08.18.06
Where Has the Time Gone?
I seem to ask that question a lot here. Something always gets in the way it seems and this blog about the love of my life goes stale.
I’ve just found the notebook I was using last year with notes about things I wanted to write about from my class.
This year promises to be much better. Even though classes haven’t officially started, I already have syllabi, schedules and reading assignments. Last year I went 2 for 3 on the bad teacher hit list. Dr. N was the only one who performed her duties admirably. The other 2 had non-existent communication and organizational skills. When your classmates get in an uproar over the lack of teaching skills, that’s a good clue it’s not just your imagination.
I am not taking any History classes this semester but I am sure there will be much to blog about. Not only am I taking a PoliSci class on Terr0ri$m*, I am also taking a class about ancient and medieval philsophy.
In addition, I am hoping to prepare a presentation to submit to the Pacific Coast Branch of the American History Association for their conference next August. I’ve begun preliminary research on my Master’s thesis and believe the theme of the conference reflects the theme of my thesis quite well. Of course, I am nervous. It seems that not many undergrads have made plans past graduating. That I am already thinking about and planning my Master’s seems to make me somewhat of an anomaly. (Like that’s anything new in my life.)
My hope is to be able to make better use of my time and post things about history more often. I need to figure out how to clean up the UI as well, the navigation isn’t what I think it should be. As always, I have a million things to do and a limited amount of time in which to do them.
*I am loath to begin spelling any word in a funky, cyberspacey way but given the times in which we live and never knowing who is watching, discretion overtook accuracy in this one particular instance.