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emchik

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I'm doing 33 things
  

emchik's Life List

  1. 1. get my PhD in English
    8 entries . 46 cheers     		6 people
  2. 2. take my comprehensive exams
    8 entries . 4 cheers     		1 person
  3. 3. Stop Procrastinating!
    25 entries . 13 cheers     		22,262 people
  4. 4. learn to deal with stress in a more healthy manner
    6 entries . 17 cheers     		5 people
  5. 5. get more rest
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		9 people
  6. 6. Exercise regularly
    21 entries . 17 cheers     		8,444 people
  7. 7. love myself just the way I am
    4 entries . 24 cheers     		11 people
  8. 8. make new friends
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		10,132 people
  9. 9. go to Narnia
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		24 people
  10. 10. Learn how to crochet and knit
    3 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  11. 11. go to Machu Picchu
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  12. 12. Do something new, fun, and interesting
    4 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  13. 13. Watch less tv
    8 entries . 12 cheers     		1,567 people
  14. 14. stop getting junk mail
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  15. 15. rate all my songs on iTunes
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		31 people
  16. 16. own my own home
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1,130 people
  17. 17. own all the Star Trek DVDs
    4 entries . 2 cheers     		9 people
  18. 18. practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically
    33 team members . 6 entries . 2 cheers     		42 people
  19. 19. give away all of my cheers every day
    5 cheers     		2 people
  20. 20. fall in love
    5 entries . 8 cheers     		20,082 people
  21. 21. Clean my apartment
    11 entries . 3 cheers     		342 people
  22. 22. create my own website
    3 cheers     		3,746 people
  23. 23. get out of debt
    5 cheers     		8,370 people
  24. 24. get over chronic lateness
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		3 people
  25. 25. be a better teacher
    3 cheers     		198 people
  26. 26. Stay in touch with my friends
    2 cheers     		46 people
  27. 27. "Compliments Journal"
    4 team members . 5 entries . 4 cheers     		21 people
  28. 28. watch my unwatched dvds
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		58 people
  29. 29. celebrate the mundane
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		4 people
  30. 30. Eat healthier foods
    2 cheers     		51 people
  31. 31. Give 500 cheers
    3 entries . 2 cheers     		36 people
  32. 32. go to the movies alone
    4 cheers     		92 people
  33. 33. be part of a team that donates 10 million grains of rice through freerice.com
    15 team members . 1 entry . 2 cheers     		133 people
Recent entries
stop procrastinating (read all 25 entries…)
Yes! 1 week ago

I’m feeling pretty darn good about myself right now. I’ve finished all of my grading for both my freshman comp and Brit Lit class. I’ve even posted the grades for my freshman comp, more than a week early! I’ve even written my final exam for Brit Lit, and I’m not giving the exam until Tuesday. Now I can dedicate my efforts this weekend to getting some reading done for my comprehensive exams.

Here’s to me for finally getting something done early!

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take my comprehensive exams (read all 8 entries…)
Progress? 1 week ago

At long last, Dr. S approved my long nineteenth century reading list. It’s five pages long, and I’m really wondering how I’m going to get it all read. However, I’m almost done with my British modernism list. I think another month’s worth of concentrated effort will allow me to get that list done and out of the way and give me enough time to write a boss set of notes to review. So now that that’s under control, I’ll be meeting with Dr. I to work on my postcolonial theory list. And I have pitifully little read. I’m meeting with her on Monday, and I’m hoping to get through those last 90 pages of Orientalism (the current bane of my existence) by Monday morning.

I also have my last meeting with Dr. F (head of my committee and in charge of my British modernism list) on Tuesday afternoon. I’m to discuss innovative narrative techniques. Unfortunately, this fills me with a vague sense of dread, as I’ve never been really good at discussing innovative narrative techniques. I’m much more of a examine the plot kind of girl myself. Here’s hoping I have enough time to dig up some good secondary source material to help me out!

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"Compliments Journal" (read all 5 entries…)
Good daughter 1 week ago

I flew home to see my mom this weekend. My dad is in Cambodia on business (for the third time this year!). I called her at the beginning of last week, and she just sounded really lonely. I got off the phone with her, hopped on the internet and booked a plane ticket, and then I called her back to tell her I was coming home at the end of the week. She told me that she was lucky God blessed her with such a good daughter. And when she dropped me off at the airport yesterday, she said that I had made her weekend so much better, just by being there with her. And that’s exactly why I did it.

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