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So I was good about posting daily for a few days...and then the madness took over.

Wednesday nights I have my historiography class.  Each week we either read articles or books and write a 1-2 page response paper.  Each week I begin to panic on Tuesday, partially because I'm still reading the articles or book, but mostly because of the paper.  I am ( Read more... )

I just finished Orientalism.  This means that since Friday, I have read The Jewish Century (344 p) and Orientalism (354 pages).  I also studied for, and took, a Polish exam.  And I wrote a response paper for The Jewish Century.  And now, I will begin my response paper for Orientalism.

My eyes hurt from reading, my right hand hurts from taking notes ( Read more... )

When my roommate and I spoke about living together, she mentioned that she would like to occasionally bring her dog up to school (she and her husband have a house in Orlando).  I said fine, thinking as long as its not permanent, thats fine.  Well, it looks like the dog is moving up here permanently.  Yesterday the dog got into a fight with their ( Read more... )

It is 10:30 am and I have already been to Target and the grocery store.  I miss the days when I would just now be waking up...

Today was payday.  Perhaps if I had a real job, payday would be the happiest day(s) of my month, but alas, as a graduate student, pay day just means that I can finally cover my rent, buy food, pay bills, and perhaps if I'm extra lucky, maybe treat myself to a beer.  Thats right, a beer.  Living below the poverty line is quite the experience - there ( Read more... )

OK, so I'm sure in a few weeks when the semester really starts to get insane (as if it wasn't already that way), I'm going to regret having started this whole livejournal thing.  So I'll go ahead and blame you, Rachela, for making me do this.  OK, maybe you didn't make me.  But your email encouraging me to start this was too much to resist.  And ( Read more... )