the winter is coming and the nights are getting darker. this is draining my energy, which eventually leads to depression over work not done. in an attempt to see the situation more clearly, i will list my accomplishments. i am supposed to be a) writing my aforementioned dissertation b) reading texts that pertain to said dissertation and c) completing other projects.

today i looked at the project (proofreading) worked for a while and then stopped after i got too anxious to continue (or is that proof reading? thank good for google). i haven't read anything over the past couple of days, but i have moved the books around. the pile that was on the left is now on the right and the book that was on the kitchen table has been removed to the vestibule. i am feeling more confident on the writing, though. i opened a new document, which shall be home to the paper i will present in december. perhaps after posting this blog entry i shall add my name, the title of the dissertation, "draft of chapter 4".

other significant developments include joining facebook and buying a usb memory stick. i am being social and upgrading my technology. i like my memorystick, it's cute and pink and its 2 mb are way more than i actually need. i'm scared i'll break it, though, it's my first memorystick and i don't have any experience with how fragile they are.