I am the queen of ridiculously unnecessary tension headaches. (well, not really, I'm sure there are people who do this more than I do, but let me engage in my hyperbole, please.) I have gotten myself incredibly worked up and headachy and tense over something that is not due for a whole month. A month! Actually, more than a month-- nearly 5 weeks! ( Read more... )

Motivation? What is that? I have none. I got almost nothing done on my MA today. Didn't read for 750 or 733, either. Sections went well, though; I asked my kids for feedback, and not a single person said "you're terrible, quit teaching." So that's good. I mean, obviously expectations for section leaders are lower than for professors, so I'm ( Read more... )

I have no motivation! I've gotten nothing done! I got an email from a Swede that might mean I did my case study all wrong (which, let's face it, is not surprising, and it doesn't upend my MA, but it is frustrating)! AAAAAAAAAA I had too much time with unknown people today... I did quite a good job and I am proud of myself but it is not reasonable ( Read more... )

Well no wonder I feel ausgelaugt-- I wrote 11 pages in the past 2 days! I'd done it single spaced so I didn't realize how long it was getting, but geez, it's long. It's not done (need to add citations and some numbers and stuff) and it's not great because I wrote it in a very piecemeal fashion, but it's a start. 11 pages in 2 days... yay me ( Read more... )

I've written up 2011 and 2010 for Sweden and dealt with why the institutional and sociological explanations don't work, so that's a start, at least. Now I just have to write up 2006-2009. I've got an outline for all that (more detailed than the one I posted a few days ago), so maybe I can finish most of it tonight. I promised M via email that I'd ( Read more... )

I have spent the entire day on the internet. Good grief. My eyes have stopped focusing. I either have to stick my head about 12 inches away from the screen or I can scrunch my nose up (for some reason that seems to work; I have no idea why). I'm going to have a wrinkly nose when I get old. I'm trying to imagine what that will look like... not ( Read more... )

Yesterday I learned that slutrapport is the Swedish word for final report. Swedish is silly ( Read more... )

My meeting with my advisor went better than I could've possibly imagined, so thank you, God, for that! I got lots of compliments and positive feedback and encouragement and YAY that is absolutely what I needed because I have been feeling very subpar and incapable and ignorant lately. The project for this week is to write the Sweden case study, then ( Read more... )

http://www.suck.uk.com/products/mixtapeusbdrive/I want this. How much fun would that be to give as a gift (or get one)? It's a great, creative little thing. But 20 pounds is a LOT of money. I can make my own (inferior) version for much cheaper ( Read more... )

Today has been decidedly less productive than yesterday so far... I have read a couple of articles, but that's about it. And I am tired of my cold and my sore throat. Babysitting was fine; the parents were upstairs and the kids played a video game the whole time so really I don't know why the parents wanted me there, but whatever, I got paid, so ( Read more... )