Deadlines are starting to appear and I had my very first one last week. I managed to achieve it but all in all I still feel a little behind. I have a lot of reading to do and some primary research. I will be able to focus more on my research project after this week since the deadline for my creative studies is this week and once that's out of the way I wont really need to think about it again, except perhaps keeping in mind my plan for the academic year to get it all done. But yes, once this is out the way I'll have more free time to crack on with the what has now become main focus module for this semester, my research project/dissertation. A part of me still cant believe that it has to be done before Christmas but, I believe it is possible. I've been working on my ethics form today since that has to be in by the end of the week too and its all starting to become a little more clearer and I have a good structure for the word count and my disposal and various other templates too!
I feel like I'm picking up this week... finally. I picked up a cold this Saturday gone and before that I hadn't been very motivated to do work anyway but today has been pretty productive. I mean, I've still got to rewrite the proposal for Creative studies but I know exactly what I want to do now and it will reduce my work load a little too over the course of the year. I'll be looking for bands to record very soon-ish, one for my research project and one or two for my recording project. That's what I'm most excited for, getting back in the studio again. At the moment, my best days are Thursday. Even though they are pretty slow starting with a 9am lecture that lasts two hours, we have our workshop in the studio just after for two hours and sometime we will even go into these sessions earlier to maximise the time and experience we get. I've thoroughly enjoyed every workshop session so far, even though I don't always learn something new I always get to play about with pro tools and work out how the two downstairs studios work. They are a little complex, especially being used to Logic and Clarendon's not-so-trusty RS1 where you have to patch everything in. I'm still not used to not seeing the gain structure, it seems hidden in the Rednet software but it is clear as day.
I'm going out later. This is a new bad habit it seems, Wednesday evening at the tap. It's always a laugh and I think its exactly what I need mid week. I still don't have many friends here in Derby, and the ones I have made I only see once or twice per week so going out and seeing some of my Nottingham friendies perks me up socially.
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