In Which a Paper is Written

11.11.2008

I think I somehow dodged the illness that was developing by overdosing on vitamin C. Or something. My developing phlegm and sore throat from yesterday has completely disappeared. But, instead, I feel completely exhausted and fuzzy-headed for no reason.It's been like that all day.

Both classes were pretty awful as I kept zoning out and making a fool of myself when called on to answer something. In Razgovornaia, we had to translate things from Russian to English, which iss the first time we've had an exercise like this, and when I did my part, the professor said, "Eric... I think this is the first time I've heard you speak English. And, you speak in a higher tone in Russian... I think that might be a problem from having all female teachers. You might want to try to talk deeper in Russian." Which is strange, because I thought I spoke deeper in Russian. Or something. I don't know. APPARENTLY NOT.

Other than that I have no updates for today. Except, the kassa at the metro today got really pissed off when I handed her 502 rubles for 6 tokens (6 tokens cost 102 rubles, so I was TRYING to be nice and save her the extra change-counting with that extra two rubles). Apparently she didn't like having to count out four 100-ruble notes? I don't know. Absurdity.

Not looking forward to dinner tonight.

Have to write my paper tonight. Actually I should've already started that but I'm procrastinating.Where the hell did my time management go? There was once a time when I would have a paper like this finished days in advance so I could just go over it. Granted, it was assigned last wednesday, so I've had little time, but still. I don't know.

Also, I've noticed that the men here, like the women, wear really cool boots. Some of them, anyway. So now I want to find a fashionable pair of man-boots. Maybe it's a winter thing? I need to successfully go shopping sometime soon. AND SPEND MONEY. BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT I NEED TO DO. PUMP MONEY INTO THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY. GOOD IDEA, ERIC.

Alright, I need to go do work.

Post-Paper Writing:

Alright, so, that was just plain awful. I somehow actually managed to pump out five pages (1.5 spacing... wait, holy shit, I just wrote a six page paper in one day?). I hope they weren't supposed to be GOOD. When we were originally warned of his mid-term, I didn't think much of it... Five page paper in a week? No problem. But I didn't take into account research... and formulation... And the fact that I have other crap I need to do, too. So basically that was three days of SEARCHING for research, three days of ANALYSING AND NOTATING said research, and a day of actually writing the paper. Good christ. I'm glad I didn't have MUCH ELSE that I needed to do, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to finish it.

BED TIME,.