Fuck with a man's sleep, shatter his mind
So now that I'm essentially trying to put my entire thesis together in the next 6-8 weeks, I'm starting to get more and more nervous about it. Yesterday I gave my advisor the closest thing I had to a draft: a critique I'd done on one of the novels which examined just about every aspect of one character in a sloppy, wandering fashion. Its a draft though, right?
Today I woke up and found an e-mail from my advisor in my inbox telling me he wants to suggest a different approach to the books based upon what he read in my draft. I'm not sure what he has to say, but it could be anything. He could say my writing is too repetitive, unfocused, etc. Or he could say that I should just limit my examination of each novel to more specific areas in order to not end up with 16 page critiques for each novel. I think it might be a bit of both, and while I'm prepared to accept either in the form of constructive criticism, I always find frustrating even if they prove helpful in the long run. He'll probably whip out the big list of do's and don'ts he gave to me in class as a sophomore and expect me to remember all 25 points or so that he made about writing.
Well, if he wants to me to focus in more on specific aspects of the character...I was going to do that anyway. I have no intention of writing 15-16 pages for each novel and then turning around and writing a long introduction to introduce the theories I'm trying to combine. I did spend about 3-4 pages examining over characters too, but only in their relation to the main one and his identity crisis.
Bah, and I was also supposed to contact a Women Studies professor to discuss the gender and sexual aspects of identity, but had forgotten. My advisor was somewhat displeased, but I've left a message with her and hopefully I'll get a chance to talk to her next week.
Thank god this will mostly be over with by Spring Break. Its going to feel like I'm caught in finals time the entire semester, but at least I'll be able to sleep better after I turn in my thesis. I've already lost quite a bit of sleep over it and I'm only drafting it right now. This is the first time I've ever tried to do anything this big, and goddamn it, it is proving to be rather difficult.
Talked to Kate last night briefly and she asked me why I hadn't dated anyone since we broke up. Well, shit like this, my friend. Shit like this. Leaves me with very little patience for any sort of intimate relations. Its hard enough as it is to keep up with my friends and not feel like a hermit.
Today I woke up and found an e-mail from my advisor in my inbox telling me he wants to suggest a different approach to the books based upon what he read in my draft. I'm not sure what he has to say, but it could be anything. He could say my writing is too repetitive, unfocused, etc. Or he could say that I should just limit my examination of each novel to more specific areas in order to not end up with 16 page critiques for each novel. I think it might be a bit of both, and while I'm prepared to accept either in the form of constructive criticism, I always find frustrating even if they prove helpful in the long run. He'll probably whip out the big list of do's and don'ts he gave to me in class as a sophomore and expect me to remember all 25 points or so that he made about writing.
Well, if he wants to me to focus in more on specific aspects of the character...I was going to do that anyway. I have no intention of writing 15-16 pages for each novel and then turning around and writing a long introduction to introduce the theories I'm trying to combine. I did spend about 3-4 pages examining over characters too, but only in their relation to the main one and his identity crisis.
Bah, and I was also supposed to contact a Women Studies professor to discuss the gender and sexual aspects of identity, but had forgotten. My advisor was somewhat displeased, but I've left a message with her and hopefully I'll get a chance to talk to her next week.
Thank god this will mostly be over with by Spring Break. Its going to feel like I'm caught in finals time the entire semester, but at least I'll be able to sleep better after I turn in my thesis. I've already lost quite a bit of sleep over it and I'm only drafting it right now. This is the first time I've ever tried to do anything this big, and goddamn it, it is proving to be rather difficult.
Talked to Kate last night briefly and she asked me why I hadn't dated anyone since we broke up. Well, shit like this, my friend. Shit like this. Leaves me with very little patience for any sort of intimate relations. Its hard enough as it is to keep up with my friends and not feel like a hermit.