misc
Just been really busy. Also I need a new adapter for my PC so I’m typing on my non-apple tablet which is hard. One of my best friends got married on the weekend and left for America with her new American husband. Actually I think they’re not technically married till they’re on US soil because he can’t get married in the UK or something, IDK, but we had the ceremony (secular) and party/photos/etc. It was nice. I got a bit sad at the end cos my friend is leaving but they’ll come back often and there’s Facebook now and if I ever bring myself to leave the cats for a week I can go visit.
So…less than one month till my viva. I had a talk with my boss yesterday who is also on the examining board and it was pretty useful. She said basically you have to clearly demonstrate that you have discovered new knowledge using a justified and appropriate method in a reflective and self-aware way. Those are the three main criteria, which obviously are all in the thesis but you just have to use the viva to bring them out. And that the main mistake people make is getting defensive and trying to argue that their thesis is perfect and finished forever amen (which no research is, obviously). That just makes you look unreflective. You’re not trying to prove it’s perfect, you’re trying to prove it meets the criteria for a PhD and you are aware of how it fits into the field and can be used to take research forward.
I finished my fic for the got_exchange! I think it will be out next week. I’m well proud of it and everyone should read it even if you don’t watch/read Game of Thrones because it took me like 3 months and is basically the tragi-comic story of some stuff that happened to me once transposed onto appropriate GoT characters. And now I have to go teach. Ugh, I’m tired. Let’s just say this is the day of the month when I am tiredest and have least patience and feel fat as hell (womenfolk you know what I’m saying). My brain isn’t even working. If someone asks me an intelligent question I’m gonna be like, ‘ha ha I like cat videos’.
Also, can someone rec me a long satisfying GoT fic that either has no pairings or will sell me on a GoT pairing apart from Renly/Loras because there isn’t enough of that and I think I read it all. I hate Theon. Robb Stark bores me. All other characters are fair game. Hell you can even try to sell me on one half of my OTP with someone else. I’m open-minded like that.
Bibi has become extremely pushy for affection lately. Literally. She bulldozes with her head for petting. Which is cute and all, but I’m afraid she’s rather shoehorned Zara out of Zara’s habitual place under my covers at night, because Zara is too much of a lady to digger-truck her way in like MEEEEEEEEEEEE. It is lovely to see Bibi so healthy though (ok she’s a bit fat. She doesn’t eat that much, honest! And she’s active! I don’t know why she’s fat! Zara eats the same and she’s slim and muscled!). Her fur is so dense and soft and silky. I have come to the sad conclusion though that catnip is bad for her belly. Which is a shame because she sure loves her some nip. We’re kind of in the same boat cos I’ve discovered that the one OTC painkiller that deals with my headaches is causing some crazy water retention, so it must be bad for my kidneys. So I’m afraid we’ll both have to do without our little chemical supports…..
So…less than one month till my viva. I had a talk with my boss yesterday who is also on the examining board and it was pretty useful. She said basically you have to clearly demonstrate that you have discovered new knowledge using a justified and appropriate method in a reflective and self-aware way. Those are the three main criteria, which obviously are all in the thesis but you just have to use the viva to bring them out. And that the main mistake people make is getting defensive and trying to argue that their thesis is perfect and finished forever amen (which no research is, obviously). That just makes you look unreflective. You’re not trying to prove it’s perfect, you’re trying to prove it meets the criteria for a PhD and you are aware of how it fits into the field and can be used to take research forward.
I finished my fic for the got_exchange! I think it will be out next week. I’m well proud of it and everyone should read it even if you don’t watch/read Game of Thrones because it took me like 3 months and is basically the tragi-comic story of some stuff that happened to me once transposed onto appropriate GoT characters. And now I have to go teach. Ugh, I’m tired. Let’s just say this is the day of the month when I am tiredest and have least patience and feel fat as hell (womenfolk you know what I’m saying). My brain isn’t even working. If someone asks me an intelligent question I’m gonna be like, ‘ha ha I like cat videos’.
Also, can someone rec me a long satisfying GoT fic that either has no pairings or will sell me on a GoT pairing apart from Renly/Loras because there isn’t enough of that and I think I read it all. I hate Theon. Robb Stark bores me. All other characters are fair game. Hell you can even try to sell me on one half of my OTP with someone else. I’m open-minded like that.
Bibi has become extremely pushy for affection lately. Literally. She bulldozes with her head for petting. Which is cute and all, but I’m afraid she’s rather shoehorned Zara out of Zara’s habitual place under my covers at night, because Zara is too much of a lady to digger-truck her way in like MEEEEEEEEEEEE. It is lovely to see Bibi so healthy though (ok she’s a bit fat. She doesn’t eat that much, honest! And she’s active! I don’t know why she’s fat! Zara eats the same and she’s slim and muscled!). Her fur is so dense and soft and silky. I have come to the sad conclusion though that catnip is bad for her belly. Which is a shame because she sure loves her some nip. We’re kind of in the same boat cos I’ve discovered that the one OTC painkiller that deals with my headaches is causing some crazy water retention, so it must be bad for my kidneys. So I’m afraid we’ll both have to do without our little chemical supports…..