Archive for September, 2007
stuck
I’m beginning to write a very short dissertation prospectus for a workshop in a few weeks (about 1-2 pages) and I’m completely stuck on what the concept of my dissertation is. I know all the various strands that I am interested in and I can bring them all together in a very broad way [...]
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overexaggeration of the month
Gordon Ramsay on the UK version of Kitchen Nightmares: “and if a chef loses an order, it’s like an air traffic controller losing a plane.”
i don’t think i even need to say anything to that…
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slow…
how is it that i’ve passed exams and have been cleared to write a dissertation and i’m still reading at a snail’s pace? why have i just spent three hours today plodding through seventy-five pages of reading for my first discussion sections on tuesday? is that normal?
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fall tv rundown, part 1
It’s one of my favorite times of year: the beginning of a new fall television season. So accordingly, over the next few weeks, I’ll be giving a spoiler-free rundown of the television that I’m watching and my thoughts, both new and old shows. These may come in a peculiar order but I’m backed up on [...]
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google reader, anyone?
Since I’ve taken on the responsibilities of running the Carnival of GRADual Progress, I subscribed to google reader as a way to keep up with all the posts I needed for the carnival, as well as all the other stuff that I read. I’ve convinced myself that google reader will save me time because I’m [...]
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back in action…
So I’m back from London and I’ve been thrown straight into the fire. TAing is starting soon; I have a dissertation prospectus to rewrite quickly, reading to do, research trips to two countries to plan, and a room full of suitcases from storage to unpack and clear up. So things are busy.
I still [...]
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i’m off the animal farm!
yesterday i moved out of the place that i’ve been staying for the past six weeks. usually when i move out of a place that i’ve lived for more than a few days, i get a little nostalgic, and tuesday night was no different. the rent was frankly amazing for london and i [...]
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resolution to craziness
so everybody who commented agreed that i should take the week off. but of course, in typical academic form, i couldn’t allow myself to not work. so i went to the archives on monday but mentally i had checked out. luckily, i quickly came to the end of the list of things [...]
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craziness ahead!
I am worn out but as always I don’t have time to be tired. I have just one week left for research before I fly back to MRU two days before classes start. I don’t have discussion sections until the week of the 24th but I have to drive home the weekend before [...]
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I love London. It’s one of the few cities I’ve been where I think I could live for several years, which is kinda a good thing since I’m going to be spending a lot of time here in the future. Unlike cities like New York and DC, I feel like London’s more my [...]
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