Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Totally abandonned this thing again...

A lot has happened in the last month. 

  • Finished writing thesis - Check (4 weeks for 100 pages of marginal to ok goodness.  I don't recommend that kind of torture on any one, but it goes to prove: Yes,  you can write the large majority of a Master's Thesis in a little over a month.)
  • Crashed after writing marginally good thesis - Check (40-degree fevers suck.  Being sick for 3 weeks also sucks. That is all.)
  • Left meeting with my supervisor feeling like a Rockstar after writing a marginally good thesis - Check (It doesn't happen very often, so I'm gonna bask in it while I can.)
  • Started mechanical testing and breaking bones - Check (Weekends are now a figment of my imagination.)
  • TA job - Uncheck (I'm totally broke because of it, but not stressed out about idiot undergrads.  I'll consider it a WIN.)
  • CLS job - Check (Being a returning student has it's perks; like being able to pick up extra hours training the new guides.  Seeing as I'm broke, I'll also consider it a WIN.)
  • GSA Council Chair - Check (Student politics is still painful beyond the undergrad level.  Meetings don't get better, people still like the sound of their own voice, and stupid decisions are still made.  At least as Chair, I get to tell people to shut up when they're saying stupid things and wasting our time. Also it's a paid position....so that helps ease the pain.)


I do have a rant, but I'll save it for another post, mostly because it's not really related to "updates" in my life, but more of an expression of my really low "idiot threshold".  Sometimes really smart people can ask really stupid questions and expect even more stupid answers, simply because they have no concept of independent thought.....Funny, but this time there is no relation to student politics. 

Editing my marginal thesis is really slow-going.  I wish I could blame most of it on being sick, but I think the bulk of my de-motivation is simply because editing is a tedious job.  Not a fan, but at least the sucker is written and in the editing phase.  It's hard to edit something that doesn't exist. 

1 comment:

  1. Glad to see you're back in the saddle after being away! Stopped by your office on Tuesday - but alas you were not there. Will have to catch up another time.

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