Today Rocks!

  
The final draft of the thesis has been submitted, AND..

I was contacted today to schedule a JOB INTERVIEW for next week.

Usually I keep these things to myself, being the ever-superstitious cynic, but I really, REALLY want a job and could use all the good wishes I can get!

Yay for me! I can now rejoin the real world.

(p.s. I totally have an in at the school I'm interviewing at, which just confirms my theory about it's all in who you know when job hunting)

You see that?

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Ohhh yeahhh... I do! Two chapters to go. Two chapters.

CAUTION: Grad Student at Work

    

Shhh... can you hear that?

   
The doors are closed. The lights are off. Nobody's home.

It's been quiet in Miss Weber's room lately, but if you're real still and listen very closely, you can hear the clickety-clack of her laptop keys. Miss Weber is on a thesis writing marathon but promises to return to her room soon...

The best life advice I ever recieved came from an art professor.

  
I had this intimidatingly fantastic drawing professor during my freshmen year of college. His name was Professor Dugan, and he was the first, and quite possibly the only, inspiring art teacher I've ever had. I actually learned to draw under his instruction. He pushed us in ways that were so excruciatingly aggravating at the time, but so appreciated now. The first time he told me to throw away a drawing I had spent hours on I thought I was going to throw up, but he taught me to not be too attached to my work. That sort of attachment was a blockade and prevented me from developing my work further.

I still use the techniques I learned from him to this day. The greatest drawing trick he taught me has since become the greatest life advice I've ever received.

5 Things I've Learned So Far During My Marathon Thesis Writing...

1. Food is optional
2. My feet stink
3. It's easier to do work when you know that someone is suffering right along with you
4. Showering daily is for those with OCD
5. Chocolate, whiskey and microwave popcorn are staples to effective thesis writing

That is all. I hope to join the world again real soon. Happy Spring!

Spring has sprung!

   

"What's your thesis about?"

    
Whenever I tell people that I'm finishing up my masters and working on my thesis, it never fails, this question soon follows. I hate this question. In fact, I loathe this question. And I know that my peers do as well.

Why is this such a hard questions for us to answer? Well, for one, we're still trying to define what our thesis is about. I mean, it can, and does, change every day. If we can't even explain it to ourselves (and we're writing it!), how can we explain it to others?