Rethink.

In the computer lab, doing Greek – want to start a commentary on the dissertation text, I’ve begun writing out a few sentences of the dissertation itself. I don’t feel prepared for this at all, but I figure if I start writing in earnest (as opposed to the notes I’ve been collecting), it’ll force me …

…in 9 hours. 7 pages of notes on three Federalist papers and some notes on Marbury v. Madison. Nothing is organized except by the texts I’m covering, and I do have an introduction ready whereby I explain that it is difficult to talk about the judiciary in America, and then I guess my notes are …

…that I can’t make head or tail of. I go the library daily and try to copy down something by Dickinson or Auden before I do any dissertation/politics related studying. The thing is, I’ve been copying down poems that must be on some “WTF” list. I don’t know why I’m drawn to them, I’m reading …

As some of you know, my birthday didn’t go so hot. I was trapped on campus the night before because I didn’t want to walk the distance back to where I was staying through a lot of mud/rain/wind/lightning. I waited until morning and only walked through a little mud/rain/wind/lightning that completely soaked all my clothes …