I hate IPE. ugh ugh ugh it's so BORING! Why am I an IR minor again? I find one of the articles we read this week very unconvincing, and I just realized that the reason I'm not convinced by it is because the authors wrote this really vicious response article contradicting the claims of an author who contradicted the claims of their original article ( Read more... )

I have to be the laziest grad student ever. Seriously. I can't get squat done! I'm not interested in what I'm doing, it's boring, complain complain complain ( Read more... )

I don't know why I always get so worked up about teaching. It's always the highlight of my week! I wasn't at all certain about having three sections to deal with instead of just one, but really, three times the fun-- why was I nervous? Of course at this point I've had only two of my three sections, and apparently there's always one that's a little ( Read more... )

I survived! I made it! Got through the first year of grad school ( Read more... )

Ugh. Maybe I should have applied for PhD programs in German studies instead. I wouldn't have to prove anything there-- I'd just have to read stuff and write about what I thought. I would pick some incredibly obscure or brand new author to write about and then I'd be all set. But nooooo, I decide to go into poli sci because I think it might actually ( Read more... )

Whoo, I finished my scope and methods paper today!!! That was my goal for the day, and I am very proud of myself for meeting it. That and washing my clothes, which I also managed to accomplish. Yaaaaay me! :D I love it when I don't let myself down. I also booked a flight home for fall break. It's going to be short, sadly (I'll be home for about 4 ( Read more... )

I still have 190 pages of Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000 to outline. Bleagh. I was a real stick in the mud today. The nice thing about living alone, though, is that there is no one here to call me on it. Sometimes this is a bad thing, simply because I waste more time when no one is watching me to see whether or not I am using my time ( Read more... )

I hate math! Hate hate hate hate ugh it's awful whyyyyy do I have to learn it blah ( Read more... )

What I learned in grad school today ( Read more... )