and now to determine just what communication *is*

[contexted]

thesis advisor to contexted: i think you might be putting the cart before the horse here with all this work you've already done. how about you look at this and this and this and this and this and this and this and...

contexted to self: yikes!

"thesis proposal" to contexted: complete me!

contexted to "thesis proposal": not now, dear, i have a headache.