I have two sets of keys — one with front and back door, one with front and back door (twice), shed, bicycle lock, a broken display case key and what I hope is my office key. Outside of term time, I try to carry the smaller set.
Tag / work life balance
Spinning Plates: Spin Plater
So, my energy level is still zilch and attempts at early nights seem to end up with later ones or insomnia. Did you know the digital Radio 4 switches from World Service to Children’s Programming? At they up earlier or late?.
- article on A Scanner Darkly — 23 January — hah — a chunk written and I hope to submit anyway
- book proposal for Sekrit TTTTTTTT project – asap
- revise bounced book manuscript – asap – this hasn’t left the house for once this month
- three book reviews
- turn EX_MACHINA, War of the Worlds and The War in the Air papers into articles
- Chapter on Star Wars — 22 February 2016 — I’ve started writing and this is three quarters done, in search of a conclusion
- continue beer research
There are a couple of talks in the pipeline and a couple of conferences I want to put in for and I just had a conversation with a publisher. I need to get my mojo back.
Shit Academics Say
Having finished all three lectures for Monday by close of play Thursday, I can take the weekend off.
Well, I have a meeting on Saturday, which doesn’t count.
I can take the weekend off.
There are the portfolios that need marking, and I can get a few done on the train. But apart from that I can take the weekend off.
And I’m going to see a comedian Sunday night, which might feed into research. But that doesn’t count.
And I’m so close to the library, I might as well look for the other book I wanted yesterday. I can take the weekend off apart from that.
And I want to read the book I did take out.
But apart from that, I can take the weekend off.
