to do: ready, set

Thursday, August 16, 2007

ready, set

Before

After

So the floors are done and I'm unpacked (still sans fridge) and back from my grandma's "bon voyage" party. It would not have been my choice to have such a party and I thought it a bit morbid, but it was actually nice to reconnect with some of my cousins and it was a beautiful day out in Marin. Gram was happy and it may be the last time I see her, so I'm glad I was able to be part of the visible accumulation of progeny. It was a very quick trip up, but it's a distraction that now is no longer. So, I'm ready to re-embark on my working life. Nothing stopping me now. Except my own procrastinations.

The Lists

TO DO WORK: Write the first section on ecstatic memory in c3. Write a first draft of research statement.
DONE! have done nothing, but have big plans involving multi-tasking and reading ricoeur.

TO DO LIFE: Pay down debt (currently $1,031.09). Procure dog. Go running. Buy suit. Read Therí's paper. Go to dmv and figure out car insurance. Get Tanya's present. Unpack the house.
DONE! Unpacked the house. Put together a dinner party for Peter and Natalie.

TO DO BLITZ: sarah, marilyn, giulia, irmary, mariana, dar, nv, sf, marzena, thérèse, toño, pk, jerven, magdalena, staceymo, lara, guilan.
new subset: TO DO CALL: katie, hen, lauryn.
DONE! oy! i keep adding people i need to email...interminable task, this communication thing.

Netflixed

Tropical Malady
From a Thai director, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, whose new movie is getting raves from le masque et la plume, this radio show podcast from france inter that I listen to and trust. There was almost no dialogue. Beautiful movie--lots of rainstorms in jungles as the protagonist tracked the tiger, but conversation is something I never knew I would miss quite so much until it was gone.

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to do: work

Right now: Write Cham sections and put C3 together.
Feburary: Try to rewrite C4. This will involve i) More close readings of the play ii) situating the texts better with plot summaries and lists of performances iii) A new intro iv) Rereading Agamben and figuring out how to manage this adjacency issue. v) Writing the CalArts women thank you notes.
ARCHIVE OF THE DONES: Write a coherent teaching statement. Prep for mock interview. DONE! Grading. DONE! MLA paper. DONE! Write a hard-core postdoc app. DONE!

to do: life

Write thank you cards (3).
Pay off my tickets: 1) figure out how to pay Glendale ticket 2) go to traffic school.
Call electrician about that wierd buzzing sound that occurs every time I turn on the kitchen light.
Clean up car: DONE! Suze Orman would be proud. **And now the car is dead. Correlation?
Pay down debt (currently $480.41): DONE! I'm credit-card debt free!! Now, onto the student loans, although those should be paid by the sale of the condo, when I move. **And now I want to cancel that card with its stupid fees.
Figure out car insurance: DONE! I'm insured. **And now that my car is broken, I need to figure out how to de-insure myself.
Call Khoa: DONE! Unfortunately, the bathtub is leaking--a more pressing problem than the grout. DONE. However, now there is a gaping hole in the garage ceiling--perhaps not the best solution for stopping a leak. **And now I'm going to take up this problem again because the shower water is lukewarm at best and I like my water hot hot hot. So here we go again with a new set of plumbers. When i find a new set of plumbers.
Sell file cabinet
Read Therí's paper
Procure dog
ARCHIVE OF THE DONES: Dry cleaning for mla: dropped it off, need to pick it up after Friday at 5:00. DONE! Sent my parents' christmas presents up. DONE! Buy teak bathmat: DONE! Sadly, it's useless and nothing but a towel to sop up the water that seeps past the shower door will do. Sigh.**Now, I'll have to get a rubber mat for the bathroom: DONE! And it works! Update: it's better, but there is still water on the floor that needs to be wiped up. Return shower caddy to Bed Bath and Beyond: DONE! Assemble bathroom furniture: DONE! It looks great--even with my three ancient, mismatched towels stacked up there. Return boxes to the container store. DONE! Buy interview suit: look at Express, Theory, Bennetton, and Ann Taylor: DONE! I procured a suit-like suit at Brooks Brothers, the whitest place on earth. Drop off clothes at Goodwill: DONE!