Archive for the ‘Research’ Category

The bloody show

July 23, 2010emily No Comments »

No, still no baby. But I had a meeting with my dissertation committee yesterday afternoon and, I don’t know, the title seemed to fit. (Not that it was bad, you understand– just something that had to be gotten through before my dissertation could be properly… birthed? This metaphor has taken a weird turn.) This was [...]

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Victory is mine!

May 11, 2010emily No Comments »

I turned in my dissertation to my advisor last night. No, wait. Let me rephrase that: I turned in my dissertation to my advisor last night, holy cow! Victory is mine! I drink from the keg of glory! Keg of glory references aside, I’m not really sure how to feel about it. For a project [...]

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Rampant love

May 4, 2010emily 1 Comment »

I spent nine hours straight editing chapter three of my dissertation today. Nine. Hours. Straight. Rather than bore you with the details of that (like how, in a moment of desperation, I used the phrase “rampant love”– but don’t worry! I deleted it in favor of something more academically acceptable), I thought I’d tell you [...]

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