it's december now folks

December 01, 2002 by Eric Richardson

So November was a slow month for me as far as posting here goes. That's nothing really new, though; it's a pretty hectic month. But now it's December, Thanksgiving has come and gone, and we have one more week of classes before finals start. It's time to lay my schedule out and grind out the last two weeks or so. Lots of writing lies between me and Christmas. And yet, we sent Notre Dame's "Return to Glory" packing, so all is right in the world. The Trojans once again own LA.

mmmm... more papery goodness

November 24, 2002 by Eric Richardson

Now it's 3:30. I've got four full pages, and have written about the first two points on my outline (of four). I'm still not sure what's going to get me to the 10 page mark. Something new is definitely going to have to find its way into my paper. I just have to think of it first. I can see getting 8 pages right now, so I'm going in the right direction at least.

mmmm... papery goodness

November 24, 2002 by Eric Richardson

So it's 12:45 and I've got two pages. I've managed to find my source in the course reader, so I've got that obligation taken care of. I can see this shaping up very nicely as a 5 - 6 page paper. Unfortunately, it has to be 10 - 12. I'm not exactly sure how that's going to work. More later.

getting down to writing

November 24, 2002 by Eric Richardson

So I'm at the point where I finally have to sit down and write the paper I figured out a topic for about a month ago. I hate that transition to actually writing. And more than that, I hate the thought of actually writing 10 - 12 pages right now. It'll be a long night.

one week of working

November 22, 2002 by Eric Richardson

So after one week I think I've almost got all the institutional stuff that I had to get up to speed on out of the way. I have voicemail, know how to send mail, and got my first timecard in. I also did 180 miles or so in four days of commuting (six roundtrips USC - Pasadena). Before I started I didn't know if it would be better to live around campus and commute to work or live in Pasadena and commute to school. At this point I can officially answer that: I like the way I've got it. Each morning I watch the snarled traffic on the 110 southbound into town and smile. I've also decided that with light traffic, the 110 into Pasadena is the most fun freeway to drive. 60mph has never felt so fast as it does going around some of those curves.