[Written last night, because I somehow thought it would be interesting to give a live stream of this paper's progress.]
Cast:
Me
Computer
Internet
Study area, AKA desk, AKA room
Background story: So there's this girl who is taking this college course, and she has to write a paper. So she starts writing, but a little way through, she realizes that she can't find enough stuff on her topic. So she tells her mom, and her mom, being all amazing-homeschooler-mom-ish, sticks her on the right track, and so the girl heads off to her room to proceed to write a paper about rural tourism (or agritourism) in Argentina.
It's 10:19 pm. I have a couple word documents open, 10 tabs open in my browser (firefox of course), and am ready to plunge in. Casting Crowns was being blasted earlier, but loud music + sleeping small siblings does not mix. So music is off for the time being.
10:58: Focus is slipping...so are eyelids :P Anyhow, I now am up to 12 open tabs, almost one page written, and several sources. I have like the basic introduction stuff that's pretty easy to write (it will probably need to be redone once I actually have the paper written), so now I need at least 3 pages more.
11:52. Got up and brushed my teeth and hopped into my PJs.
12:03: Annoyed that I can't read everything in the article from the Britannica online. What good does that do me? :P I wonder if my college library has an online encyclopedia...
12:07: Yes, it does. But does it have an entry for "estancia"? No.
12:42: 352 words, out of a minimum of 1,200. I'm on the right track, though, with my research.
12:49: oooh, I think I found a goldmine of a website. Hey, if anyone is trying to plan a horseback tour of Argentina...I can save you a lot of research :D
1:28: 613 words. Halfway there :)
1:35: It's raining and lightning-ing and thundering. Not too loudly, though. It's nice how once I force myself to stay awake till 12:30 or so, I don't have to fight it anymore. I know that in about an hour or so, I'll start falling asleep again...need to hurry this up :P
1:48: 886 words. Let's see...if I have a goal of 1300 words (minimum is 1200, but I should probably go over a bit...) then I have 414 words left. That's not bad...
2:18: 1,153!! Just like, what, a couple paragraphs left? Sweet. Then, I want to MLA-ify my sources (boy, that'll be fun) before bed. Tomorrow is when I go over it again to edit. Incidentally, the storm passed.
2:32: wait...that says one thousand *one* hundred fifty three. I switched the five and the one in my head. Well then. I'm currently at 1,341. Wait...does that mean I'm past? *blinkblink* Yeah, I think it does. Sweet. Cause if I needed 1,200 words, and I'm past 1,300, then...I'm good. Awesome. Conclusion paragraph coming right up :D
2:44: Eleven sources to cite. Goal is to finish by three. That way if I have to work tomorrow, I still get potentially...five hours of sleep.
3:00. Well, still have 7 to cite. At least I'm not too crazy sleepy yet, right?
3:03: I'm hungry...
3:17: Well, I guess that's it for now. Night!
Next Day Sometime: In a hazy fog, I make a couple changes, MLA-ify everything, and submit it. Yay :)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
It's summer!!
Yep, summer is upon us. Which is why I'm sitting here with a jacket on... Well, it was pretty toasty here for a few days (90s), so jacket weather is okay. The Florida relatives are here for their annual visit. We have plans for a picnic here at our house tomorrow evening, and then they head back to FL. It's been good seeing them and doing stuff with them. We all went out to eat at the restaurant where Jessica works as a server. She was our server, which was fun (...yeah, she also got quite the tip :P ), but it was a little funny not having her sit with us to eat.
Anyhow, the main reason for this post is to give any interested readers an update on life (I'm still alive; no deaths, births, or other catastrophic or super exciting events have occurred). Also, a word of advice. None of you procrastinate, right? If you do...don't :P Me? I have a 4 page paper, 2 Spanish quizzes, and 3 discussion board posts to do by Sunday. Soo...time to find some music to keep me awake and motivated, and get this done!
Hmm, let me see if I can find any pictures to stick in here. By the way, don't miss the post I just published. I know I'm sorta posting on top of each other, but the other post is more interesting. Oh, this is a nice picture. Okay...time to study up on Argentina!
Anyhow, the main reason for this post is to give any interested readers an update on life (I'm still alive; no deaths, births, or other catastrophic or super exciting events have occurred). Also, a word of advice. None of you procrastinate, right? If you do...don't :P Me? I have a 4 page paper, 2 Spanish quizzes, and 3 discussion board posts to do by Sunday. Soo...time to find some music to keep me awake and motivated, and get this done!
