update after an eternity

Having fewer different tasks means i don't need to blog about work as much, i guess. Anyway, the first of the two long dissertation chapters is done, if only as a draft.
Also, i've decided to write an ethnography of the G8 protests and submit it to a journal that has asked for papers in that vein. Yes, they do want ethnographic writing. Yes, as a humble theorist this will be a challenge to do. And yes, the journal's publishers charge a rip-off submission fee. On the other hand, it will help a few things, including my future career (the more publications, and the earlier the stage you start at, the better) and the research training portfolio i have to hand in in August. (ethnographic research being one of the skills i'm supposed to have learned - also, i'll have to type and word process the thing, meaning that i can demonstrate my ability to use Word. Lateral thinking was always my strong point)