I have to find the right font.

This size is too big. My thoughts will seem too loud.

Maybe if I give this folder a funny name, the amusement will make me more eager to work on things inside.

Damn my yogurt cup is emptying – what happens then?

I need a log, which notebook? Oh maybe this one that I stuck a motivational sentence sticker on a long time ago. What does it say again?

I should wash my face this oiliness is distracting me. It’s like a film that is trapping productive thoughts inside.

Hmm I wouldn’t mind mapping this out on paper. It would be nice to have a new notebook lying around. Maybe even a moleskine. No maybe a moleskine would be over doing it. For now I will staple some foolscap together. Can I make it funky looking though? Maybe some ribbon…

Now which pen…I can’t use this one because I use it for studying kanji and can’t have it dry up too quickly. My gosh I have a serious lack of good pens.

I need to remember that it will not be written from word 1 to word N or even from section 1 to section N. Patches we need patches here.

Does the thesis get double spaced?

And can you plagiarize yourself?

It is warped. I find half of myself taking immense pleasure in distracting the other half from the task.
m1: oh let’s due some pushups!
m2: okay…1…2…3…oh crap, wait…
m1: ha ha fooled you but we might as well finish now right?
m2: well yes…I guess that would make sense…oh you, *blush* you get me every time
m1: it’s for both our own goods…
m2: can you be so sure about that?
m1: yes.
m2: ok.
m1: well, I won that round. As a reward, I get another 5 minutes of your time to write about it.

Does it count as working on thesis time if I go to LIVIN to get some office supplies I am seriously running on scraps here. I need:
- smooth pen
- notebook (2)
- post-it notes: bold colours, none of that pastel crap that makes ideas look like they have the flu

Omigod this is horrible. My dorm room wall is covered in this awful textured wallpaper. Awful because post-it notes do not stick. It could be because I am using 3 and a half year old post-it notes (heh heh bought when I was an eager fresh master’s student) but…I dunno. Add to shopping list above: white board wallpaper. This is Japan – they have to have it somewhere.

Oooo my neighbor just brought me cheesecake from Hokkaido (in the North of Japan) and I have to eat it today because it expires but if I eat this…I really have to giv’er until 11:30pm.

Last night: I started working on my thesis. From 7:30pm (okay 7:45 after I spent 15 minutes reorganizing my computer desktop space) to 11:30pm I stayed on the playing field. I got distracted and frustrated and confused a lot but for the most part I think I was playing the game. I did actually get some progress…I feel. Most importantly two things happened:

1. I left the thesis denial phase – note a new post category for thesis related things which you may see a lot of in the near future.

2. I am eager to meet that monster again tonight.