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Old 12-18-2009, 03:18 AM   #4891
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Yeah, 12 hours or more. Then she'll watch 3 episodes of Dr Who, take Pilau for a walk, and screw around in the Cellar, for 11.5 hours.
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Old 12-18-2009, 08:06 AM   #4892
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Essentially half a day today...then off work until the 28th!

I'll be working some from home, but still...heaven!

:happydance:
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Old 12-18-2009, 09:06 AM   #4893
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Old 12-18-2009, 09:24 AM   #4894
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All four Qicelets home for the Holiday... massive amounts of baking this weekend!!
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Old 12-18-2009, 09:27 AM   #4895
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Essentially half a day today...then off work until the 28th!

I'll be working some from home, but still...heaven!

:happydance:
After today, I'm off till the 4th.
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Old 12-18-2009, 09:35 AM   #4896
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After today, I'm off till the 4th.
good for you AND shaw for snagging some holiday down time.

YAY! nothing like not having to work over christmas - glad to hear some people get some time off.
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Old 12-18-2009, 09:36 AM   #4897
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Ha! Our classes start on the 4th so the time between Christmas and New Year's is going to be crazy.

Enjoy your time off!
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Old 12-18-2009, 10:56 AM   #4898
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Today is the day I drive to the city to pick up the baby kitty

Gotta go grocery hoarding first though, with the snow coming... should be fun.
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Old 12-18-2009, 10:58 AM   #4899
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I love my boi the most.
But I will always envy anyone getting a new kitteh.
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Old 12-18-2009, 11:51 AM   #4900
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I got approached for direct advertising for a relevant product on my website. It's not the promise of income (of which I expect there will be no more than pennies) that makes me happy, but rather the air of legitimacy I get to feel. They came to me!
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Old 12-18-2009, 12:06 PM   #4901
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That is pretty awesome! Congratulations.
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Old 12-18-2009, 04:43 PM   #4902
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Great stuff Clod. Just goes to show: if you build it they will come!

Well, my supervision meeting went really well. Having dumped my cartload of caveats and disclaimers onto his desk he just grinned and said: well that's the point of doing a first draft :P

We discussed the basic themes I'd drawn out and possible structures for the thesis overall, along with other sundry stuff about research plans.

Having re-read it this morning I don't think what I wrote is that bad actually. It's raw, yes, and it needs reworking extensively, but there's a strong core to it. It was quite reassuring to find that when I told him about the difficulties I'd had in terms of finding my voice and figuring out the shape of my ideas, he didn't seem unduly worried by that. This is apparently quite normal when stepping up from undergrad to research thesis, because of the nature of the task. So much of the eventual shape and structure is dependent upon research that isn't done yet and there's so much more of it than with a dissertation, that I'm basically approaching a first chapter which needs to set the scene for later chapters, without actually knowing for sure where the later chapters are going to end up. The research informs the writing and the writing informs the research and that process is ongoing and fluid.

He told me I should be more worried if I am coming up with a perfect first draft: if it can be whipped up with ease at first try then I'm probably not saying something worth saying at this level.

So, I left uni feeling more confident, and with a much clearer idea of where I am taking this, as well as feeling more comfortable with the not knowing in terms of the eventual shape. Am back to being enthusiastic again and feeling like this is something I am capable of; and that my ideas are actually worth exploring in a thesis.
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Old 12-18-2009, 05:44 PM   #4903
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what a great feeling and just in time too. Congrats.
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Old 12-20-2009, 07:10 PM   #4904
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Finally found this on youtube:

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Old 12-20-2009, 07:11 PM   #4905
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Nothing's coming up for me...just blank.
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