Comments on: Where the Crumbs Lead http://mmeperpetua.wordpress.com Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: PauvrePlume http://mmeperpetua.wordpress.com/about/#comment-293 PauvrePlume Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:10:39 +0000 #comment-293 I totally feel you. Being complete is good enough for me at this point. (this, coming from an otherwise major perfectionist -- but aren't we all?) I just want the d@mn thing done and out of my life. Or at least off my radar. I'm hoping mine will be around 150 pages. Definitely under 200. Ugh. Keep on keepin' on. I'll think happy, productive thoughts for you! I totally feel you. Being complete is good enough for me at this point. (this, coming from an otherwise major perfectionist — but aren’t we all?) I just want the d@mn thing done and out of my life. Or at least off my radar.

I’m hoping mine will be around 150 pages. Definitely under 200.

Ugh.

Keep on keepin’ on. I’ll think happy, productive thoughts for you!

]]> By: Perpetua http://mmeperpetua.wordpress.com/about/#comment-292 Perpetua Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:06:26 +0000 #comment-292 Good question to which I don't really have an answer. I'm planning on four chapters--first chapter being an extra-long intro--so if we estimate 40-50 pages per chapter, it'll definitely be under 200. I'm at the point where all I want to do is get it done. I don't even care if it's "good," whatever that means. Good question to which I don’t really have an answer. I’m planning on four chapters–first chapter being an extra-long intro–so if we estimate 40-50 pages per chapter, it’ll definitely be under 200.

I’m at the point where all I want to do is get it done. I don’t even care if it’s “good,” whatever that means.

]]> By: PauvrePlume http://mmeperpetua.wordpress.com/about/#comment-290 PauvrePlume Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:23:54 +0000 #comment-290 Oh, we work chapter by chapter, too. Sorry, I was totally vague, huh? (shocker) :) The reason I'm putting the September deadline on myself is because the academic year starts up right after Labor Day, at which point I'll be busy teaching/grading and won't have as much time to write. So I'd rather be in revision mode by fall, so then I can tidy everything up to defend in the spring. So I want to get the brunt of it done this summer. Which isn't happening. Damn it. But yeah, I'll submit each chapter to my advisor. How many pages do you anticipate yours being? Oh, we work chapter by chapter, too. Sorry, I was totally vague, huh? (shocker) :) The reason I’m putting the September deadline on myself is because the academic year starts up right after Labor Day, at which point I’ll be busy teaching/grading and won’t have as much time to write. So I’d rather be in revision mode by fall, so then I can tidy everything up to defend in the spring. So I want to get the brunt of it done this summer. Which isn’t happening. Damn it. But yeah, I’ll submit each chapter to my advisor. How many pages do you anticipate yours being?

]]> By: Perpetua http://mmeperpetua.wordpress.com/about/#comment-289 Perpetua Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:26:42 +0000 #comment-289 Oh, god, I'd much rather do ANYTHING. Why do you have to finish so early to have a shot at defending? We work chapter by chapter, so chapters are being reviewed/revised while new chapters are in the works. Do you have to submit an entire diss before getting feedback? Oh, god, I’d much rather do ANYTHING. Why do you have to finish so early to have a shot at defending? We work chapter by chapter, so chapters are being reviewed/revised while new chapters are in the works. Do you have to submit an entire diss before getting feedback?

]]> By: PauvrePlume http://mmeperpetua.wordpress.com/about/#comment-287 PauvrePlume Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:18:59 +0000 #comment-287 I just wanted you to know that I have less than zero motivation/inspiration/care to type a freakin' word of my diss, let alone a whole freakin' paragraph. Or chapter. And I basically have to finish all of it by September if I want a shot at defending next spring, at which point all of my funding will self-destruct. I'd much rather go on a DFW hunt with you. I just wanted you to know that I have less than zero motivation/inspiration/care to type a freakin’ word of my diss, let alone a whole freakin’ paragraph. Or chapter. And I basically have to finish all of it by September if I want a shot at defending next spring, at which point all of my funding will self-destruct.

I’d much rather go on a DFW hunt with you.

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