school ate her.
sorry, guys. i'm sure the 3.5 of you who read are dying to know how school is going, and the truth is that i'm lying in its belly, unable to look up from J. L Austin's How To Do Things With Words. i swear the blog won't die.
it's a lot of work. i'd say between four and eight hours a day. or at least i'm making it be up to eight hours day; it's entirely possible that it's not supposed to take us this long. last night i worked on two pages of writing for two and a half hours. writing two pages, it turns out, is way harder than writing four. and they totally know when you're manipulating margins and font size and they call you on it.
so, 11.5 months of this. i'm steeling myself. around february i'm guessing it won't feel so uphillish. i had visions of going to the gym every day. between work (two 5 hour afternoons a week, but it seriously affects the school time--you can tell that most of the students don't have jobs) and school, i'm lucky if i shower each day.
anyway. we're off to san francisco at the crack of dawn on friday for this one's wedding. my dress is altered and i practiced walking in my shoes--in fact, i practiced walking in them while reading the Austin book, sort of like runners train at a higher altitude than they compete in so that the real deal feels less difficult. no worries: i will not be studying during the ceremony.
i promise.
it's a lot of work. i'd say between four and eight hours a day. or at least i'm making it be up to eight hours day; it's entirely possible that it's not supposed to take us this long. last night i worked on two pages of writing for two and a half hours. writing two pages, it turns out, is way harder than writing four. and they totally know when you're manipulating margins and font size and they call you on it.
so, 11.5 months of this. i'm steeling myself. around february i'm guessing it won't feel so uphillish. i had visions of going to the gym every day. between work (two 5 hour afternoons a week, but it seriously affects the school time--you can tell that most of the students don't have jobs) and school, i'm lucky if i shower each day.
anyway. we're off to san francisco at the crack of dawn on friday for this one's wedding. my dress is altered and i practiced walking in my shoes--in fact, i practiced walking in them while reading the Austin book, sort of like runners train at a higher altitude than they compete in so that the real deal feels less difficult. no worries: i will not be studying during the ceremony.
i promise.
posted by l. at 9:08 AM
2 Comments:
and i was still hoping for pictures of your trip. silly me.
take regular study breaks!
>>and i was still hoping for pictures of >>your trip. silly me.
your sarcasm is noted, thag.
my hard drive crashed a week ago. everything's back except i can't seem to import the photos into iPhoto, which is making sharing difficult. when i can, though.
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