in lieu of proper updating

[trochee]

I've been busily writing all week. Last night was a nice change from that; I went home earlyish (for me) and read books (Five is the perfect number and Emergence) and listened to music. Emergence isn't spectacular, but it's thinking about a bunch of neat stuff. Perfect Number is an Italian noir hitman comic that really is begging to be made into a movie.

imtboo came over, and spent the night. We went out for breakfast this morning, and she's gone home to write while I am here at the internet cafe.

My current to-do list for this weekend -- we'll see if I get to it all:

• incorporate second-reader's written comments
• incorporate second-reader's oral comments (from our meeting yesterday) done except for the tedious making-consistent of "we" vs. "I" and "one"
• incorporate citations from Construction Grammar literature (per meeting with second reader)
• cite L's thesis -- it's a natural, and she'll like it
• fill out citations from my notes (e.g. [CITE Hunt 1995]) into proper LaTeX citations (e.g. \cite{hunt94prosody})
• rewrite conclusion to ASR background section
• switch to robbib.bst per second reader's suggestion
• catch up on email
• catch up on LJ
• expand citations in .bib file to include first names; if i decide to go with initials I should change the bib style instead
• write the prosody and parsing background section
• write the parsing and ASR background section
• score outputs from most recent run of last set of experiments

Comments

[ex-caracola454.livejournal.com]

Are you enjoying yourself? I sometimes miss the vigorous writing process of my thesis -- I was often kind of on the stressed side of things when writing, but honestly, I enjoyed it!

[trochee.livejournal.com]

uh, mostly enjoying myself. I kinda hate the background work right now, because I read citations and browse Citeseer for hours and then write two sentences. But I'm on to the final stretch of the background, and I feel pretty good about it.

The mechanical stuff (like most of those items) is actually kinda fun, for some peculiar reasons. But I am avoiding doing it while I try to get the thinking parts (writing the background sections) done.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

So *when* do we get a proper update.
Of course I am mostly updated , but I like reading your proper updates. Oh and that girl imtboo ... you never write about her anymore...

Signed anonymous.
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OH duh.
Nevermind.

[trochee.livejournal.com]

see, you're supposed to say that stuff anonymously.

And I'm too busy casting "Les Trois Harpeuneurs" these days to do much else. (That Ahab role is a tricky one).

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

You totally just added that sentence about me. I was *kidding* , you dork .

[trochee.livejournal.com]

i know you were kidding.

and i added that sentence before you said anything. I swear the god.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

Ha. I swear the God. Love it.
You will be converted to Booisms.

[xaosenkosmos.livejournal.com]

score outputs from most recent run of last set of experiments

I suggest scoring them in an uplifting key, say C major.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

Awwww. How poetic.
I suggest scoring Shakespeare style : IPA.