Papers... and Gillian Welch

Okay, so class yesterday helped a lot, actually. I haven't really been able to take the time yet to organize the structure of my paper, and was worried about it having a weird flow to it because it deals with more than one issue. But since we are able to do headings, it has made me feel a lot more organized. Now I am finding it is easier to break down the structure and organization of my paper, so that the reader will be able to clearly recognize how all of the factors of my topic play important roles, and how these factors effected each other.

I have planned that this Friday and next Wednesday are going to be good days to spend some serious time on writing. Unfortunately, I am in three other demanding history courses, all of which assign papers like it is nobody's business, so I am running into a bit of a time crunch in terms of writing book reports, essays, research papers, presentations, etc. Hopefully I will be able to make some time to play catch-up after I take my next econ exam on Tuesday. Exams really threw me off this semester, mostly because I am in some classes that I had to really buckle down and study for, which meant neglecting spending time on other classes. So I am still feeling a little unorganized.

So after I write a paper this Friday on Serfdom in Imperial Russia, my time will be on this paper! Then next Wednesday, I will be back to the Library of Michigan to re-check out some sources I am still working through, as well as spending some time working with one of my primary, and one of my secondary sources that are not in circulation, and must be read on site.

I am really looking forward to tomorrow's class, though. I think it will be cool to take a peek at the artsier side of history. On that topic, I also would recommend (to folk music fans), checking out a song called "Miner's Refrain" by Gillian Welch. She is amazing, and this song makes me think of our 201 class every time it pops up on my ipod!

See you guys in class!