Life of Pride
Thursday, February 02, 2006
First, I do not apologize for that bit of nonsense verse I wrote yesterday. It was the product of two whole minutes' dedicated thought, and it made me happy. I'm typing this, of course, because I feel for some reason as if I should apologize. But I refuse to give in.
Yesterday was excellent. I finished a fair amount of work for my parents and a fair amount of research for myself. Then I talked to my friends Nate M. and Christy S. on the phone for a while, had family Bible-reading time, and wrote four handwritten double-sided pages of a snail-mail letter to another friend, Jessica M. I discovered at the Borders cafe that the Republic of Tea's blackberry-sage hot tea is another new favorite.
Basically, I've given up on trying to research 3 hrs/day. That was a bad way to put my goal, because I do activities on many evenings. Since my project itself is only 8 credit hours, I only need 16 hours of research a week, not 18. I get two hours on Monday mornings after I drive my partially-handicapped brother to his college class, while I am waiting for it to let out. Wednesday evenings give me three hours or so. If I work in three more miscellaneous hours during the week and have another work day for myself on Saturdays, there's 16 hours right there. Plus, I have time for family, reading, exercise, and relaxation. Not bad.
Whoa. My annotated bibliography is due Feb. 20, and I have about 25 leads to trace at this point. Hehehe. We'll see. Good thing I chose not to go to the Frisbee tourney in AL.
Utterly randomly, do you know how cool this verse of Proverbs is: "To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings" (1:5, or somewhere around there). This verse strikes me a certain way - it sounds mysterious and a little sinister. I like it, with a particular shiver down my spine.
Yesterday was excellent. I finished a fair amount of work for my parents and a fair amount of research for myself. Then I talked to my friends Nate M. and Christy S. on the phone for a while, had family Bible-reading time, and wrote four handwritten double-sided pages of a snail-mail letter to another friend, Jessica M. I discovered at the Borders cafe that the Republic of Tea's blackberry-sage hot tea is another new favorite.
Basically, I've given up on trying to research 3 hrs/day. That was a bad way to put my goal, because I do activities on many evenings. Since my project itself is only 8 credit hours, I only need 16 hours of research a week, not 18. I get two hours on Monday mornings after I drive my partially-handicapped brother to his college class, while I am waiting for it to let out. Wednesday evenings give me three hours or so. If I work in three more miscellaneous hours during the week and have another work day for myself on Saturdays, there's 16 hours right there. Plus, I have time for family, reading, exercise, and relaxation. Not bad.
Whoa. My annotated bibliography is due Feb. 20, and I have about 25 leads to trace at this point. Hehehe. We'll see. Good thing I chose not to go to the Frisbee tourney in AL.
Utterly randomly, do you know how cool this verse of Proverbs is: "To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings" (1:5, or somewhere around there). This verse strikes me a certain way - it sounds mysterious and a little sinister. I like it, with a particular shiver down my spine.
Comments:
Thanks, Nate. :) That was very very very very very encouraging. I'll try to quash the defensive reaction to putting poetry, even mediocre nonsense poetry, out in the open.
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