I learned last week in my conversation analysis class that there is a limit to the amount of bad news a person can take. This is a researched fact. People just can't take much bad news. This gets me thinking if there is a maximum that a person can take when they are reading scholarly articles?
Currently, I am working on a paper for my intercultural communication class, which we have split up between myself and two other co-group members to wade through. My entire list consists of 22 or 23 articles each averaging 15 to 20 pages each. As I sit here blogging I am "taking a break" from reading, because even through I am not an avid reader in general - I at times enjoy a good read. BUT - is it bad that now, that reading is something that I do literally daily, via facebook, or emails, or currently knee deep in 70+ pages of heavy/dense scholarly reading, that I don't - like really don't want to do any reading on free time. My sentiment at the moment is a little something like "Bye bye Three Cups of Tea" and all the other books that I have sitting on my cool bookshelves that I haven't even touched or am in the middle of....ugh so tired of sitting here and reading....
Also, does the freshmen 15 happen for your first year of grad school as well? I know, poor grad student, but when you sit at your chair looking to the computer screen from 1-5:30pm without much physical exercise other than blinking your eyes and bathroom breaks, something has to slow down for the digestion thing right?!? I feel like I am getting fat - maybe its all the knowledge in my head weighing my down! HA! The scale doesn't lie, at times I think that boyfriend does...but that's just cuz he loves me :)
...better get back to my version of the grind! Tomorrow is Monday and while I used to dread Sunday's specifically because Monday meant going back to work - I gotta admit the sentiment rings true for Monday's in school....slow...groggy.....and not quite willing to think critically just yet - how far are we away from Friday again?????
wish me luck....paper due this week...and two more the next :) - bye bye social life...
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Semester Swing!
Yes, its been a million years since I last wrote, and that's because I have been knee deep into school work! Yuppers! That means, late nights, sleepless "cat naps" to recharge my weary eyes from reading, and OH the reading, just tons and tons of reading!
Speaking of sleep, I have been having weird dreams recently, which might be due to the idea of looming deadlines weekly...and if not, bi-weekly. I was just talking to one of my classmates today and mentioned how Mondays in school feel almost the same as Monday's feel when you are working....aka a drag! But, somehow I will power through, especially since I am working on a paper for one class (mind you when I say working, I mean I didn't actually start yet) and a presentation/paper for another! YAY!!! grad school, the arena for challenges! I am dreaming of failing class (I figure this is normal - deep seeded fear of mine since I have ever been in school) and then I dream of someone leaving me in my life (the bf who promises that it will never happen at 2:30 in the morning) and then I dreamt last night of being a key witness to a murder...what is this supposed to represent???
On the school front, got my first couple of grades, and believe it or not, I am NOT failing! YAY Dale! I am seeing how people say that going back to school means getting back into the groove of things. I think that I am there, but I miss the weekends of nothing, which at the moment are filled with multiple 15 page articles to read in order to get ready for the next paper or presentation.
I still have no job, but at the moment I think its a good thing, I cant imagine working any time (half/quater/full) with this course load...I don't know how people do it!?! BUT - if my job was learning, and as I understand it, it is at the moment - then I am excelling and am almost able to ask for a raise! The knowledge that I gain from just about every class is amazing, and something that I can honestly say I would have never gotten while working...so yes, I think that this was the right choice for me, for right now, despite the sweat and tears, and multiple vodka shots that are used as motivation for paper completion!
Going to the NCA conference in Nov with the bf in tow and hopefully will gain the insight to either pick my topic for the proposal for my intro class or give me some motivation to make my final be a thesis instead of comps (all mumbojumbo if you don't know the context). I will be looking for organizational things in education I think......
San Deezy as I like to refer it is treating me well, other than random heat waves, I can't really complain...living in cali seems to suit me well at this point....now I just need to find me some $$$$ and we will be just fine! But, until then -I am content....
....oh and according to my text book on writing research papers....blogging is supposed to be a good exercise to get the creative writing flowing...YAY dale!
Speaking of sleep, I have been having weird dreams recently, which might be due to the idea of looming deadlines weekly...and if not, bi-weekly. I was just talking to one of my classmates today and mentioned how Mondays in school feel almost the same as Monday's feel when you are working....aka a drag! But, somehow I will power through, especially since I am working on a paper for one class (mind you when I say working, I mean I didn't actually start yet) and a presentation/paper for another! YAY!!! grad school, the arena for challenges! I am dreaming of failing class (I figure this is normal - deep seeded fear of mine since I have ever been in school) and then I dream of someone leaving me in my life (the bf who promises that it will never happen at 2:30 in the morning) and then I dreamt last night of being a key witness to a murder...what is this supposed to represent???
On the school front, got my first couple of grades, and believe it or not, I am NOT failing! YAY Dale! I am seeing how people say that going back to school means getting back into the groove of things. I think that I am there, but I miss the weekends of nothing, which at the moment are filled with multiple 15 page articles to read in order to get ready for the next paper or presentation.
I still have no job, but at the moment I think its a good thing, I cant imagine working any time (half/quater/full) with this course load...I don't know how people do it!?! BUT - if my job was learning, and as I understand it, it is at the moment - then I am excelling and am almost able to ask for a raise! The knowledge that I gain from just about every class is amazing, and something that I can honestly say I would have never gotten while working...so yes, I think that this was the right choice for me, for right now, despite the sweat and tears, and multiple vodka shots that are used as motivation for paper completion!
Going to the NCA conference in Nov with the bf in tow and hopefully will gain the insight to either pick my topic for the proposal for my intro class or give me some motivation to make my final be a thesis instead of comps (all mumbojumbo if you don't know the context). I will be looking for organizational things in education I think......
San Deezy as I like to refer it is treating me well, other than random heat waves, I can't really complain...living in cali seems to suit me well at this point....now I just need to find me some $$$$ and we will be just fine! But, until then -I am content....
....oh and according to my text book on writing research papers....blogging is supposed to be a good exercise to get the creative writing flowing...YAY dale!
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