After scoldings from both my dad and uncle this weekend for my terrible fall off the blogging bandwagon, I've hopped right back on! Here's hoping the insanity of thesis prep this semester doesn't push me back off.
Which brings us to our first topic: Why has Eleeza decided to write a thesis when she doesn't have to? Is she insane? Masochistic? Discuss.
I'm still convinced that the intellectual challenge will be good for me. I've never written anything longer than 25 pages, so roughly quadrupling that ought to either:
a) Force me to quit grad school before I get my degree. (Just kidding Mom and Dad!)
or b) Turn into a raging lunatic (Very likely.)
I've come to realize that I need to just accept this and know that I'll feel good when it's all over. Or so my professors keep telling me. However, a conversation with the Big Chief of the department made me nervous today. Theory?? Who needs theory?? Yikes!
Moving on.
Roommie and I are all settled into our new place and loving it and the neighborhood. It's so refreshing to be able to walk here and here and here.
Finally, I had a nice (if exhausting) quick trip home this weekend to see the parents, sister, grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, and probably half the people I'm related to in the greater Southern California region. It was a whirlwind from 4 a.m. Friday morning to 5:30 a.m. Monday when I landed at Dulles, but it was worth it. I hadn't been home in six months -- the longest stretch of being gone from home for me. I really wish I lived a six-hour drive away and not a six-hour flight. But then again, I'm happy living in DC and wouldn't trade that for anything right now. Maybe someday I'll make my way out west again.
That's all for now.
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2 comments:
i was already under the impression you were a raging lunatic. i don't see how a thesis could make things worse.
Hey there! Thanks for the comment on Rochester Turning. Would love to hear more about your thesis. Helpful tip: in academia, you can generally intimidate people by pronouncing "theory" with an outrageous Germanic accent, as "seeory".
Is Stefanie Sanford's book relevant to your work? "Civic Life in the Information Age" This was reviewed in my blog back in March - it comes out of Stefanie's doktoral seesis vurk.
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