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I came down sick today, and I feel better now. I couldn't focus on my work, so instead of screwed around and shopped on forever21.com. Then I realized I had a problem. I had 63 items in my cart. I clearly needed to remove a couple of things. I enlisted

lillueyue's help.

9:12:20 PM me: 63 items.
9:13:06 PM iceheart9950: wait, rewind
9:13:09 PM iceheart9950: did you say 63 items?
9:13:12 PM me: Yes.
9:13:13 PM me: I did.
9:13:14 PM iceheart9950: ......
9:13:17 PM iceheart9950: good god.

9:14:59 PM iceheart9950: THOSE TERRY FASHION SOCKS
9:15:03 PM me: I need them.
9:15:05 PM iceheart9950: true
9:15:07 PM iceheart9950: you need socks
9:15:16 PM me: I wore one pair of socks for a week.
9:15:20 PM me: They were smelly by the end of the week.
9:15:27 PM me: This is not a pattern that can continue.

9:15:31 PM iceheart9950: ....oh my god.
9:15:34 PM iceheart9950: what the hell is that?
9:15:41 PM me: is what?
9:15:46 PM iceheart9950: asymmetrical strap dress is out the window
9:15:58 PM me: ITS CUTE
9:16:01 PM iceheart9950: NO

9:21:04 PM iceheart9950: you don't need two basic racerback tunics!
9:21:08 PM iceheart9950: pick one
9:21:09 PM me: but they're nice
9:21:11 PM me: and cheap
9:21:14 PM me: their basics are good
9:21:15 PM me: pajammies.
9:21:23 PM iceheart9950: 63 ITEMS

9:39:32 PM iceheart9950: pfft
9:39:39 PM iceheart9950: 49 items
9:39:42 PM iceheart9950: progress is happening
9:39:51 PM me: yes
9:39:54 PM me: we now only have SEVEN necklaces.
9:39:56 PM me: PROGRESS!

9:42:28 PM me: ...the lunch bag could be useful.
9:42:32 PM iceheart9950: ....it's a lunch bag
9:42:34 PM iceheart9950: honestly.

9:43:01 PM me: btw, for the wallet
9:43:04 PM me: green or purple?
9:43:07 PM iceheart9950: PURPLE
9:43:11 PM me: ...look at the purple
9:43:11 PM iceheart9950: NO WAIT
9:43:12 PM iceheart9950: IT'S UGLY
9:43:13 PM iceheart9950: GREEN
9:43:16 PM me: ...okay.
9:43:17 PM iceheart9950: ....BUT THAT COLOR'S UGLY TOO
9:43:34 PM iceheart9950: it's like a pasty alien green
9:43:36 PM me: You are not a vintage person.
9:43:39 PM me: Asking Laura

10:28:56 PM me: Okay
10:28:58 PM me: screw Laura
10:29:02 PM me: she's naysaying everything

9:48:44 PM iceheart9950: you have a mirror already
9:48:48 PM me: I lost it.
9:48:49 PM iceheart9950: and your mirror is way cooler than this one
9:48:52 PM iceheart9950: ...what?!
9:48:55 PM me: ...Shut up.

9:49:26 PM iceheart9950: omg.
9:49:29 PM me: ?
9:49:33 PM iceheart9950: you're kidding me with those slippers, right?
9:49:36 PM me: ...well.
9:49:52 PM me: ...they're fuzzy.
9:49:54 PM iceheart9950: no.

10:14:14 PM me: ...It's such a difficult choice.
10:14:18 PM me: the studded jacket is beautiful.
10:14:23 PM iceheart9950: it is.
10:14:29 PM iceheart9950: but you also have quite a few cool jackets
10:14:35 PM iceheart9950: you have no chainmail.

10:29:37 PM me: ...
10:29:40 PM me: I'm removing the lunch bag.
10:29:44 PM iceheart9950: thank you.

