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elanya at 10:04am on 08/09/2004
elanya at 10:04am on 08/09/2004I am sittin in the computer lab in the Brewster builing, which is where I actually have all my classes, and is closer to my house by about ten minutes walking. I am dead tired.
I had to come in this morning for 8Am to talk to the proff I am TA-ing for (Is there a shorter term for that?). It's ungodly. blargh. I have to sit in on one of his classes which is at 11, and since mine just got out at 10, I have an hour to kill, and make pointless posts in. There really isn't anything *else* to do with an hour. I could go try and read/skim Thycydides but I think my brain isn't quite up to that yet. I wasn't up fantastically late or anything last night (well, 11:30... that's not late for me at all), but I have been having trouble getting to sleep. I blame the delicious french vanilla tea I bought. I have finally found a tea that I acytually enjoy with milk and sugar... and I have found milk that comes in half-pints. Even that is probably still more than I can use before it goes off, unless I'm baking. On that note, I also have some rasberries in my freezer for making treats with later. I will try not to drink tea after 6pm, but last night I was working on my paper and didn't have dinner at all until fairly late (7 or 7:30 maybe?).
Today, after I sit through this class, where I have to be the Attendance Girl, I need to go up to International House and apply for my SSN. Afterwards, I will maybe see about making arrangements to talk to some people about my thesis. I have general ideas about what I'd like to look into but I'm not sure how to go about it, or if it would be feasible, even.
I think I will try to make a concerted effort to do better with my typing, especially in LJ but also on IRC. So, harp at me, please... those who don't already. Remind me that I need to break all my bad typing habits, if I can. My worst problem is that I tend not to look at the screen when I type, but am mostly glancing at the keyboard, and not paying enough attention to that, either. We'll see how far I get with this.
I seem to be doing alright on the couple of book reviews that I have handed in to date, but I am more worried about this one for Dr. Swanson. Who, I will note, insists on being called Carl... which is fine if I am talking to him but seems odd when I'm talking about him, for some reason. Anyway, I am sure I will do okay, but I'd really like to do *well*. I'll go over it again this afternoon, I guess.
I am worried that I won't find a way to do what I want with my Thesis, or that I will get side tracked or let someone trick me into doing somthing that is not really what I am interested in, or that someone will tell me that what I want to do can't be done or is dumb. I am nervous, because I know that people who have been looking at things that are the closest to what I want to do have been labelled as bad academics, or at least tainted ones... it is kind of a long story... With the whole Whydah/Barry Clifford thing. I'm scared about trying to look at their stuff because it will be badly recorded and people won't take me seriously, when really it is the only confuirmed collection of material from pirate ships that I know of. I don't know what I can do with the QAR stuff... I don't even know how I can get out to the lab.
There is another girl interested in pirate stuff here, but she makes me nervous. I think she is more competitive than some of the other people in the program... Maybe a little more rutheless. She is not very friendly, and even seems a little suspicious sometimes, of me and my interests. I don't really know what to think. She is rooming with another girl in MS, and they seem to get along. Maybe I am mis-reading her. Hopefully, even.
Wow, I really am getting my ramble on, aren't I? This is why people need to post more interesting things either late at night or early in the morning ;) Give me something to read so you don't get this crap inflicted on you. I don't have any good Perseity posts to make atm either, so, that's out. I could send Steve more clothing descriptions, I suppose... Maybe I'll do that. Boys this time :)
Oh, I warn you, I'm goiung to have this useless 1h break *every* MWF for the rest of the term, now.... You're in for it ^-^
I had to come in this morning for 8Am to talk to the proff I am TA-ing for (Is there a shorter term for that?). It's ungodly. blargh. I have to sit in on one of his classes which is at 11, and since mine just got out at 10, I have an hour to kill, and make pointless posts in. There really isn't anything *else* to do with an hour. I could go try and read/skim Thycydides but I think my brain isn't quite up to that yet. I wasn't up fantastically late or anything last night (well, 11:30... that's not late for me at all), but I have been having trouble getting to sleep. I blame the delicious french vanilla tea I bought. I have finally found a tea that I acytually enjoy with milk and sugar... and I have found milk that comes in half-pints. Even that is probably still more than I can use before it goes off, unless I'm baking. On that note, I also have some rasberries in my freezer for making treats with later. I will try not to drink tea after 6pm, but last night I was working on my paper and didn't have dinner at all until fairly late (7 or 7:30 maybe?).
Today, after I sit through this class, where I have to be the Attendance Girl, I need to go up to International House and apply for my SSN. Afterwards, I will maybe see about making arrangements to talk to some people about my thesis. I have general ideas about what I'd like to look into but I'm not sure how to go about it, or if it would be feasible, even.
I think I will try to make a concerted effort to do better with my typing, especially in LJ but also on IRC. So, harp at me, please... those who don't already. Remind me that I need to break all my bad typing habits, if I can. My worst problem is that I tend not to look at the screen when I type, but am mostly glancing at the keyboard, and not paying enough attention to that, either. We'll see how far I get with this.
I seem to be doing alright on the couple of book reviews that I have handed in to date, but I am more worried about this one for Dr. Swanson. Who, I will note, insists on being called Carl... which is fine if I am talking to him but seems odd when I'm talking about him, for some reason. Anyway, I am sure I will do okay, but I'd really like to do *well*. I'll go over it again this afternoon, I guess.
I am worried that I won't find a way to do what I want with my Thesis, or that I will get side tracked or let someone trick me into doing somthing that is not really what I am interested in, or that someone will tell me that what I want to do can't be done or is dumb. I am nervous, because I know that people who have been looking at things that are the closest to what I want to do have been labelled as bad academics, or at least tainted ones... it is kind of a long story... With the whole Whydah/Barry Clifford thing. I'm scared about trying to look at their stuff because it will be badly recorded and people won't take me seriously, when really it is the only confuirmed collection of material from pirate ships that I know of. I don't know what I can do with the QAR stuff... I don't even know how I can get out to the lab.
There is another girl interested in pirate stuff here, but she makes me nervous. I think she is more competitive than some of the other people in the program... Maybe a little more rutheless. She is not very friendly, and even seems a little suspicious sometimes, of me and my interests. I don't really know what to think. She is rooming with another girl in MS, and they seem to get along. Maybe I am mis-reading her. Hopefully, even.
Wow, I really am getting my ramble on, aren't I? This is why people need to post more interesting things either late at night or early in the morning ;) Give me something to read so you don't get this crap inflicted on you. I don't have any good Perseity posts to make atm either, so, that's out. I could send Steve more clothing descriptions, I suppose... Maybe I'll do that. Boys this time :)
Oh, I warn you, I'm goiung to have this useless 1h break *every* MWF for the rest of the term, now.... You're in for it ^-^
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Editors
the only question is caould you inbox handle it?
Re: Editors
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I have never had to deal with ambitious people in my MA program. I find that individuals like that do not really seem to understand that while academia is competitive you really do not want to get the reputation as an ass because within your field everyone will know you.
You can be an ass once you have tenure and/or are particularly brilliant in your field. People who seem to act like that I consider them to have been toilet trained at gun-point when they were young.
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I don't mind you get your ramble on. It's interesting. :) However, that does bring up something... how are you dealing with metric to imperialist measures? (half-pint, indeed!)
Not sure what to make of pirate girl, but then again everything is filtered through you to begin with. Wait until international talk like a pirate day or something and see if you have each other in stitches, perhaps...