1. Today, I reached the halfway word count mark on the first draft of my thesis. I would feel pleased with myself, if it weren't for the fact that I'm finding it pretty much impossible to feel pleased with anything I do on this thesis at the moment. I am entirely burnt out on it, to the point where I know I'm consistently producing work way below ( Read more... )

I am alive, I've just been going through a difficult and busy patch with my thesis lately. Pretty much everything I do has this undercurrent of "how on earth am I going to finish this degree and what the hell am I going to be able to do with it once I have?" My brain is constantly occupied with thoughts of cv building and publication and ( Read more... )

Because they tend not to leave until I write them down ( Read more... )

You're lying under a duvet in the middle of the day watching re-runs of crappy cheesy reality tv where Z-list celebrities perform rubbish figure skating routines to crappy cheesy music AND IT MAKES YOU CRY. Not because of how pathetic you are. Because you are in such a feeble physical and emotional state that it GENUINELY AFFECTS YOU ( Read more... )

eulogytobiko has some new roommates:

( see the cute )

I passed my MA with distinction :D

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In other news, Elite Beat Agents is win and eulogytobiko is win for picking it up. I don't know why I love rhythm action games so much BUT I DO; I can play them for hours straight and feel utter glee even on my twentieth shot at a crappy song. Maybe it's because it's the only genre of purely skill-based gaming that I' ( Read more... )