eventual momentum

discovery of important study-wise fact:

forced application of self gradually gives way to genuine motivation and involvement

perhaps an instance of doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, but if the reasons end up aligned with the thing in the end maybe that justifies it

in any case, yesterday started out as a slog and ended up really well. i didn't even read bukowski before bed (even tho i'm behind on both bukowski and history of the world after the unproductive block of last week) because i wanted to get some more history done.

the key is to have the essential done early (the night before) so the mornings can be spent on the important but non-curricular activites...

i've decided that afternoons are going to be henceforth used for gym-going rather than catch-up reading...

better use of free time AND it means that i can avoid the wet-hair to bed syndrome or the double shower day followed by the scrub day syndrome...

as founding president of the linguistic club i feel we need to get our shit together heh

speaking of which insights are appreciated...we're planning on discussing assigned readings and also learning about a language each month. october and november will have their own...i think december (only consisting of two or three meetings) will be grab-bag of obscure ones. unfortunately none of us are experts. we just share the common interest. the plan, unless we come up with something better to do, is to find an intro textbook. i'm the only one who has ever had a linguistics class before, so we really need the base stuff. the nice thing is that we'll be on our own pace and if we get obsessed with phonetics, well we can just talk about phonetics all semester. i have this idea that it won't be too difficult to find articles for us. see that's the thing...articles vs. textbook. i'm thinking articles to illustrate textbook and relating to the language of the month. our next meeting is wenesday in the john b. lounge...as of yet it's just officers since we haven't got our paperwork straightened out.

...

i think our secretary was going to take care of that.

wonder how it's going...

anyhow I at least would heartily appreciate that heh

cuz i hate paperwork. he also seems keen on drawing up a budget (altho what it would be used for i'm not sure)

anyhow things are busy and more under control. the only remaining puzzle piece (a big one) is going to be the big projects. i don't have to think too hard about my eac research paper at the moment...but i've got this mgm presentation/paper and in a couple weeks our first asian cinemas paper is due...at some point there will be the kurosawa presentation.

i think i need to psych myself up for these papers.

something has to be done. i dunno how tho.

forced application of self i guess...

interspersed with bukowski

you know, reading his biography, a lot of other authors are mentioned, many of whom i've never heard of even tho they seem very famous

i'm beginning to wonder how long i should carry on the bukowski project. hot water music will be over soon and then i was planning on reading ham on rye. maybe i will do more poetry first and then do a couple novels...or maybe it should just be a semester long spree and i should read as much as possible. you definitely get more a feel for a writer when reading systematically...i still don't feel very smart tho...

look at that...from optimism to pessimism in a few paragraphs..

i sure know how to bring me down V_V

in other news i've been chatting in japanese lately and hopefully i'll be able to use kana and kanji once my laptop gets here...

mom is sending it today XD

my own net connection...

this will harken back to those early days on prospect.

haha "those early days on prospect"

maybe someday there will be reason to use such epic phrasing on me ne

right now it's back to the grind

i should be pounding out some kanji!!!

ciao ;p