Picked up last term's essays. Suffice it to say the weather echoed my mild to moderate terror of this particular errand. It's been raining all day
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Drink long and deep - you've earned it - you're on your PhD course and that's what matters.
Remember that in academe it's the stuff you've done most recently that counts - and since you know you have it in you to make the next mark so much better... well, there you are then.
Congratulations on having broken through that barrier. The rest will come in due time.
Thanks lots. The problem with the PhD is that I'm only conditionally accepted at the moment--they're waiting on the results of my M.Phil. dissertation (and the essays). I suppose all this means is that I need to produce a masterpiece of literary criticism in the next three weeks. ::weak smile::
Hmm...Armenian? Never had that. Just old-fashioned French cognac, which I'm quite fond of. I suspect I'll have to chase it down; you've piqued my curiosity.
Nuts to cognac. That's a special occasion drink. Bad grades call for whisky. Preferably bourbon. Under no circumstances is scotch acceptable.
Good 'ole fashion beat your spouse, date a relative, kick a dog, smoke unfiltered cigarettes, up yours to the world bourbon. It's what gets it done when the world is shitty.
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Remember that in academe it's the stuff you've done most recently that counts - and since you know you have it in you to make the next mark so much better... well, there you are then.
Congratulations on having broken through that barrier. The rest will come in due time.
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Good luck with your work, btw.
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:)
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I'll be on tonight and there can be, in the immortal words of the Ideal Husband director:
"More Fluffy!"
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Good 'ole fashion beat your spouse, date a relative, kick a dog, smoke unfiltered cigarettes, up yours to the world bourbon. It's what gets it done when the world is shitty.
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