Internet Freakout Time! · Thursday November 16, 2006
It’s 12:24am on Friday, November 17th. My dissertation topic is due in about 14 hours, at 2pm on Friday, November 17th. I am starting again from scratch, in order to attempt to address the many issues that have been raised in the posts preceding this. I would like to thank all of the lovely people that responded with helpful suggestions and possible direction in such short notice.
I have a lecture at 10am and a seminar at 11am at which I am expected to offer a short presentation on the dichotomy between recording and performing.
I KNOW, RIGHT? Seems sort of impossible.
However, my mum just reminded me of my previous experiences in academia. I would agonize for hours, if not days, about potential topics for papers and essays. I remember throwing myself down the stairs once in high school in frustration with a project I was supposed to be working on (so emo). If I was writing an article for the college newspaper, it would take me an entire evening just to compose the first paragraph. Writing does not come easy to me. It’s the same when I’m trying to write a song, as I’ll throw away 10 songs before I find one I feel comfortable with.
Once I get past this seemingly immense initial mental block, things will get better.
And other things are looking up! -I’m only in this shitty city until next September- (sorry Londoners, I actually don’t hate it that much. Typed in a moment of emo passion). Can’t people use garbage cans for their rubbish? Can’t people not smoke for once? Can’t people play more interesting music instead of generic rock?
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