Continuing working on presentation – made a bit annoying by my body suddenly coming up with several small annoyances all overnight (a swollen lymph gland, a slight sore throat, my back got twisted last night and aches a bit on one side, and my gums hurt – slightly – all more like little, irritating warning signs or systematic glitches than real problems – at least now).
The possible flaw in my work so far: I spend lots and lots of time makin' things pretty (detailed rewriting of small phrases, graphics, and just general fussing around). Appropriate perhaps, because this is a presentation about aesthetics, and aesthetic things. But perhaps also a bit risky....
I notice that, although when I do it well people say of my academic papers that they like the writing (and sometimes they say I have interesting ideas), no one ever says that the scholarship is careful. Or even particularly good. Well heck, even if they did, I probably wouldn't care much.
Hmm, maybe I need a research assistant. Ah, dream on....
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