Today was pretty unproductive on the academic front, but my apartment's looking better than it has in a while, since I took the time to take out the trash and the recycling, wash some dishes, and pick up some of the papers strewn every which way. Whatever, I worked a lot yesterday, an unproductive day won't kill me ( Read more... )

Gah. So tired. I got up at 3:15 this morning to work on my German Arthurian Romance paper. I must be losing my touch, because I was only on page 11 when 9:00 rolled around. The professor seemed to think I was making okay progress, though--as it turns out, I really didn't need to have the whole paper, since everyone's project was still very much a ( Read more... )

ARGH. Why won't papers write themselves, I ask you?

( 'i carry your heart with me' by E. E. Cummings )

So, I met with my adviser today. He was super nice and encouraging, but holy shit, I have to e-mail a bunch of faculty asking them to be on my exam committee, and the whole thought of it makes me nervous as all get-out. I'm gradually getting better at e-mail (read: I don't have panic attacks at the thought of checking it at the moment) but e- ( Read more... )

Well, I made it through our presentation in Pedagogy today. I talked way too much, and I felt super awkward during the workshop parts, but I think it went okay. The professor seemed pleased enough, which is really what one aims for in such a thing anyway. So that's one less thing to worry about. (Not that I'm short of things to worry about. I'm so ( Read more... )

Good gravy, what a long day. I was on campus from 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM...too long. Too long. I think my meeting with my group from pedagogy went okay. French sucked, but not in a "crash and burn" kind of way, but more in a "everyone's super half-assed" today kind of way. It seems like everyone I know is super worn down. I don't know how I'm going to ( Read more... )

Operation: Be Productive was pretty much a resounding failure. About all I've gotten done today is my taxes. Operation: Potluck Brunch went quite well, though!

( 'A Birthday' by Christina Rossetti )

So, I'm watching Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, and I tell you, kids, that Phantom Flame is a hell of a way to go. Otherwise, I'm enjoying it--I don't understand it, but I'm following it a lot better now than I did when I was watching it last night. Note to self: do not watch mystery movies with subtitles when you're super ( Read more... )

I finished reading The Hunger Games today, and got to about thirty pages from the end of Gender and Power, so I rewarded myself by heading on over to the cinema to view the Hunger Games movie. I enjoyed it quite a bit! I was pleased to see Paula Malcomson as Mrs. Everdeen--I always love seeing people from Deadwood in other things--and I thought the ( Read more... )

Jeez, I really did not accomplish what I wanted to accomplish today. The meeting with my composition pedagogy group was something like two hours, and between eating lunch and waiting around for the bus and then walking home from the bus stop and whatnot, it ended up being another two hours. Reading progresses quite slowly, and my attention span is ( Read more... )