Oh, badfic, how you brighten my day. Especially when my predictions of your plot arc were right on. I take my victories where I can get them.

Those of you in academia will likely find this entertaining. I want to run our next faculty search like this ( Read more... )

Dear Writer Brain ( Read more... )

I've been sitting on this for a while now, waiting until I had the final word from my thesis committee and my transcripts. I got the committee approval of my final project yesterday, and realized tonight that I could, oh, go and check my transcript online (*facepalm ( Read more... )

Still not squeeing publically until I have the damn paperwork in hand (for I am superstitious and paranoid that way), but I FINALLY got an email from my advisor, and all members of my committee have approved the project. Any further issues to resolve (if any) will be only paperwork-related.

It's done. I'm done.

OMFG.

So when I turned in the OMG MA PROJECT, going on two weeks ago now, my advisor said, "Oh, so when do you want to meet with your committee ( Read more... )

It seems somehow fitting that I end my graduate education career by pulling an all-nighter (I went to bed at seven this morning ( Read more... )

Ha. Advisor sent comments on project that said, "You could strengthen Argument A, which would strengthen Argument B ( Read more... )

Aww, the freaking out over unconfirmed spoilers and the S9 bashing is in full swing on the samandjack list. They're so cute and predictable. *pets list ( Read more... )

My estimate of an hour to finish the draft was a little optimistic (it ended up being more like three hours), but five minutes ago I flailed about gleefully and uploaded the completed (mostly - just missing the conclusion and who needs one of those?) draft rationale and emailed it off to my advisor, hoping he assumed I meant late Tuesday ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here staring at what, with a good hour's work, would be a reasonable first draft of the OMG MA PROJECT that I've promised to have to my advisor by tomorrow. And I just Can't. Fucking. Do. It ( Read more... )