I'm in the final stretch right now and it's time to stop doing anything that is not dissertation related, so this is my last LJ post until it's all over.  I will check email still though, so any kind of encouraging emails anyone wants to send would be encouraged.  Here's how the schedule breaks down ( Read more... )

I just got an email with "we miss you" as the subject.

It was from my grocery store.

This is what happens when dissertation stress meets pepperoni pizza and hard cider at damn near 4am ( Read more... )

Found a journal called "Deviant Behavior" with an article titled "Rethinking domestic violence in theory and practice."  Sociology from the Bronx, ladies and gentlemen.

Well, I have basically three weeks to complete my dissertation and I'm totally panicked about it to the point where I'm finding it really hard to just sit down and do it.  At the very least, I now have a solid topic so that's good.  But I only have about 2300 words and it needs to be closer to 15,000.  I also have to figure out how to divide my ( Read more... )

my flight is booked for sept. 11th.

My Current Whatever boyfriend-for-the-next-month decided to do a 400lb deadlift at the gym on Sunday, and on his fourth rep he threw out his back.  So yesterday I had the honor of accompanying him to his GP to make sure he hadn't slipped a disc or something.  Wow.  I've never been so happy to be an American.  I hadn't had a whole lot of experience ( Read more... )

Being sick in a foreign country sucks a whole big fat lot.

My cousin and his wife had a baby girl last week.  Welcome to the world, Bradyn Michelle ( Read more... )

My life may not be going quite as swimmingly as I'd like it to be, but at least I've found a great new addiction.  Because, much like my beloved Sex and the City, this proves that while my life may not be all sunshine and roses, there are others out there dealing with shit way more fucked up than me.

Some examples that got me to laugh aloud while ( Read more... )