04/11/2007: "And the semester runs on.."

Currently reading "Sputnik Sweetheart" (Murakami, Haruki). Despite the odd title (there's a reason for it), it's an amazing book. I started it last night and couldn't put it down for a few hours.. despite that I have school work to do. Lots and lots of papers to write, you know. Two of which are due next week, one due tomorrow, and one due a week from Tuesday. This, of course, doesn't account for the other school work and tests. But, I think I'll be alright. I just need to lock myself up for a few hours and do some serious work. I'll have to do that tonight and then probably be locked up from Friday to Sunday. Gotta love this time of year.

Other than all the school work, things have been okay. Busier than I'd like but, frankly, not as busy as other people who also have similar work loads as I do. Unfortunately, it looks like my 4.0 GPA is going to die this semester, but if getting 2 B's is my biggest concern, I think I'm doing all right. As it is, I really don't care about having a 4.0 GPA anyway. It's more like a novelty. If the difference between a B and an A is 16 hours a week of doing all sorts of extra work, proofreading, and drafting, I think I'd rather take the B.

My personal life.. it continues to make absolutely no sense to me. This isn't new at all. The most important thing I need to keep reminding myself, though, is that there are alot of things in life that you simply cannot control. Most particularly, other people. I can't say this is bad; it's quite natural, just the same way that people can't really control what I do. But still, it's something that fairly frequently seems to come to the forefront of issues. I really wish I could say more, but there's really not much to say other than that.

So much work.. I should really be doing it. Gotta read two journal articles and write a paper about it tonight, and hopefully I can do some more work on one of my other papers. At the very least, it's just a quick 2-page paper I need to do.

Then! Going over a book in class tomorrow, reading a book and ignoring my linguistics class (because it's incredibly boring), watching a movie in class number 3 because my teacher's out of town, and then handing in my paper and sitting through the fourth class. It'll be a decent day, I think, if a bit tiring.

Going out to dinner in a bit, then going to come back and work tonight. Wish me luck.


Jason