I really need to start looking at my course outlines more closely, I thought I only had to do an essay presentation (a mini thesis defence, basically) tomorrow for New Media and Society but I also have to hand in an essay outline as well, that will require a little more writing than an presentation... I was this close to getting a good nights sleep.

Also my sister is sick (headache, nausea, vomiting, possible migraine but she feels like she is getting a fever too) if what she has is contagious I will not be happy.

Speaking of my sister she is going home on Wednesday, then I can get back to spending all my time on LJ, yay! Also if you are signed up for my Sports Night the questionnaire will finally (I had to get various approvals) posted tomorrow, I'll email everyone who expressed interest when it is up and post to the communities etc.

I have a massive catch-up post to write Wednesday night, I've been to half of Melbourne's major attractions in the last week. Which explains why I haven't been here.

And finally House tomorrow! YAYS!

ETA: new layout featuring Gillian Anderson!!!
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I forgot to mention it before. Because my brain is fried from a week of crappy sleep.

I just used the university wireless network to download season three of Once and Again in its entirety.

Good thing it got something done because I haven't written so much as a single word of either of the annotated bibliographies I'm supposed to be writing.

Or come up with titles/theses for the two term papers I'm doing the annotated bibliographies for. At least I know what I'm writing about; the one for Press and Society is on sports journalism in Australia and wether current sports journalism practices are still relevant in Australia and the other for New Media and Society is on the way women participate in fandom with a case study on Sports Night fandom.

I do have three hours to annotate the two books (which I have read) I have to return though so time is still on my side.

Also, totally unrelated but in need of pointing out: XF2 TRAILER!!!

I'll be babbling about it as soon as I'm done here, so probably sometime early tomorrow morning by the time I get home.

(Copied directly from my post at sportsnight, hence the formality.)

Hi, I'm Jacqueline. I'm a media studies major at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. This semester I am completeing a subject called New Media and Society and for my term paper I have decided to examine Sports Night fandom.

In early April I will be performing some qualitative research the form of which I have yet to decide, possibilities include, voice interviews over Skype, interviews over an IM service, surveys through snresearchreg or emailed surveys (this will largely depend on your preferences) the questions will include:

~ Basic demographic information (age, sex, location etc.)
~ How long have you been involved in Sports Night fandom?
~ How do you participate in Sports Night fandom?
~ Has the way you praticipate in fandom changed over time?
~ Why do you participate in fandom?
~ Are you involved in other fandoms?
~ What are the differences between the way you participate in Sports Night fandom and other fandoms in which you are involved?

What I need now is for you to express your interest in participating by filling in the sign-up sheet at snresearchreg, a community I have devoted to this project. Please watch the community if you want to recieve updates as to what is happening with my paper and to eventually read the finished product.

By filling out this form you are in no way obligated to participate in my research, it is simply an indication that you may be interested in helping out with my paper.

Thankyou
Jacqueline H.
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia

If any of you guys could sign up that would be awesome, also do you have any ideas as to where else I can post this? I want to reach as many people as possible.