progress report
Mar. 10th, 2007 12:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bah.
made less progress than i might like today.
only about 4 more pages done (which puts me at 18 and about 4700 words).
i also need to rewrite my introduction again.
i am, however, beginning to have hope that i won't have quite the problem filling up space that i imagined, considering that i'm almost half-way there.
i talk to beverly again on monday.
she wants me to look at augustine and i HATE the way that man handles dialogue. everything is so repetitious and nothing is good for quoting in papers, only referencing. also he bases his arguments on things that i disagree with, like the superiority of the soul to the body.
so greek!
i like the way barth handles free will better. it's better for quoting AND it makes me feel less manipulated.
i don't like feeling manipulated. even by God.
i would be so excited if this paper gets even ONE person to be nicer to poor people.
made less progress than i might like today.
only about 4 more pages done (which puts me at 18 and about 4700 words).
i also need to rewrite my introduction again.
i am, however, beginning to have hope that i won't have quite the problem filling up space that i imagined, considering that i'm almost half-way there.
i talk to beverly again on monday.
she wants me to look at augustine and i HATE the way that man handles dialogue. everything is so repetitious and nothing is good for quoting in papers, only referencing. also he bases his arguments on things that i disagree with, like the superiority of the soul to the body.
so greek!
i like the way barth handles free will better. it's better for quoting AND it makes me feel less manipulated.
i don't like feeling manipulated. even by God.
i would be so excited if this paper gets even ONE person to be nicer to poor people.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-11 05:20 pm (UTC)however, debunking him on a point that he uses for support, but which is not central to the argument would be a sidetrack from the paper. barth comes to the same conclusion as augustine, he just gets there a different way. so my beef is not with the conclusion, but with the way it is written and and the argument developed.
22 pages! i'd like to get another 4-6 done today.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-11 05:46 pm (UTC)if its anything like my thesis, this will come back to haunt you if its not somehow addressed. which sucks big fat donkeyballs.
but in the end, its up to you, i is just thorwing out idea or ways to cover all bases.
i wish i couldve written that fast...
(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-11 05:52 pm (UTC)man i wish it felt fast! i am sitting at the computer for at least an hour per page, usually more. i feel guilty if i step away for longer than it takes to eat, sleep or use the lou (although obviously i have permission to update my journal, check my mail, etc.). and this is after several months of reading and preparing so that i would have something to say. blich.
what is your master's in?
(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-11 05:57 pm (UTC)MA (european) history. specialized in enlightened absolutist female rulers. yup. obscure enough.