Futility
My committee suggested that I write a chapter for my dissertation in the form of a paper -- which I think is a fine idea. At the end of the process, I'll have a manuscript that my boss will refuse to submit. But, at least I can say that I wrote one and intend to submit it. :p (I would like to submit my manuscripts, but my boss is refusing to publish a coworkers two papers, so I am just a bit bitter for her, and pre-bitter for me.)
I am feeling flustered and ovewhlemed with the scope of this endeavor. To sumarize the scope of the project, I'm reading a paper on contingency loci comparisons in M. hyorhinis, a pathogen in pigs. Three strains were compared. It took 10 pages to discuss. I have 8 loci to compare between 5 strains. so, maybe I'll have 100 pages of comparisons to do. Christ, what am I doing writing this post -- getting back to comparing loci. Sigh.