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elanya at 10:09pm on 01/09/2005
elanya at 10:09pm on 01/09/2005I can't think of anything interesting to title this post, so it gets nothing.
I have read about 150 pages of the France Book today, and there are about 200 left to go. This is fairly encouraging. I just had a thought about goign to see Dr. Terjanian about it, but I doubt she will be around tomorrow. Ahh well. It is only ten here, so I am wondering if I should plug on with my reading, and get as much done as possible, or whether I should take a *real* break, and watch a movie or something. Since I can do that. I could watch some Invader Zim (It is the only think I have that is episodic, and thus short), and then read some more, but I'm not sure if I'm in the mood.
the problem with focusing so much on the french Book is twofold. One, it is bad on my eyes. two: I haven't been getting anything done on my thesis, because I'm dedicating all my time to reading And that's fair: I do have to do my course work, afterall. I should have made *more* time for reading earlier, really. But I haven;t achieved anything thesis wise since I finished with that one paper. I'm trying to decide what would really suit me best to do next: should I tidy up the other papers, or should I start working on the giant huge outline of doom that Dr. Ewen wants me to do? he is one of those people who is convinced that outlines are The Way To Do Things. I am aware of their utility, but I often find the struture they offer too confining. Still, it would give me something to do, to help me know if I am on the right track. On the other hand, I am wary of turning my thesis into somethign that is, in the end, not *my* project, if I follow every whikim of my director. I am probably being over-cautious at this point, especially as I haven't even met with my committee as a whole yet. an outline would be helpful, I'm sure: I just hate doing them. I tend to work like my sister in some respects. Often the ideas I am trying to express formulate best as I am trying to express them... as I am doing the actual writing, they develop and go off in ways that, when I sit down to do an outline, I can't always forsee. On the other hand, I think it could be a useful tool for *communication*, if nothing else. I find that academics often hear what they want to, not what you actually say to them :p
So, maybe I will watch a little of something, and crack open word to start on that. Bleah.
I have read about 150 pages of the France Book today, and there are about 200 left to go. This is fairly encouraging. I just had a thought about goign to see Dr. Terjanian about it, but I doubt she will be around tomorrow. Ahh well. It is only ten here, so I am wondering if I should plug on with my reading, and get as much done as possible, or whether I should take a *real* break, and watch a movie or something. Since I can do that. I could watch some Invader Zim (It is the only think I have that is episodic, and thus short), and then read some more, but I'm not sure if I'm in the mood.
the problem with focusing so much on the french Book is twofold. One, it is bad on my eyes. two: I haven't been getting anything done on my thesis, because I'm dedicating all my time to reading And that's fair: I do have to do my course work, afterall. I should have made *more* time for reading earlier, really. But I haven;t achieved anything thesis wise since I finished with that one paper. I'm trying to decide what would really suit me best to do next: should I tidy up the other papers, or should I start working on the giant huge outline of doom that Dr. Ewen wants me to do? he is one of those people who is convinced that outlines are The Way To Do Things. I am aware of their utility, but I often find the struture they offer too confining. Still, it would give me something to do, to help me know if I am on the right track. On the other hand, I am wary of turning my thesis into somethign that is, in the end, not *my* project, if I follow every whikim of my director. I am probably being over-cautious at this point, especially as I haven't even met with my committee as a whole yet. an outline would be helpful, I'm sure: I just hate doing them. I tend to work like my sister in some respects. Often the ideas I am trying to express formulate best as I am trying to express them... as I am doing the actual writing, they develop and go off in ways that, when I sit down to do an outline, I can't always forsee. On the other hand, I think it could be a useful tool for *communication*, if nothing else. I find that academics often hear what they want to, not what you actually say to them :p
So, maybe I will watch a little of something, and crack open word to start on that. Bleah.
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