It begins

Saturday, September 25, In the year of our Lord 2010
My House, Caronport Saskatchewan
2:46 PM, just returning from the Library
Weather = Warm, Sunny, moderate wind

It begins. If I am to succeed at the masters level my thesis must become as video games to me. I must allow it to consume my thoughts and give it access to all my spare time. May God grant me the grace to uphold this task.

I have printed off three reference sources on my topic and will go through them shortly for the bibliographic information. I am going to write before and after my research and put it in a separate private blog as a way of ensuring external storage of my thoughts. I also need to do as David said and separate my work space from my living space. I already feel the tug of SC2, RT3, DnD, and SHC. My music seems to be more distracting than helpful.

So yes, this thesis must become as all consuming as a brand new shiny video game. I remember when I started Assassin's Creed 2, and how it utterly dominated my mind. It was... glorious. Similar games have been Age of Empires, anything put out by Bioware, and most recently StarCraft 2. I must work at my thesis and think about it as much as any of these. I am a doomed man, for if I achieve this, then I will never have a social life and my long term goal of finding a wife will probably become longer term.

Then again, I am a whole person. I need the social aspect of life and will implode without it. Imploding is detrimental to my thesis, therefore it should be avoided. Ok, I can live with that. Whew. Terminating topic before a less pleasant revelation is stumbled upon.

Greg Out