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December 05, 2004
Ugh. Still Working on the Ma Rainey Paper
I don't think it will ever end. It's roughly 5 1/2 pages now, but I've got so much more to say. (Or to not say, if I get to 10 pages before I finish.) I stopped where I did because I wanted to be sure the first bit was functional, and it seems to be now, with some moving and cutting and expanding. But wow, is it ever work. More work than it really ought to be, I think.
I don't know why I'm having so much trouble writing papers for this class. Last semester, the papers for Chinese History just sort of flowed out of my fingers, and I knew no more about it when I started than I did about jazz. This semester, it's a long and painful process.
So when the cleaner comes tomorrow, Dave has to tell her to leave the coffee table alone. It's covered with books and papers and strips of paper with quotations on them, and I really really need it to be not organized any way other than it is organized now. I've promised to clean the coffee table myself once I'm done. (She's also not allowed to touch the ottoman. Same reason, different project.)
However. Along with working on this paper, I managed to do most of the laundry (2 weeks' worth) and keep the kitchen clean and get some good loving time in with the beasties. I don't know how anyone can say cats are aloof. They were draped all over me today. At one point, Imogen was pressed up along the side of my leg, tucked under my arm, with her head resting in my hand. Yeah. That's aloof.
Posted by sally at December 5, 2004 08:35 PM
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