brokenrecord

So I need more participants for my Directed Research project, and so one of the other members of the group sent me the e-mail list for this huge organization on campus which she (and a few others, actually) used and got her loads of participants. I felt weird using it because I don't want to spam people with my survey, especially since I don't know exactly who's already taken it, and because they've gotten several surveys already. And I feel super awkward asking a bunch of strangers to take my survey. But whatever, I did my best to move past my embarrassment and sent it out. I have gotten 30 more responses already even though I sent it out on a Saturday night pretty late, and it's Sunday morning pretty early for a college student right now, so I think it was worth it.

Yesterday afternoon I made myself go to the library (I actually like the library, I used to go there all the time freshman year, but it's further away living off-campus and it's a hassle to bring all my stuff over there, especially if I forget something I need, and the internet on-campus has been super screwy for me this semester. I had to register during a class on Wednesday, and my computer wouldn't connect at all. Luckily, my iPod touch connected, so I had to register on that), and I was actually productive! And then when I got home, after dinner, I continued to be productive! So much so that I actually allowed myself to stop working at 9 PM and catch up on TV (since I had been planning on working straight until 11 PM-ish). I'm going to try to do the same today. This guy in my Discrete Math class wants to study for the midterm we have Tuesday, anyways, so I'll at least get some studying done. Hopefully I can finish a bunch of other stuff in addition.

I think I'm going to have to give up Flashforward, V, and White Collar, at least temporarily. I still have last week's episodes of all those shows to watch, and I have no motivation to get them in. For all of them, I adored the pilot and was super excited for the show, and then the subsequent episodes bored me. I'm just not invested enough. White Collar is definitely a level above the other 2, but for some reason I haven't been super into it. And, I mean, I can make an effort to get in shows I love when I'm super busy, but when it's starting to become a chore to watch shows, when I'm this busy I just can't fit them in. So I won't be making an effort to watch them. I might catch up with them if I suddenly have the urge, am bored, or during winter break.

I discovered googlegooglegooglegoogle.com through MLIA yesterday, and it is awesome. I mean... I don't know that it has a huge amount of practical use, but still. I find it cool. I mean, I do often have multiple google searches going on at once, so I think I might actually use it at some point.

Only 3 days until Thanksgiving break! I can totally do this.