Friday, December 14, 2007
(12:00 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Friday Afternoon Confessional: Cheap Shots
I confess that my only immediate task right now is to write up some reading notes on Hadewijch, and I do not want to do it. I confess that my current strategy is to convince myself that it's better to do the notes now in order to keep myself from watching the two Arrested Development DVDs I have from Netflix all at once, so that I'll (pathetically) have something to do this weekend. I confess that structured procrastination has become second nature to me -- already, my delay tactics on the Hadewijch notes have led me to go grocery shopping and to undertake a much-needed reorganization of my files.I confess that I support the CTA one-day quasi-strike. I confess that my support is meaningless, since I have no need to leave the house that day, or indeed virtually any other day far into the indefinite future.
I confess that I want to try to learn to read Greek in an unrealistically short amount of time, while also studying for exams. I confess that I have no clue where my money is going to come from during the spring semester, and especially the summer. I confess that my ability to handle such uncertainty has increased over time, but I'm starting to worry that I'm running out of things to cash out -- I can only sell my truck once, and cash out my "retirement funds" from substitute teaching once, and on and on.
I confess that if you know academics who need their books indexed, you should have them contact me.
