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Feb. 23rd, 2005 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwynhefarOk so this was a really bad week to get sick. I managed to go to both class and work yesterday, although it was a good thing work was slow because I was about ready to fall asleep after I got off. Slept for several hours but had a bout of insomnia in the middle of the night. Met with my thesis advisor this morning and got several pieces of good news:
1) Of the three theses she's directing this semester, I'm the only one she feels is on schedule.
2) She got called by the library at Georgia College & State University, where I have an application in (she's one of my references) and gave me a glowing report. Apparently the woman on the phone said that I was exactly the sort of person they were looking for.
3) GC&SU emailed me asking for a phone interview next week.
Took a brief nap after my meeting with Dr. James. Went back to work for Dr. Thesing this afternoon and managed to get the layout of the James Dickey Newsletter (which he edits and I put together) in its final form. Left there and went straight to work at the Med School Library.
I've been here for three hours, all of which I've spent researching and trying to come up with the paper abstract that is due tomorrow. I've already gotten my topic pretty much approved, but I'm stuck at the "oh look, isn't this interesting" stage. That is, I've noticed something that I think is meaningful -- namely a difference in the way male and female Romantic poets portray female sexuality. Where several female poets are able to portray women as sexual beings in a positive light, the male poets seem to have only two models -- the chaste flower or the sexually destructive demon (think Keat's "Lamia", "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", and Coleridge's "Christabel").
My problem? The abstract is supposed to "sell" my topic. It's supposed to make it sound interesting and new. It is also supposed to explain exactly why this "new" revelation is important. I'm not quite sure how to do that.
And don't even ask about the phone interview for LSU tomorrow. I haven't even started to prepare for that.
Oh, and another thing I noticed today: the 10 page paper that I'm currently trying to write an abstract for? The paper itself is due March 17. Same day I go to court. That's going to do wonders for my concentration and the quality of said paper.
1) Of the three theses she's directing this semester, I'm the only one she feels is on schedule.
2) She got called by the library at Georgia College & State University, where I have an application in (she's one of my references) and gave me a glowing report. Apparently the woman on the phone said that I was exactly the sort of person they were looking for.
3) GC&SU emailed me asking for a phone interview next week.
Took a brief nap after my meeting with Dr. James. Went back to work for Dr. Thesing this afternoon and managed to get the layout of the James Dickey Newsletter (which he edits and I put together) in its final form. Left there and went straight to work at the Med School Library.
I've been here for three hours, all of which I've spent researching and trying to come up with the paper abstract that is due tomorrow. I've already gotten my topic pretty much approved, but I'm stuck at the "oh look, isn't this interesting" stage. That is, I've noticed something that I think is meaningful -- namely a difference in the way male and female Romantic poets portray female sexuality. Where several female poets are able to portray women as sexual beings in a positive light, the male poets seem to have only two models -- the chaste flower or the sexually destructive demon (think Keat's "Lamia", "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", and Coleridge's "Christabel").
My problem? The abstract is supposed to "sell" my topic. It's supposed to make it sound interesting and new. It is also supposed to explain exactly why this "new" revelation is important. I'm not quite sure how to do that.
And don't even ask about the phone interview for LSU tomorrow. I haven't even started to prepare for that.
Oh, and another thing I noticed today: the 10 page paper that I'm currently trying to write an abstract for? The paper itself is due March 17. Same day I go to court. That's going to do wonders for my concentration and the quality of said paper.
