I finished my thesis, and to prove it here is an allegorical representation of that momentous achievement: By way of explanation I might add that the wee boy who is thrashing me round the ring is a character called Diamond from a George MacDonald book called At the Back of the North Wind. As for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘thesis’
Motherbitches I am Back
Posted in children's literature, comics, Crafty, criticism, George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, postmodernism!, thesis, unemployment, writers I like, tagged Chap, children's literature, comics, Crafty, criticism, George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, postmodernism!, thesis, unemployment, writers I like on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hiatus
Posted in postmodernism!, procrastinating, thesis, tagged postmodernism!, procrastinating, thesis on April 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Probably you’ve guessed by the silence, but Master of Arts will be on a break for the next one month and eighteen days while I make the final push to finish my thesis. The due date is June 16; you will know when that happens because the sound of me weeping with relief will be [...]
I Yearn For The Simple Life
Posted in Chap, photography, places of note, summer, thesis, tagged Chap, photography, places of note, summer, thesis on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where there is no phone connection, no internet, no other people and no way out other than an hour long walk over tidal mudflats. And no theses, for that matter, either. A place where if I feel like it I can dress like this: And where we can hunt our dinner: And where opportunities for [...]
The Opposite of Sex
Posted in 2 Austin Terrace, Chap, comics, Crafty, drinking/drunk, procrastinating, thesis, Things I do that I probably shouldn't, tagged 2 Austin Terrace, Chap, comics, Crafty, drinking/drunk, procrastinating, thesis, Things I do that I probably shouldn't on March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I think that after a certain point in a relationship, it becomes not so much about figuring out who the other person is, wondering what mad little foible they’ll expose next, and more about heaving an inner sigh and saying to yourself, this is the person I happen to love. Now how can I learn [...]
Lowering the Tone
Posted in Chap, I am a public servant sometimes, procrastinating, thesis, tagged Chap, I am a public servant sometimes, procrastinating, thesis on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just what you all wanted, more physicist pillow talk. Tomorrow is my last day at the place where I am a public servant! After that there are no excuses for days like today where I didn’t write my thesis because Chap needed help with buying a suit.
I Got All The Time In The World
Posted in comics, drinking/drunk, miscellaneous friends, places of note, summer, thesis, Things I do that I probably shouldn't, tagged comics, drinking/drunk, miscellaneous friends, places of note, summer, thesis, Things I do that I probably shouldn't on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No I don’t. But I have this new theory, right. When I’m unmotivated and lazy, I tend to let everything go. This is why I’ve not been posting comics for about two months. I’ve also in that same timeframe not been writing any thesis, applying for any grants or doing anything much other than things [...]
Normal Service Resumes…
Posted in Chap, comics, drinking/drunk, I am a public servant sometimes, summer, Technical failings, thesis, tagged Chap, comics, drinking/drunk, I am a public servant sometimes, summer, Technical failings, thesis on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The above is a brief but accurate summation of the state of things as 2008 ended. Yes that is right I am back after an unforseeable absence caused by laying around in the sun for three weeks negelecting everything except my alcohol intake, and the recent death of my computer. My computer that has on [...]
This One Doesn’t Even Warrant A Proper Title
Posted in 2 Austin Terrace, Chap, drinking/drunk, I am a public servant sometimes, London, miscellaneous friends, politics, sartorial concerns, the boys, thesis, tagged 2 Austin Terrace, Chap, drinking/drunk, I am a public servant sometimes, London, miscellaneous friends, politics, sartorial concerns, the boys, thesis on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I leave on Friday. For various reasons, the most prominent being the new government (Murray McCully for Foreign Affairs Minister, anyone?), Marks and Spencers, proper autumns, London bridges, a twee club night where the entire crowd sang along to Lazy Line Painter Jane, pear cider, pub meals, Camden, and an intellectual dismantling and reconstruction which [...]
Master of Arts: Roadtrip!
Posted in 2 Austin Terrace, Chap, comics, miscellaneous friends, the boys, thesis, tagged 2 Austin Terrace, Chap, comics, miscellaneous friends, the boys, thesis on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Righto, I’m off. To France (natch!) for a week to swan around with my family, thence to London for a three and a half week research junket. Some things to note: I am pathologically terrified of flying. I have no money and I can’t think right now what it is that I’ve forgotten, but rest [...]
