It’s All Good: Finished rereading The Lord of the Flies. When I read it in seventh grade, it struck me as a cold-hearted book. These days, I find more compassion in it. As best I can recall, in seventh grade I felt Golding was standing outside the bewilderment of the boys, judging them for being...
Tag: Studying
Conducting research and organizing material.
it’s all good, Ralph
It’s All Good: Started re-reading Lord of the Flies, which will be germane to the companion monologue. Oddly, it cheers me up.
rehearsing faces
Everything Looks Like A Face: Attended rehearsal. Erika: Watched a video.
connective
Everything Looks Like A Face: Wrote the narrative bits to link the songs together for Rough Cuts and sent them to the team. Erika: Watched another video on optimization.
patchwork
Erika: Watched a video. Largely motivated by not wanting to write “nothin'” for today. Mother Antonia: Took notes on Carroll et al. Research really does feel like patchwork some days. We (I) collect existing stuff and try to make patterns out of it.
on maxing out
Erika: Watched a video on optimization.
slow day
Erika: Did a few problems.
running to stay in place
Erika: Did some problems. After almost two weeks away, I un-master old skills just as fast as I master new ones; so even after a chunk of time working on problems, I am no closer to the next badge. Harumph. Everything Looks Like A Face: Worked with Elizabeth to refine/clarify the draft and sent it...
playing by the rules (not)
Mother Antonia: Drafting. Reading the 1884 Constitutions of the Sisters of St. Joseph. How radical was S. Antonia being, sending Sisters off around the world to pursue advanced studies, without – evidently – so much as a by-your-leave? Very, it seems. Sisters weren’t supposed to leave the house without express permission from the Superior. S....
spew; surprise
Mother Antonia: writing what I refer to as a “spew” draft. Rereading and taking notes on Carroll et al. Infrastructure: Got a rejection letter from an organization to which I didn’t remember having submitted a script, then realized I must have sent it in through the New Play Exchange website, which automates the process to...