semester the fourth

i will be good, and finish my classes, and not complain too much, even though social and cultural psychology are going to be force-fed down my throat. it's rozin for cultural, who is supposed to be awesome, not to mention famous, so perhaps the material will be palatable. social, however, is taught by a rotating crew of princeton faculty, the thought of which is already making me feel slightly green. why breadth requirements? he laments, before remembering the resolution just made.

teaching: a small class led by a post-doc, mcq exams (i'm told) and only office hours to conduct, so hopefully the experience will be less painful than last sem. also: the last semester that i have to teach, and god bless the advisor for having the money to allow me to do that. in future, it's my way or the high way -- i.e. i teach neuroethics/cog neuro or nothing at all.

research: mostly preparing for summer, and of course i go on seeing my weird assortment of patients -- next up a lawyer who may have borderline pd. smart clients suck, because they're not too busy drooling to tell when you're screwing up.

all in all, things look like they'll be a little more manageable than last semester, which is good because i anticipate that this summer business is going to be a pretty big headache, what with having to coordinate the logistics across continents. thus, things looking up, except for the big nasty that is the writer's strike, and having to wait till april for battlestar galactica season 4.