14. Got to 7620. This is from 7474, so that is146 new words. I could go on but I have other things I must do. But I’ve gotten so far into this paper that it doesn’t take work to get back into it if I stop, and I can stop if I’m working because I’m … More October 14-31
I’m writing something else but want to have Vallejo footnotes. They’re distracting, poorly researched and poorly written, but I’ll put one here. Should I expand on it–should I write an article on that poem? His poem “Voy a hablar de la esperanza” (1928) detaches pain from identity or self: “Yo no sufro este dolor como … More Vallejo excursus
Starting 30/IX at sundown, at 6644 words. 6766 now, so it has been 122. Later session: 31, so 153 so far today, -3 for editing. Some drafting. Later: 80, so 220 today. I am at 6864 total. Next session 69, so 289 today. SATURDAY. Over these first 13 days of October I plan to write … More October 1-14 log
1 and 2: Nothing. Other work and also, staying up too late, which I want to stop doing. I started with 3556 words.3: 219 words. It took a long time and it took ignoring practical tasks. If I stop staying up so late, so I feel stronger, will this help me be more efficient or … More September log
Typing lifted from Wikipedia, but good choice of quotation: “Becoming a citizen of this society is the process of learning to see race – that is, to ascribe social meanings and qualities to otherwise meaningless biological features. And in turn, race consciousness figures centrally in the building of a collective body of knowledge without which … More Omi and Winant
I’ll go back to July’s log and take notes from it, but I essentially struggled the whole time when I did try to work and could not figure out my transitional sentence. I did that today, August 1, and polished it. It wasn’t a writing problem, it was a thought problem. I think that, except … More August log
This is the guitar I am told is the best steel string for me to get. So I am looking for a used one, perhaps. Axé.
I want to try to get this from a library rather than buy it, but I think it and other work by her might be important. Axé.
One of the things I learned from this is what a good reader I am myself. I need some more technical training and should probably go ahead and get it. Here are some notes: Gemini rising, so my chief operating system is AIR. I’m cerebral, want to make sense of things understand; I gravitate toward … More Astrological reading
The insight of the day: feeling that you have “your work.” I feel that way about ceramics, even though I am far from expert at this. I feel that way about the prison work. But not about my academic work and it is not because of the professionalization process, it is that I have not … More Your work