Hmm, let me see if I can find any pictures to stick in here. By the way, don't miss the post I just published. I know I'm sorta posting on top of each other, but the other post is more interesting. Oh, this is a nice picture. Okay...time to study up on Argentina!
a surprise
It was a very creative idea. I'm afraid I had the original idea, but the finished product was a collaboration between Annetta, Rachel, and me. And the idea was: paint polka dots in the upstairs bathroom. The surprise part was the not-telling-Jessica about it. (Which means this post is like over a month late...but you know you don't care, right? You're just excited to see a new post and you know it :) )
We decided to have pink, purple, and dark blue polka dots. Once we had decided to go through with this Plan, there were several steps to be taken. First, the bathroom had to be cleaned well. Then, we had to get the paint. Annetta and I braved Walmart to acquire said paint. Jonathon-at-the-paint-counter took our little paper pain strips that we had picked out. He apologetically told us that we'd need to select a different brand of paint, so we located a near match of our first choice. Then we gave the three selections to Jonathon, and stood and talked while he mixed paint and no doubt listened with great amusement. As we stood at the counter, of course we saw someone we knew. She came over, and shortly thereafter, I found myself explaining that we weer buying paint for polka dotting our bathroom. I told her just to smile, as she seemed rather unsure of an appropriate reaction to that tidbit. She is a conservative, school teacher type...not exactly a pink-and-purple-polka-dots type. And Annetta said that subtle glances at Jonathon-the-paint-mixer indicated that he was entertained. I would venture to guess that Jonathon is not the type to put pink polka dots in his bathroom either.
Anyhow, once the paint had been gotten, it was time to do the actual painting. At first, I thought that we could try to do a paper cut-out stencil idea. I also thought we could use toilet paper rolls as a stencil. For future reference, to the budding polka dot artists out there, neither of those ideas work. You need something like a plastic cup with the bottom cut out.
Rachel came up for an afternoon of painting. Naturally, Jessica *had* to skype call us, but I think we were able deflect any suspicions. All in all, we painted hundreds of adorable polka dots all over the walls. Then, as a finishing touch, we decorated the door.
K, here are pictures. They're essentially self-explanatory. First, a "before" shot.
Above: after doing the painting, but before doing the handprints on the door. Below is after doing the door.
I tried to take an "after' shot, but my camera's batteries are having issues. Hence no after picture. But I think you can get a pretty good idea what it looks like. So who wants to hire us as interior decorators?! :)
We decided to have pink, purple, and dark blue polka dots. Once we had decided to go through with this Plan, there were several steps to be taken. First, the bathroom had to be cleaned well. Then, we had to get the paint. Annetta and I braved Walmart to acquire said paint. Jonathon-at-the-paint-counter took our little paper pain strips that we had picked out. He apologetically told us that we'd need to select a different brand of paint, so we located a near match of our first choice. Then we gave the three selections to Jonathon, and stood and talked while he mixed paint and no doubt listened with great amusement. As we stood at the counter, of course we saw someone we knew. She came over, and shortly thereafter, I found myself explaining that we weer buying paint for polka dotting our bathroom. I told her just to smile, as she seemed rather unsure of an appropriate reaction to that tidbit. She is a conservative, school teacher type...not exactly a pink-and-purple-polka-dots type. And Annetta said that subtle glances at Jonathon-the-paint-mixer indicated that he was entertained. I would venture to guess that Jonathon is not the type to put pink polka dots in his bathroom either.
Anyhow, once the paint had been gotten, it was time to do the actual painting. At first, I thought that we could try to do a paper cut-out stencil idea. I also thought we could use toilet paper rolls as a stencil. For future reference, to the budding polka dot artists out there, neither of those ideas work. You need something like a plastic cup with the bottom cut out.
Rachel came up for an afternoon of painting. Naturally, Jessica *had* to skype call us, but I think we were able deflect any suspicions. All in all, we painted hundreds of adorable polka dots all over the walls. Then, as a finishing touch, we decorated the door.
K, here are pictures. They're essentially self-explanatory. First, a "before" shot.
Above: after doing the painting, but before doing the handprints on the door. Below is after doing the door.
I tried to take an "after' shot, but my camera's batteries are having issues. Hence no after picture. But I think you can get a pretty good idea what it looks like. So who wants to hire us as interior decorators?! :)
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