California must hate me

[jhameia]

I am STILL sneezing and sniffling.
I suspect the visitations of a neighbourhood cat are not helping. But REALLY, this sneezing SHOULD be done by now! It is getting old. At least I'm somewhat caught up on reading. My brain refused to work last weekend, which was very frustrating, but I stuck it out.

The stress isn't helping either. I am convinced that the quarter system is what drives students here crazy. And keeping me sick. Everytime I go home I'm just exhausted, although that could be the sick.

I'm not caught up on my exegesis for my feminist theory class as a result of the sickness last week and the brain-not-working last weekend. Which sucks because I really should be doing them every week. I owe exegesis for:
- Butler's Precarious Life
- Cheah Pheng's thing on Spivak
- Spivak's Can The Subaltern Speak?
- Kristeva's thing on abjection

I also have a 20-page paper due at the end of March and BLEH.

I'm thinking very hard about what to do next quarter. I'm signed up for a Philosophy of Science course and a SEAsian Lit class. The latter is more for the fact that Dr. M is going to be on my exam committee so I feel I ought to take a class with him. Should be fun; he's a really chill sort of prof. But then what to take for my third graduate class? Go to Anthro and get my Social Science req done? Or do a self-directed studies? I'm thinking of trying to have my Ethnic Studies class counted as a Social Science, and I might take the second part of the class next quarter if I feel I have brainspace. It'll be fun. If I can handle this quarter with a shit-ton of grading to do, teaching, AND 12 grad credits, I should be fine next quarter.

For my religious studies seminar I decided to write on Chinese pai shen practices. Not sure what on, exactly, but maybe altars? I'm going to the library tomorrow and we'll see what kind of material i have to work with. I'm also conducting some email interviews with Malaysian-Chinese or Singaporean Chinese folk who would be willing to talk about their religious practices too.

Gah! Gotta get my WisCon membership too. And think about what cons, if any, I'm going to attend this year. I really want to do Salt City Steam Fest and GearCon but haven't said anything to the con chairs. I also might be working on revising my MRP in summer? And there's a book review Dr. L wants me to do for SF Studies too.

Too much thinking! Must sleep.

Comments

[februaryfour]

You have health insurance, right? Nasal steroids. Get a doctor to prescribe them. I SWEAR BY THEM. My quality of life has improved DRAMATICALLY. I can breathe all-year now, and not just 2 or 3 weeks!

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

I do, but I keep wondering if it's a matter of illness or of allergies. If it's illness, then it should pass. But I'll definitely ask my doctor about nasal steroids the next time I see her! I usually can breathe quite well, even around cats, as long as 1) the cats are clean and bathed, and 2) I wash my hands and face after touching them. It worked out before, but I can't bathe this cat, so, I guess it's a no-go for it.

[februaryfour]

Allergens DO vary from 0.2 to 8000 on an individual cat basis, so genetically speaking that might have been one of those high-allergen cats. XD

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Damn you, high-allergen cat, for picking MY apartment to call on! I seriously don't know whose cat this is!

On the other hand, the cat visitations have made me seriously consider dog adoption.