Wow, I wasn't even trying!
Aug. 28th, 2008 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaToday I opted to start reading over what has been written thus far in my thesis, so that I can give my advisor a reasonable draft next week, since he is out of town the following week, and trips are often a good time for academics to check over their student's work. I managed to read & revise 22 pages of one of the chapters (which is currently 44 pages long), and when I decided that it was time to put it down for the night I did a word count, and discovered that whilst I may have deleted some words, I've also added some, as it is now 424 words longer than it was yesterday! I suspect that it will take me a couple of days to go over all of what I've written so far and make it say what I meant to say at the first typing. As soon as I've accomplished that and sent the draft off to him, I can get started on the next chapter and resume the fun part of watching the total number of words grow!
The morning involved errands down the hill. I had a document delivery request arrive *in paper*, so I had to go pick it up from the library (I very much prefer the pdf files I normally get when I ask for a copy of a journal article!), and while I was there I also made a photocopy of an article I've been meaning to collect from a journal our library takes only in paper copy. I wish it wouldn't do that! Sure, paper is nice to hold, but it is *not* as convenient as an electronic copy! Particularly as the bound versions tend not to open very well, making it difficult to photocopy them. I heard sometime back that one geology journal has decided to phase out its paper edition altogether and only publish pdf versions. Sensible of them! I also make time to show the curator of the rock storage area my collection of samples, so that she will know how much shelf space to keep for them--she's already assigned the permanent catalogue numbers to them for me, since my collection permit required that I catalogue them within two years of collecting them. After that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
clovis_t and I went for a walk along the river, it being a nice change from our usual mountain strolls, and did the grocery shopping we've been procrastinating on doing. As a result, once again my uni work was mostly done in the evening. Oh well, so long as I'm doing it, I suppose all is well.
The morning involved errands down the hill. I had a document delivery request arrive *in paper*, so I had to go pick it up from the library (I very much prefer the pdf files I normally get when I ask for a copy of a journal article!), and while I was there I also made a photocopy of an article I've been meaning to collect from a journal our library takes only in paper copy. I wish it wouldn't do that! Sure, paper is nice to hold, but it is *not* as convenient as an electronic copy! Particularly as the bound versions tend not to open very well, making it difficult to photocopy them. I heard sometime back that one geology journal has decided to phase out its paper edition altogether and only publish pdf versions. Sensible of them! I also make time to show the curator of the rock storage area my collection of samples, so that she will know how much shelf space to keep for them--she's already assigned the permanent catalogue numbers to them for me, since my collection permit required that I catalogue them within two years of collecting them. After that
clovis_t and I went for a walk along the river, it being a nice change from our usual mountain strolls, and did the grocery shopping we've been procrastinating on doing. As a result, once again my uni work was mostly done in the evening. Oh well, so long as I'm doing it, I suppose all is well.