to the library and instead of working on essays or dissertation I've been working on that. And it's strange, but I've found it easy to write that on paper, rather than typed straight onto the computer. But then this has always been an odd book to be writing - and it's not my usual style or choice of topics, but it seems to be working. It's called 'Seeds of Destruction', and it's sort of comedy, though that's not the only intent of the piece. But it is guaranteed to annoy my mother if ever she reads it, which is always a bonus...
I've also decided that I am going to join TKD next term, and see what it's like. I really think that TKJ is overestimating my abilities, but I also think that it'll be fun to do, as well as meaning that I'll be better able to take the mick in the TKD vs. Karate war, because I'll know about both of them! Always good! I'm gonna ache next year though, because Jujitsu is also moving onto campus, so I will be abe to take that up again.
Last year, Jujitsu moved to an even MORE dangerous part of Lancaster (more dangerous than the docks!) which required 2 buses and a walk to get to - that was NOT happening, by any stretch of the imagination. So I gave it up. But this year they're coming onto campus, so I'm going to try a few of the sessions again, see if I can get back into it. Which means I'll be doing Jujitsu on a wednesday, karate Squad on a thursday and TaeKwonDo on a friday, as well as any fight clubs (from any of them), Sunday free sessions (which I intend to start again), and whatever else I might add in! All in all, martial arts = owch next year! But it'll be fun and excercise, and that's what counts!
I'm heading back to ye olde homestead on thursday, after my dissertation meeting, because it's really the only day that I can - Dad's off so we have the car, and it makes things easier all round. I'm sort of packing as I go along, but as always I don't know what I need to take home - I hate packing, a lot, and so I try not to think about it, but since I have; Mums 50th, Amy's 21st, Christmas and Work (of both varieties), I need to have a good think. meh. But then as soon as I'm home, practically, I'm off again! I'm heading into Manchester on saturday to watch my friend in a competition, so long as I can get some funds together. Should be a good day, especially if he wins - he'll be british Champ! (Although he's already student british champ, this will mean he's OVERALL british champ - not just students!)
It's pretty cool!
Okay, I think I've rambled enough there, so I'm going to go ring the girls, cause I'm supposed to be watching films with them tonight, then tidy up my mess of a room, and then I might do a little work...though I wouldn't want to push myself too hard ;)
Lates,
Curuevo