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Things to do:
- finish grading (the last paper! woo hoo!)
- fix and edit my 5 pg paper & presentation for tomorrow evening.
- edit more of my thesis.
Classes end on Wednesday so I really have nothing but thesis to work on until I proctor the final exam on the following Wednesday. Is this the first semester I am not writing madly for all of my classes ( Read more... ) -
anticipating the next storm
Draft #1 submitted and now I wait until my adviser gets back to me with corrections. In the meantime, I'm going to revise parts of it I know are problematic (like the lack of a conclusion for one and a weak introduction / thesis paragraph). So... Limbo time again! She said she'd email me later about setting up a meeting next week ( Read more... ) -
For my own sanity, time to keep track of the paper of uber-doom.
9pm update on the whole kit'n'caboodle:
Writing last section. Only the conclusion left.
17 pages written at 12pt font, 1.5 spacing 26 written at 12 pt font, double spaced.
Read by someone else and changes made.
Abstracted edited.
Total pages: ~30 37 (not counting title page, abstract, table of contents)
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With a turn and a twist, she gets her wish
Today: finish reading for seminar tonight. Pick up exam booklets for section tomorrow. Write 2-5 pgs tonight.
Tomorrow: section, lecture, lunch, talk to Laverne... (god, I am made of fail on this), section, victory beer. Write 2-5 pgs tonight (didn't happen but that's okay!)
Thursday: have an essay draft by the evening didn't happen
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Mom came and went already. We walked around the entire mall and didn't buy anything. We had dinner at Radio Maria. We watched a movie called Bottle Shock about the 1976 Wine Tasting Competition of French vs. California wines. And... mom's phone died so we missed the first two calls about James' car accident. They finally called my phone and got us ( Read more... ) -
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I should be writing my paper while I have breathing room this weekend, but my motivation is only slowly building today. The coming weeks are going to be a nightmare of grading, lesson planning, reading, and lectures. Let the dance with the devil begin ( Read more... ) -
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Today:
- translate Italian text; refine and edit outline
- gettin' Thai food w. Nat in payment for watchin' Sir Lancelot Kitty
Tomorrow:
- turn in a hard copy of my outline and the late course drop sheet for a signature to the adviser
- lecture at noon; TA meeting at 1pm
- I will deal with SAHA shenanigans. Edit: cleaned house Tuesday morning... ( Read more... ) -
We're all mad here. - Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland
Some time this week I have to: proctor a make-up exam, read until my eyes bleed, schedule a room for a talk, deal with the other talk, iron my dress shirts, and shoo the damn pigeons and starlings away. Shadow will go crazy if she has to deal with them every morning. Hell, I' ( Read more... ) -
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Life is better.
Things to do over spring break:
- grade exams: 1 section & definitions left DONE!
- finish annotated bibliography & regular bibliography: 31 3 entries left (that I can do tonight and another 5 when I get back to Champaign)
- work on revised outline: write out a strong thesis & introduction, add topic sentences and quotes / references ( Read more... ) -
I feel like a chicken with its head cut off.
7:00am-9am: finish reading, shower, brkft, go to class
9:30am-11am: class w. guest lecturer
11:10am: home. lunch? work on thesis and skim 2nd J. Hamburger reading
5:00-7:00pm: lecture by J. Hamburger
7:15ish: home. dinner? work on thesis
Friday
11am-ish: J. Hamburger luncheon followed by...
1:00pm-2:45pm: Hamburger seminar
3:00pm-??: State of the SAHA ( Read more... )