Monday, April 17, 2006
I have been listening to Megaherz's Kopfschuss. Es macht viel Spaß. I would much rather zone out to crazy German music than research material to include in my seminar presentation, which is the ostensible reason for being downstairs at the library computer lab.
My reluctance stems from the certainty that no matter what I produce for this project, it will somehow fall short of my professor's expectations. For one thing, all my sources thus far come from the Internet. They are not all webpages, precisely- rather, several are merely publications redistributed online, the hard-copies of which are simply not lying around Lubbock for me to pick up and peruse. But Jackson (the TA who read through my rough draft) pointedly wrote I ought to include book sources. Es tut mir Leid, aber... da sind keine, at least none relating directly to my material. Most references to the excavations at Troy are in reference to references to other references of excavations at Mycenae or Knossos.
Also, I am supposed to discuss the modern excavations at Troy (namely, those in progess since 1988), but have found very little sources citing specific examples of material goods found (pottery, jewelry, ritual vessels, and so forth). The excavation reports mention these only cursorily, concentrating instead on the exposure or analysis of architectural elements. But I nevertheless worry that I am overlooking something terribly important, something my professor knows about and expects me to bring forth in my paper and during my class presentation. It would, necessarily, reflect poorly on my research skills if I neglect something so important as the thing which I am positive I must be missing.
Ich haße mein Leben.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 12:22 PM]