the thing about being productive

[ltgmars]

The thing about being productive, I've found, is that one actually has to, you know, do things. Now that I've zipped through the third season of Gilmore Girls, I think I'm finally in a good place to start to get things done. The fourth season is possibly my favorite -- Lorelai and Sookie get going on the inn, things with Luke and Lorelai finally start up, Rory experiences new things (with the same old Paris) in college... I must say that Jason is probably my least favorite of Lorelai's long-term male encounters, but of course it's all better by the end of the season because Luke's my favorite. :3

So yeah. Moratorium on Gilmore until, say, finals week (because, as it usually turns out, my finals week is going to be a lot lighter than my week-before-finals week).

Things-to-Do List, v1.0
Japanese project
- rough draft 12/7
- revised draft 12/7
- memorize 12/7-12/8
- practice with professor 12/8
- PowerPoint 12/8
- presentation 12/9

(What frustrates me about the project is that we're expected to have the thing memorized. I can't memorize fourteen-line sonnets in English -- how am I supposed to memorize a ten-minute presentation in Japanese?)

Renaissance Literature paper
- pick topic and supporting points 12/7
- rough draft 12/8
- revision 12/10
- due 12/12

GenSex seminar paper
- outline with argument 12/7
- rough draft 12/8
- revision 12/9
- due 12/12

Chinese oral exam
- write speech 12/10
- memorize 12/11
- test 12/12

Miscellaneous
- four diary entries in Japanese by 12/12
- receive RenLit take-home test, start thinking about points for essays 12/9
- flashcards for Chinese, review; test 12/15
- review Japanese; test 12/16