It's not silly. It drives me mad when my housemates say I don't have much work to do. Especially as since mid-November I have had at least 3 assignments on the go at every point, plus a research project to run, analyse and write up. I don't technically have a disertation but I do have this massive project to do. But it's 3,000 words less than their distertations have to be so 'doesn't count'. Gah.
Am trying to avoid going to the library coz I know it'll be packed. I don't need any books out - I'm managing with Google books and scholar (was sooo happy when I found these!). As long as I can actually concentrate here I should be ok. I just need to get the house clean first. I can't focus when I know there's so much stuff that's unhygienically dirty around the house. I swear my housemates didn't clean the house for the whole 3 weeks I was home. Bathroom was gross!
Need to get another 750 words done tomorrow but will probs be on here for regular breaks if anyone needs distraction/motivation/etc. :)
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
I go to the library to get books then head to my department's computer rooms because they're much quieter. There are also locks on the doors so if you don't know the code you're not getting in (read: annoying, loud first and second years won't be getting in and if they do and they will be chucked out by everyone else).
As far as I know English degrees can be pretty intense on the reading front. Obviously it's different from medicine, but doesn't mean they can belittle someone else's degree choice.
hmpf..its so close to the end of the year and im so fed up. iv lost all motivation and concentration. and whats worse is the fact i LOVE my course =(
i keep telling myself that i just need to get through the next three weeks, but thats so much easier said than done. and the exams, which worry me cus im not worried.....and the last time i did exams was really bad n i ended up walking out of one =S meh, sorry for the ramble
I just got an e-mail saying that there had been a change to the exam timetable. Nearly had a heart attack! Thankfully it was just a change of venue, not the day or the time. Phew!
^Lol! I know that panicked feeling all too well. Managed to convince myself last night that my presentation is next Tuesday. Got myself all panicked before thinking to check on the calendar on my laptop. Duh! Lol! Had somehow worked out that next Tuesday is the 5th but (thank God!) I have two weeks. Well, just under. So am still panicked, but not quite as absolutely sh*tting myself as I was last night. :)
Was 400 words below my target yesterday so need to do 1000 today to balance it out. Really can't be bothered though. Need to get showered. Sitting in my pjs in bed just makes me think it's not time to work yet!
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
Yeah, I'm the same. Sitting here watching Judge Judy (I know, I know!) instead of getting on with work. But did a lot yesterday. Just can't afford to go back up to Glasgow again today and sit in a coffee shop all day.
Am showered - yay go me! Lol! Need to dry and straighten my hair (yes, I am vain) before I go to town, and need to go to town before I start work. Quite clearly procrastinating. . . again. I really need to sort out my presentation today but I don't want to end the day without any more words done on my report. I really need to do some serious revision as well. Agh! Why couldn't the report have been done last term? If all the essays for the year had been moved to the end of the previous term (which could have easily been done) I could have started my write-up before Easter rather than having to do it all now. I could run this uni better than they're managing! Lol!
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
I am really hacked off about uni.
I've been stressin myself out and doing loads of work for this module that the deadline we were given was for next tuesday. However apparently that was last years deadline and everyone now has another 2 weeks. But somehow I didn't receive the email over Easter like everyone else did so I've been working myself up over getting it all done.
Went to a lecture this morning and 5 other people turned up. The teacher hadn't prepared a lecture so reviewed the one person who had their powerpoint presentation with them. Got in for 9am, what a waste of bloody time.
oh man :(
but at least you get more time.
right now i would kill for more time on my portfolios but thats my own fault. going library later. i only feel comfortablt going at mid/late afternoon. i dunno how some people get there for like 8am.
i haven't showered in two and a half days. i feel pretty gross right now.
Apparently there are 24 hour computer rooms on campus at my uni. I'm in my final year and I still have no idea where they are! I prefer working at home though - I can make coffee and smoke as I please. And no one cares if I'm in my pjs all day. I might get weird looks sitting in uni in my pjs. Lol!
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
So, I haven't actually got dressed today, just stayed in my pjs. But I have done work, and that's all that matters!
My main university library is open 6am-2am everyday and the two unions have 24 hour study rooms/libraries.
Tomorrow I aim to go up fairly early, print off loads of articles and then head to the department (the printer there doesn't print of both sides like the others) and then continue to do work.
Need to get to 3,000 words today and finish planning out my presentation. I started planning it, then found some more notes to put into my report so started doing that. Now I'm bored of both. Lol! Might do some cleaning or washing up or something while Simpsons is on (background noise) to give myself a break from staring at screens. My eyes are really tired and one of my eyes is dodgy anyway (it's not moistening itself properly). If I end up really damaging my eyes from staring at screens I'm suing the uni. Lol! To be fair, only about 30% of the time I spend looking at screens is spent actually doing work. A good 50% of it is procrastinating from work though!
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
I'm one of these people who can't read or write stuff on the computer. I need to print off articles and write out all my essays and stuff beforehand. More practical for me, but so annoying.
I haven't done anything for the last 4 hours! Although my housemates and I steamed fresh veggies for dinner which is pretty good. I am now counteracting all the goodness of that by dunking bourbons in tea. :)
Need another 300 words tonight then I can stop. That shouldn't take me that long but I just can't get started. Sigh. Am running out of procrastination.
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
