getting my revisions done thus far has been really slow.  i have no motivation and i'm really just sick of looking at my diss.  can't i just turn it in please?  the unseasonable warm weather does not help either.  today's projected high was 85 but apparently it's actually 93!  dear weather, it is MAY in michigan, not july!  why have you taken away ( Read more... )

i passed!  whoo!  now i'm trying to come down from the emotional rollercoaster that was yesterday. 

Tomorrow I defend.  Holy crap.  What's making me worried is that I don't really even feel nervous.  That is unusual for me the night before a Big Thing.  Right now I still need to finish up my talk, just making sure it flows and I have all the info I need in it but I'm surprised I'm not more nervous.  Maybe it will it later on tonight? 

235 pages, times 4 copies, equals 940 pages and $64 ( Read more... )

I have 2 weeks until I have to turn in my defendable draft to the Dean's office on April 19th.  crap crap crap crap crap.  If I weren't teaching, this wouldn't be so scary but having to devote time to OTHER THINGS is causing me to freak out ( Read more... )

i got a netbook!  it's an acer aspire and so far i love it.  i bought it because my laptop has lost some of its portability, due to a broken hinge on the screen, and it's been killing me that I have to be tied to someplace with a computer.  so, i bit the bullet and bought myself the netbook (from newegg which included free shipping and a travel kit ( Read more... )

i found out thursday afternoon i got the job i interviewed for on tuesday.  yay!  employment!  i was told that they'd been dead set on hiring another cultural anthro (since the job is teaching cultural anthro classes) so the fact that i managed to get past such a big hurdle is pretty huge in itself.  this fall is kind of a trial run but it seems ( Read more... )

i just found out that my request to the graduate school for money to purchase chemicals was approved.  this means i can actually start my dissertation project instead of just writing about it!  this means i might finish when i want to.  yay, there's an end in sight!  oh my god this makes me so excited.