To Finish

A saying that I hear a lot in graduate classes: "April is the cruelest month."

So, as I've done in previous semesters, I'm going to list the things I still need to do in order to finish. This list is a little more scary because it's the list of actually being done-for-good, rather than done-for-a-while.

* Finish reading my booklist for my final exam.
* Spiff up my three chosen papers (I have to present three papers I've already written to my committee)
* Get my final exam date and time finalized rather than tentative.
* Take the written portion of my final exam.
* Go before the firing squad (i.e. my final exam defense)
* Write three more response papers for my feminist methodology class
* Write two question-thingies for my war and peace class
* Write 15-odd pages on autethnography for my feminist methodology class
* Write 15-odd pages on terrorism in film & television for my war and peace class
* Present my fem paper
* Present my war and peace paper
* Fight with the women's studies department for my certificate
* Fight with the sociology department over my "I" grade
* Hopefully graduate without killing anyone

So yeah that's a lot of stuff. But somehow, seeing it all listed like that makes it more managable. I can actually list it all -- it isn't so big that it defies listing. This is important to me and my crazy brain.

The next few weeks are going to be really rough. I will either post seldom to never or I will post crazy despairing entries. Please just bear with me.