Deadlines

I'm a procrastinator when it comes to writing academic papers. It's probably a good thing I didn't get into a Ph.D. program. I do fine taking classes but getting through a dissertation would have been torture.

I'm presenting a "paper" in a few weeks at a conference at my school. It's not done yet and frankly it probably won't be until the night before. I did think of a cheeky title (pending the okay from my mentor). I've also come up with a great analogy to make my point. I hope to use a segment from the film "Anne of Avonlea" to make my point about how adjuncts feel snubbed by the administration and the full-time faculty. I have no idea how many women will be in the room but I sure hope there a few.

This is the third time I've presented a paper, if you count my senior thesis defense. I should be thrilled that I even got into this conference at all but then again I work at the school and they don't often put on conferences. But I'm first on the panel so I better get my act together and have something ready. That is after I finish filing my taxes!

The only deadlines I actually like these days are the one for my newspaper gig. There's something thrilling about having only a few hours to push out a story that will be in print within a day or so. SO far so good with that work. I even got some positive feedback from the publisher.