Two good things about todays snow fall canceling classes at Kish: 1) I don't have to lecture which is good because my throat hurts, and 2) I was finally able to finish up all the images for Ch. 4 of my dissertation and then edit the text with the end result that I just sent it to my committee ( Read more... )

I know those of you who follow and read don't care about what I'm about to write but I'm struggling and need to clear these fragments out of my head...

( Rob's Dissertation Thoughts )

I feel like my brain needs to either explode or do something else. I feel drained and am taking the rest of the day off, which means I'm having a beer - kiss my ass doctors ( Read more... )

I've spent the last week working on my dissertation and you'd think I'd have more done than I do. Guess some of that can be chalked up to a continuing sense of weariness that keeps me in bed until 10am, which is highly unusual for me. Really though, its because I've been working on a number of things at the same time ( Read more... )

Who wrote 13 pages for the third chapter of their dissertation today, which constitutes about 75% of said chapter not counting tables and figures?
(And what really killed the dinosaurs?)

ME!!!

*Quick aside - Goonter, the Sugar Episode was on last night!!*

I just sent off an email to the American Museum asking about the possibility of prepping out one of their sloth specimens. It was an idea I came up with when I was at the conference in Canada that I'm really hopefully about. So keep your fingers crossed that the response is positive.

It never fails - finally give up something and then it comes through for you. After yesterday's bitching about the sloth skull I needed and wasn't going to get, a fact I finally resigned myself to and found a way around, I then get this email from my advisor ( Read more... )

Today hasn't felt like the best day. This fact has nothing to do with this post - I just wanted it out there for the record ( Read more... )

Up until I told lindsaycb on Saturday, no one but me knew these particulars about my dissertation and Illinois status ( Read more... )