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March 27, 2007
PaperWatch 2007: Day 4: By the Numbers
The casualties and costs are racking up.
Cokes consumed: 10
Episodes of What Not To Wear watched: 5
Footnotes: 62
Pages written: 12 in Times New Roman 12, 14 in Courier New 11
Probable number of hours before I switch to Courier New: 12
Number of times I wanted to vomit watching Dave and Deena make love amongst the bovines this evening on What About Brian (Why, WHY DO I KEEP WATCHING THIS SHOW?): 2.6 (it was a very short scene)
Number of times I laughed out loud when ABC aired a commercial for KY Intrigue right after cow love scene: 1 (Deena, Holsteins do not ring your bell? No?)
Number of times I have considered dropping out of law school to become an artisanal cheesemaker: OK, 0, but I am seriously considering this as a post-law/retirement career. Cheese rocks!
p.s. I think I deleted someone's comment from yesterday's post in some overzealous comment spam deleting -- sorry!!
Posted by jen at March 27, 2007 12:36 AM
Comments
Wow, I remember the days of the font fudging to make a paper longer. I don't envy you that. Good luck!
Posted by: SpaceCase at March 27, 2007 07:43 AM
Don't forget about adding character spacing. It's less obvious than using Courier New. Good luck!
Posted by: Kaitie Tee at March 27, 2007 08:10 AM
I was walking down the street a couple of days ago, and who did I spy with my little eyes? Clinton Kelly! Oh yes I did. He was dressed in a dashing gray suit and was carrying a Barney's bag. It was very exciting. No one I knew cared one bit about this sighting.
Posted by: Librarian Girl at March 27, 2007 02:02 PM
Oooo. Cheese. You just reminded me that I need to head to Cowgirl Creamery sometime soon.
Oh, and love the font fudging. And character spacing is so much more subtle than the ever-so-slight change in margins.
Posted by: Dagny at March 27, 2007 06:03 PM
Ooh. Please make me cheese too then, please.
There are other fonts prettier than Courier New that take up just as much room. And then professors don't realize exactly how sneaky you've been.
Posted by: Gloria at March 28, 2007 05:18 AM
Oh how I love What Not To Wear. Especially now while I recover from surgery. And Oprah. And Dr. Phil. And Passions.
Posted by: Heather at March 29, 2007 02:45 PM
I have secretly wanted to become an artisanal cheese maker too. I suspect that it will complicate my life a little what with all the cheese tasting I will be forced to do, and me swearing to not eat as much cheese.
I have a book on my shelf about making cheese that I have yet to try.
Posted by: Angelina at March 31, 2007 01:47 PM
Katie Tee, I will love you until the end of time!!! Character spacing rocks!!!
Posted by: jen at April 1, 2007 12:29 AM