progress report

[2eclipse]

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.

Comments

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

oh i'm not leaving anything un-cited. but because augustine is so central cannon LOTS of other theologians either write about agreeing with him or (like barth) come to the same conclusion a different way. so i can site someone else who says the same thing in a different way.
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?

[dhampir.livejournal.com]

thatd work too. im not to familiar with, well the whole backstory here, so i can only work in general and unhelpful vagarities.

MA (european) history. specialized in enlightened absolutist female rulers. yup. obscure enough.