So, I am now two days into my ISP period, and I get the feeling this is going to be how it goes. Yesterday, the first day of the ISP period, I spent most of the day translating my proposal (which you can read below). I was supposed to have a phone interview with Johnny Hodgeson (a man very involved with the autonomy process on the Caribbean Coast. Didn't work out. So I watched an episode of Sienfeld, which is not nearly so funny as I'd like it to be. For all of you die hard Sienfeld fans, you're nuts. The writing needs work and the acting wouldn't convince my three year old sister. Even Friends is a better show. Because it is funny, despite it's bad writing and acting. At least Friends has Mathew Perry.
Today I finsihed up the translation, and I've been working on setting up interviews. Still not really taking. So it goes. Hopefully next week will be more fruitful. I still need to write up an interview guide for the different interviews I have going. That should be easy enough, I simply need to sit down and do it. I also have my final essay for classes due come monday and I need to finish my research. The research bit is the most amorphous and difficult to define. I don't want to do too much book research and cut out the voices of my contacts in my final product. This is supposed to be a paper which brings together a variety of voices over one controlling theme, and then provides a theoretical framework with which to work with those voices. I think. We'll see.
I just seem to be waiting for my ISP to really start, and in the mean time existing in academic limbo. I'm certainly not bored, for when I get sick of working (not uncommon) I can simply continue on with the conversation of a lifetime I'm having with one of my closest friends via electronic mail, or watch a movie (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was this afternoon, I'm hoping for Roman Holiday or Lucky Number Sleven this evening, we'll see).
So, wish me luck!
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4 comments:
so am i to assume that i am not your closest friend you are communicating with... hurumph. i guess i'll settle for mom. ;-)
sounds great and interesting. yeah i am not a seinfeld person either--but Studio 60--that is a show, excuse me--was a show.
I was exhausted reading these last two post. Not something you want to read at 5 am in the morning. Since the mind is still not fully awake. Sienfeld was not one of the shows I could get into watching. You have a lot to accomplish in a short period of time. Your Mind will have to be set to getting it done with time to spare! xxoo
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Besides acquiring so much knowledge of Central America, you seem to have gained a large DVD library. Hope its not all in Spanish! Never got into Sienfield either but Uncle Russ can recite it verbatim. We love the "Everybody Loves Raymond" repeats. I bet the mother reminds Dad of me.
If your essay has a tiny piece of what you write on your blog, you deserve a A+!! Good luck with the ISP. It seems daunting!.
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