what time is it? rant time!
Dec. 13th, 2009 08:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inmyriadbitsI really wish I had a work ethic right now.
I have to write this paper (8-10 pages, technically due 8 hours ago...), which is late, which is unfortunate because after I write that paper, I have to write another 8-10 pager due Monday at 2pm. And then I have a take-home final (another 8-10 pages, plus a "short answer question" that is impossibly convoluted, and for a "single question" has about fourteen parts, and could be the basis for a dissertation rather than a short answer) due Wednesday by 5pm.
Which means I have to write 24-30 pages in the next four days (and then 20 pages in the four after that!), and I simply cannot get started on the first one. ARGH. It doesn't help that a) I haven't actually finished reading the book I'm writing about, Nightwood, and b) Djuna Barnes writes in an incredibly intricate way, which is fine and dandy when I can linger over passages like
Anyway. I'm trying to write this damn paper, and I'm hamstrung by the fact that I need some sources from the library, but the college in its infinite wisdom closes our library at 6pm on the Saturday before finals week (something I did not know until I tried to get into the stacks at 9:30pm last night; they're open till 11pm on weekdays) and doesn't open until noon Sunday. I NEED TO WRITE MY FUCKING PAPER, ASSHOLES. Grrrr. Our prof wants the paper to be ~interdisciplinary~ and have fucking primary AND secondary sources, which is all very cool in theory if I had some motivation or time or had slept. Or had library access.
At least I'm writing about horror films and film theory. That's fun.
I feel bad; I was making breakfast at 5:45am-ish and burned the toast, which set off our smoke detector right outside my suitemates' room. D: I managed to get it off fairly quickly, but still. /o\
So...encouraging words would be nice? Commentfic. Funny pictures. Magic wands that write my paper for me. All those would be most appreciated.
I have to write this paper (8-10 pages, technically due 8 hours ago...), which is late, which is unfortunate because after I write that paper, I have to write another 8-10 pager due Monday at 2pm. And then I have a take-home final (another 8-10 pages, plus a "short answer question" that is impossibly convoluted, and for a "single question" has about fourteen parts, and could be the basis for a dissertation rather than a short answer) due Wednesday by 5pm.
Which means I have to write 24-30 pages in the next four days (and then 20 pages in the four after that!), and I simply cannot get started on the first one. ARGH. It doesn't help that a) I haven't actually finished reading the book I'm writing about, Nightwood, and b) Djuna Barnes writes in an incredibly intricate way, which is fine and dandy when I can linger over passages like
Nora had the face of all people who love people -- a face that would be evil when she found out that to love without criticism is to be betrayed. Nora robbed herself for everyone; incapable of giving herself warning, she was continually turning about to find herself diminished. Wandering people the world over found her profitable in that she could be sold for a price forever, for she carried her betrayal money in her own pocket.I mean, isn't that fantastic? She carried her betrayal money in her own pocket, that's such a great line. But you see my problem: the ENTIRE BOOK is like that, and it is exhausting, especially when I don't have time to read it. The novel is also very personal, which is a good quality in that it has the intensity that only comes from truly passionate writing, but can also be incredibly obscure and leave you cold.
Anyway. I'm trying to write this damn paper, and I'm hamstrung by the fact that I need some sources from the library, but the college in its infinite wisdom closes our library at 6pm on the Saturday before finals week (something I did not know until I tried to get into the stacks at 9:30pm last night; they're open till 11pm on weekdays) and doesn't open until noon Sunday. I NEED TO WRITE MY FUCKING PAPER, ASSHOLES. Grrrr. Our prof wants the paper to be ~interdisciplinary~ and have fucking primary AND secondary sources, which is all very cool in theory if I had some motivation or time or had slept. Or had library access.
At least I'm writing about horror films and film theory. That's fun.
I feel bad; I was making breakfast at 5:45am-ish and burned the toast, which set off our smoke detector right outside my suitemates' room. D: I managed to get it off fairly quickly, but still. /o\
So...encouraging words would be nice? Commentfic. Funny pictures. Magic wands that write my paper for me. All those would be most appreciated.
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Date: 2009-12-13 03:08 pm (UTC)(ps - I will be on the road all day, so feel free to call!)
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