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Hello World!
Many of my flist friends have started up (or in some cases never stopped) posting on livejournal, and I admit I got kind of jealous ( Read more... ) -
So so so
This semester so far has been pretty good. I feel like my workload is manageable, (though I still get behind in my readings as usual. Maybe I just hate my readings) and that things are going pretty smooth ( Read more... ) -
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These are all really great things to think about:- "Mediocrity Breeds Contempt. For some procrastinators the thought of being ordinary can be so intolerable that they want everything they do to be outstanding."
- "When an ordinary performance can be attributed to the last-minute rush, they can continue to believe their ideal could have been reached, ( Read more... )
- "Mediocrity Breeds Contempt. For some procrastinators the thought of being ordinary can be so intolerable that they want everything they do to be outstanding."
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More quotes from the Procrastination Book
Even though I can see in each word their "approach" to psychology, that doesn't jar me as it might have in the past. (because I can sniff out their educational mantras it would normally turn me off what they were trying to say in the first place)
I am really finding this book, in conjunction with another one (which is obviously from the same "camp ( Read more... ) -
Quotes
I'm reading this article on American Scholar. Here's a quote from it that I liked a lot because I think it sums up my feelings/experience with higher education.
"Some students end up at second-tier schools because they’re exactly like students at Harvard or Yale, only less gifted or driven. But others end up there because they have a more ( Read more... ) -
News
So after my hormonal moment a week or so ago, I'm feeling a lot better. After that outburst I managed to talk myself down and actually instill some confidence in myself and managed to write three pages for my research. That really felt nice. Next I have to talk myself up to writing one of the professors who chewed me out last year.
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What's up with this?
I was reading about the new Wonder Woman show, and there is apparently a problem with the new outfit. It seems like they changed it because people (rightly) were pissed about the shiny spandex and the high heels. The new outfit still looks a but silly, but really my problem is WTF? ARE THESE PICTURES SUPPOSED TO BE OF THE SAME PERSON???
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Been a while
There's not much to report lately. Went to see "The King's Speech" last weekend, and I suggest those of you who haven't yet to do the same. It's very well acted, and funny! Plus the topic is surprisingly engaging.
I'm about to get certified to give small children language exams, but hopefully I won't have to actually do it any time this semester ( ( Read more... ) -
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I'd been doing so well with the cuticle biting over the semester, but the last month of school I failed miserably. And today I did some decent syntax, but I have chewed the shit out of my cuticles. Why does working on linguistics make me do this?
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WTF brain?
OK, my notebook obsession has officially gone too far; even though I have a half dozen empty notebooks, I don't want to "waste" any of them for my needs right now. I am in fact lamenting that I can't go out and buy a new one right now.