10:42:22 PM me: I think I should do 3 necklaces.
10:42:25 PM me: The impossible question
10:42:27 PM me: is WHICH THREE???
10:42:36 PM iceheart9950: ....=(
10:44:44 PM me: We suck.
10:44:50 PM iceheart9950: butbut.
10:44:55 PM iceheart9950: sparklies.
10:45:02 PM me: ikr???

My throat feels like shit, but I'm feeling clearheaded now, and I have enough backloaded work that I can't really afford to let it sit around any longer. Check it out!

~~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract. Book I, chs. 1-2, 5-9; Book II, chs. 1-4; Book IV, ch. 8.~~
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, "What is the Third Estate?"
Edmund Burke, "Reflections on the Revolution in France."
Chambers, ~~542-551~~, ~~572-596~~, 600-622.
Art and Jervis, eds., International Politics, pp. 1-103, 119-26, 153-73.
Jervis, Perception and Misperception in International Politics, pp. 58-76.
Benjamin Fischer, “The Vilification and Vindication of Colonel Kuklinski,” Studies in Intelligence, No. 9, Summer 2000, pp. 19-33.
James Olson, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying, scenarios 1, 3-5, 19, and 42.
AND I STILL NEED TO WRITE SOME GODDAMN ESSAYS.

I am posting this in hopes that having my to-do list made public will somehow coerce me into actually doing the reading. Or at skimming it, because I don't think I'm dedicated enough to actually read it all.

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That's a rather intriguing reading list, actually. ^^ What program are you in?

I'm a European Studies major, and the list's for "International Politics" and "Europe since 1789." The readings are pretty fascinating for the most part, the problem's that there's just so much of them! ...Well, the real problem's that I'm a lazy bum, but I like to pretend that's not so.

It really looks interesting - I'm in what they call "English Studies" and probably would be better renamed as "Commonwealth Studies," really, because former colonies totally call in my purview.

If you ever feel like tl;dr'ing about your program, I'd be very interested.

I'll see what I can do. Before the end of the semester, I'll have to official register as a European Studies major, so probably around then since I have a few complaints about it. :P (It very sneakily claims to not have a language requirement, yet it does require you to take two literature courses in a foreign language.)

Well, that's kind of peculiar. What foreign languages are you dealing with?

I'm currently on Elementary Hungarian. I'll be studying abroad in Budapest next year (after I write this bloody essay!), but unless I do a summer language-intensive program, I don't think I'll be anywhere near fluent enough to take an entire class in Hungarian, and there aren't any such lit classes offered here, so I'd have to take them abroad.

The original plan was German lit, which I'd be on Advanced by next year if I hadn't dropped the class from my schedule this semester. If I pick it up again, it's still a feasible option. I'm hoping I can work something out with the department.

That... all sounds really really cool. Dude, I wish we had European studies over here. Though I'd have to give up post-colonialism (as I study it it applies to the First Nations e.i. aboriginal peoples in North America), and that would be sad.

Keep the reading list updated... then we can compliment/congratulate you on progress. :P

Well, it's a new week so while progress has been made, more reading has been added to the list. On the whole, I've fallen further behind than I was, but at least I'm not as far behind as I could be. :P

And apparently, having a list public does spur me to work more since it's a little embarrassing to show to the world (well, my FL, but you know, possibly the world) that I've been doing pretty much nothing substantial with my spare time!

If you have that much too much money, spend it on friends at times instead? Whether RL or Net ones. *whores, yes, but you're the one flaunting your supposed moneez*

~~Because I'm a greedy bastard.~~

In all seriousness, and not speaking as a Lannister, it's probably a culture thing. Gifting friends with stuff feels slightly like giving them a thinly veiled insult for some reason, discounting the holiday season and of course restaurant tabs every now and then. I thought about it, and I don't know why that is. Somehow it's ~~easier~~ more polite to give to charity than to a familiar face. *shrug*

edit: fixed "easier" since that's not the right word, though true for associated reasons

Edited 2010-02-01 17:15 (UTC)