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well, its great to have a paper due thursday and an exam on saturday and to catch a cold.
luckily, its not completely deabilitating, but it is enough to prevent me from working as hard as i should.
for some reason, i decided to "challenge myself" with this paper, thinking i would choose a topic that i knew nothing about in a country i knew nothing about, for fun. im an idiot.
now i am stuck spending way more time on this paper that need be, learning about the history of agricultural policies and how they have been influenced by external factors, focusing on the current situation of transgenic crops, particularly Bt Cotton, by multinational corporations, and the impact this has had on rural farmers in india. blah.
i wish i chose an examination of the effects of the new turn to socialist-style governments in venezuala have had on rural populations. next time.
BUT, for good news, I got an A in anthropology and I am going to mexico in may to study maya culture in the yucatan, well in merida, a village on the yucatan peninsula.
i am also going to apply for an internship through Trent university for ecuador, thats more money and harder to get in to and and entire year, so we would have to see. who knows though.
franc moved up, its so nice having a nice roommate. my present roommates are getting more difficult by the day.
BUT (again), i think we found a place. its a bachelor, but the kitchen and bedroom are in separate rooms, both HUGE, with a separate entrance, an enclosed porch, a pantry, built-in shelves, its gorgeous and im so excited. i put in the application to rent it tomorrow (hopefully). its downtown and i love it.
thats my news. classes are done. im excited to spend some time in my homes (halifax and antigonish) after the 16th. then massachucetts for awhile, which should be fun.
i am in a great mood, despite my sickness. franc made delicious pad thai for supper. i also got my passport in the mail today, suddenly i feel more free, knowing that i could leave this country now whenever i wanted. not in reality, but i feel like i could and thats the important thing. i have a sudden, stronger urge to just take off on a vacation. damn school/debt.
im giving up on this computer for this evening.
luckily, its not completely deabilitating, but it is enough to prevent me from working as hard as i should.
for some reason, i decided to "challenge myself" with this paper, thinking i would choose a topic that i knew nothing about in a country i knew nothing about, for fun. im an idiot.
now i am stuck spending way more time on this paper that need be, learning about the history of agricultural policies and how they have been influenced by external factors, focusing on the current situation of transgenic crops, particularly Bt Cotton, by multinational corporations, and the impact this has had on rural farmers in india. blah.
i wish i chose an examination of the effects of the new turn to socialist-style governments in venezuala have had on rural populations. next time.
BUT, for good news, I got an A in anthropology and I am going to mexico in may to study maya culture in the yucatan, well in merida, a village on the yucatan peninsula.
i am also going to apply for an internship through Trent university for ecuador, thats more money and harder to get in to and and entire year, so we would have to see. who knows though.
franc moved up, its so nice having a nice roommate. my present roommates are getting more difficult by the day.
BUT (again), i think we found a place. its a bachelor, but the kitchen and bedroom are in separate rooms, both HUGE, with a separate entrance, an enclosed porch, a pantry, built-in shelves, its gorgeous and im so excited. i put in the application to rent it tomorrow (hopefully). its downtown and i love it.
thats my news. classes are done. im excited to spend some time in my homes (halifax and antigonish) after the 16th. then massachucetts for awhile, which should be fun.
i am in a great mood, despite my sickness. franc made delicious pad thai for supper. i also got my passport in the mail today, suddenly i feel more free, knowing that i could leave this country now whenever i wanted. not in reality, but i feel like i could and thats the important thing. i have a sudden, stronger urge to just take off on a vacation. damn school/debt.
im giving up on this computer for this evening.