DONE!

It is finally finished! I finished my introduction, my results and my conclusion (although I'm not too proud of how it turned out) and it is done!

I am turning it in today, and hope for the best. For now, farewell!

Almost over.

I have finally gotten started on my introduction and have made some progress with it- I'm trying to work day by day to give time to the other loads of work I have to do (math particularly, and Psych). I still haven't started on my results or conclusion and I'm hoping time won't turn against me within the next two weeks as the semester starts coming to a close. I'm rushing, but I haven't started to panick yet--especially since I guess I really do work better under a little pressure.

I'm going to have to present what I have thus far on a board within the next couple of days. Thankfully I finished most of what I have to do for the ARP to put up on my board but I'm hoping the results won't play as a major factor... hopefully not. Otherwise I'm still working on collecting some things to put up that might be important, like surveys of my said results as well as photos of the observation I suppose, and I've set out a layout in my mind... it will be simple. Hopefully it will all work out well.

Too much!

I can't believe how overwhelmed I have been the last few days!

Especially while working on Grace's project for persuasion, I have had absolutely no time. In fact, in the last five days (Thursday afternoon through late Monday night) I have practically been living at STU! I mean, in the last five days I've been on campus working since 8:00 am to 8, sometimes 11:00 pm on the darn thing with the rest of my group. We are exhausted and have all sacrificed assignments in order to try and get this done... it's been terrible, but the day it will all be over is coming close.

But because of this assignment I was unable to complete the original observation I had been planning for. There was just absolutely NO TIME to go to Wilton Manor like I planned, so instead, I decided to do it on the LGBT event I attended Thursday, and at the same time adjusted two of my original guiding research questions:

1.) How have perceptions of LGBT changed in the past ten years?

2.) Through out the past ten years, has there been a development of LGBT tolerance in South Florida?

I'm not quite sure if I like the wording of the second question, but it rests along those lines.

But otherwise I havent gotten much else done in regards to class. I am STILL working on developing the Introduction to the RP, I haven't touched methodology (though I could easily do it in a couple of hours if I just had the time to sit and do so) and I've started writing the survey results but am nowhere near finished or even half way done, sad to say. I am disappointed in myself and how little I've completed, but amongst my troubles with stats class, this other project and all the things to do... I just don't know.

I only know I have to keep trying and make the time.

Interviews and survey upcoming results.

I still have a lot to do regarding my ARP, as well as my multimodule writings. However, considering how it start with my survey, I'm doing pretty well getting results. I've already had a whole twenty two people take the survey thus far and I hope there will still be more to come. I had hoped for a lot more but it's not bad considering all things.

I also had to drop half of the interviewees I had in mind. One due to a lack of time and other circumstances, and the second due to him not seeming to want to do the interview as well as a wide length of time between his responses being unacceptible amongst other things in his replies. But I'm happy I was able to successfully finish one, and I am on my way to doing the second which will be done on Monday. That's the day before interview results are due though, and because of work I'm worried I won't be able to finish transcribing and coding the latter... but I have nothing to lose by trying I guess. Plus I am going to talk to my manager to get Tuesdays and Thursdays off until the end of the semester so I have a little more time on my hands for projects.

The observation, I probably won't have due on time. I've talked to a friend willing to take me to Wilton Manor to do my observation on LGBT (what I will observe exactly, I am unsure as of yet) but due to scheduling conflicts and a lack of free time, we still have to work out a time to go together. Here's to hoping I'll be able to manage or at least get some kind of extension so we can make the trip and still get results.

Really, I just hope I'll be able to get everything done on time...

Once more...

I honestly hate to say I haven't made too much progress with my ARP, other than completing the abstract. The methodology won't be so hard but what scares me is the introduction, despite knowing exactly what it is I'd like to write and how I am going to write it. I guess it's a matter of just starting.

My first interview went great, and I managed to record the entire thing on my camera. Working on transcribing it, and coding it afterward.. which will be the hardest thing to do in regards to the interviews. I've tried contacting the one next on my list, but despite having emailed him nearly a week ago, I haven't gotten an answer. I'm debating moving on to the one next in line, or sending another email and waiting. I'm honestly leaning toward the later, since there is very little I need to ask the other after my first interview and I don't have time to wait another week! It just really irritates me that it takes so long just to get a reply... I understand being busy, but after waiting a full week already without a reply at all is unacceptable to me.

What ever happened to courtesy?

I've also sent my survey to the public but am having very little luck having people take it. Only six last time I checked, and I accidently deleted half of my respondent's answers. I'm going to email it to the class again in hopes I'll get more, and start asking my professors next week to see if I can send it out to my other classes as well.

Interviews, yay! 8D

I finally finished setting up the first interview I'll be using for this project, and actually have it tomorrow morning. I'm really excited but also nervous I'm not asking the right questions or won't get enough information. My second concerns revolve around actually collecting the data, because I don't have a tape recorder (at least I won't be getting one in time) and I'll have to type down everything she says. I don't want to forget something or not be able to jot it down (or just screw it up) and miss info that could be regarded as important but I am going to try doing it also on my laptop using the sound recording system... although, the quality isn't exactly all that great even while speaking as loudly as you can without screaming.

I've started writing the abstract for the research paper and although I haven't started the introduction (That's going to have to be huuuge... 1000 words? Oh boy.) I'm starting to feel slightly relieved that the worst part will be over once it's finished, and we are sort of taking it step by step. Multimodule writings won't be hard unless (collection of works that need citations, a poem I plan to try and write, a piece of artwork all of which will be displayed on posterboard) I decide to also make a video and otherwise my survey was approved, so I'll start sending it out ot the public shortly.

Working on...

Surveys and interviews. My survey thus far is just "all right" in my opinion. A total of eight questions has been reduced to six, due ot the other questions being considered unnecessary to my project- not that the questions I left have an exact purpose I completely understand. Otherwise I've decided to include gender, age range, ethnicity and religion into my survey as they are -I realized- an important part of the results although finding what ethnicities to list as options are hard as not to insult anyone. As for interviews, I've taken a step forward and sent out my first proposal to one of the psychology professors. It's already been two days though and I haven't heard a word back- I'm assuming she hasn't gotten to the email yet, but I hope she replies soon. I don't think I can ask the others I plan to interview until after I've established a time with her first due to what limited time I actually have to conduct it.

Although current progress isn't amazing, it's definately starting to move more than before and I'm glad I've started real progress.