Hello November

Well, November is here folks.  This leaves me about 9 months until my tentative proposal deadline. I absolutely want to make this deadline, but 9 months doesn't seem long enough to put together 100 pages of writing, does it?  I can't exactly put it off until the week before.
Well, at least I've started my lit search.  This process wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.  In addition, I found several lovely articles, including one on the effect of gender difference on learning to play jazz improvisation.  This is not related to my topic at all, but I found it very interesting and may use it in a class project.  So, you see, it wasn't a total waste.  Plus, I saved about 15 articles.  At some point, I will have to read those articles and glean loads of information out of them, but lets talk about that another day.
Another random fact, I got a B on my stats midterm.  I was so happy, I didn't even look through it.  I'll save that task until the night before the final.
So long folks.

Lit Review

I do not like lit reviews.  When I read articles, I skim the lit review.  I don't like searching for literature.  I don't like writing lit reviews.  I always find that the original author, most likely, said what they needed to say in the best way.  How can I compete with that?
So, naturally, this is the first thing that I get to work on for my dissertation.  Pardon me while I grouse about it.
It's gonna be a long few months.