It’s about time I wrote again.
I’m back at university, and things are starting to pile up. I’m really not liking this early easter, all my deadlines are being brought forward so what would have usually been due in week 8 or 9 is now due in week 6. I’m feeling the push, the endless cycle of lectures, readings, assignments, projects, research, planning.
On the other hand, I know I’ve got a lot less work than Oxbridge students, so that’s comforting. Still, I wish my research times were more productive… it’s taken me about 3 hours to find two worthwhile books for a literary review on Google Books/Scholar. An hour in the library looking for and finding 9 out of 11 books produced one possible source. Argh, such time wasted.
A side note: Samsung thinks I’m funny.
The un-academic side of my life, however, is proving a lot more fruitful – I’m seeing growth in my girls at BCEC’s youth group and loving every Sunday at church and every week leading up to MEC. Prayer’s getting pretty awesome for me too, I’m having to shave off time getting ready just so’s I can write more in my journal.
Uh… Yeah, this is why I don’t write often. That’s it.
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
Tina Russell
By: Tina Russell on 27 February, 2008
at 6:00 pm
we don’t have THAT much work, just the odd 50 hours or so a week (correction natscis average 54.2 hours). Though in reality it’s more like 30 total.
you have OTHER blogs?…
By: nick on 28 February, 2008
at 9:35 am
Yeah, the other blog is part of one of the classes I have to take for uni, Online Journalism. I’ll kill it off at the end of the semester
By: tuuli on 28 February, 2008
at 10:11 am
i don’t understand what your other blog is about/for/purpose… other than for your course… matt’s phone was doing that ages ago at CnR, so we tried to keep it in the cupboard i think, but it still kept beeping, we know! and we can’t do anything about it! SHUSH!
By: chrissy on 29 February, 2008
at 1:39 am
Well, part of my course involves being a journalist for the environmentalnewsonline.com site that two 3rd years have set up, I’m the America correspondent. It’s ok.
crazy phones…
By: tuuli on 29 February, 2008
at 10:59 am
So, everybody on your course has to write for the same blog? Do you have set days and allocated amounts to write? Just anything about the environment? Why are you the American correspondent? Would you like to answer anymore questions?
By: chrissy on 4 March, 2008
at 10:15 pm
Uh, we just chose our different areas, most of the continents are covered, plus education, local government, etc.
The blog is to get us out there as interactive journalists, we’re supposed to fully immerse ourselves in the community and can use the blog for anything from opinion posts, tracking our progress as journalists, or whatever.
Uh.. I can answer more questions..
By: tuuli on 5 March, 2008
at 11:42 am
surely as a journalist, you’re meant to be the one asking the questions?
By: chrissy on 11 March, 2008
at 12:34 am
Probably. but im a bad one.
By: tuuli on 14 March, 2008
at 8:33 am