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I say this with some trepidation, but after 5 1/2 years's work (80 hours of which were in the last week  ) I have a complete beginning to end, no gaps, draft of my PhD. There's still some massaging to do on the text, particularly the last chapter, I haven't finished all my footnotes and references, and the appendices are missing. But the text itself (97,674 words) is all there for the very first time, and if I had to hand it in tomorrow I don't think it would embarrass me. I'm going to treat myself to a good lunch in order to savour this unusual feeling. |
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« Reply #3886 on: 13:11:42, 17-03-2008 » |
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Well done, trj!!!  An 80-hour week here and there is just about reasonable, I think. My ex went four nights without sleep before submitting his PhD - try not to do that. Enjoy lunch.  |
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« Reply #3887 on: 15:06:38, 17-03-2008 » |
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I'll try not to - although I doubt I'd ever be able to stay up four nights on the trot for anything... And I'm pleased to say I can recommend the new Japanese place up the road from me. |
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« Reply #3889 on: 18:28:04, 17-03-2008 » |
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I'm still over the moon about my band concert. Its always really good when an event that a person has been trying to put together, finally pays of!! It went really well and the guitar player Eduardo Martins, a local musician was rather impressed by our and my playing!!
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« Reply #3890 on: 18:33:39, 17-03-2008 » |
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Well done trj! Unfortunately it's all down hill from here on.  Oh ignore him. He's been at the pastrami again. I only pulled one all-nighter. Any more and I would have been incapacitated, gibbering and drooling. Get ready for the massive anti-climax when you hand it inWill you shut up? Yes it was anticlimactic on the day I handed it in (my then girlfriend didn't answer the phone when I rang her to celebrate and I was too tired to drink) but it felt great the next day. And then my girlfriend dumped meOh for goodness sake. I'm going out. You can stay here if you like. Better still, get ye to the Grumpy Old Rant room and find something to entertain yourself there. Seriously though - well done Tim. It's a great achievement and you can justifiably feel proud of yourself. |
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« Reply #3891 on: 18:43:42, 17-03-2008 » |
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Capital, Tim!  |
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« Reply #3892 on: 19:05:12, 17-03-2008 » |
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Cheers guys! There's still quite a bit to do - the 'massaging' needed on chapter 6 is more chiropractic than candles and lavender oil, but it's a huge step to have it all there in front of me. Writing a PhD is a bit like building a bridge, except that when you start out, not only do you need to fill in the gap between two banks, but you don't even know how far it is to the other side and you're not even sure of the bank that you've started from. The bridge is still a bit rickety, but at least I can walk all the way across now. My philosophy for sanity at the moment is to assume (in the absence of any evidence either way) that what I've done is either good enough, nearly good enough, or catastrophically far short of a PhD. The first two I can live with. As for the last, I'd hope that someone would have picked me up by now if I was that far off; but even if not, there's little I can do this late in the game to fix anything fundamental, so let's just see. I don't know if any of this is rational, but it does at least let me sleep at night. Get ready for the massive anti-climax when you hand it in I've heard this a lot, and quite expect that I'll be the same (I've got that sort of character). I've also probably got a long wait before my viva what with exams, summer vac, etc getting in the way. Fortunately there'll be a new baby in the house before long, so I won't get much chance to mope...  |
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« Reply #3893 on: 19:13:39, 17-03-2008 » |
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My philosophy for sanity at the moment is to assume (in the absence of any evidence either way) that what I've done is either good enough, nearly good enough, or catastrophically far short of a PhD. Tim, the third possible outcome there is a virtual impossibility unless 1) Your level of insight, eloquence and analysis when writing your PhD is inexplicably different from that displayed when dashing off posts, 2) You get a really dud external examiner, or 3) You supervisor is someone else with the initials KP after all, and I've been labouring under a misapprehension. |
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« Reply #3894 on: 21:27:20, 17-03-2008 » |
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3) You supervisor is someone else with the initials KP after all, and I've been labouring under a misapprehension.
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« Reply #3895 on: 22:26:06, 17-03-2008 » |
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Now that would be funny....
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« Reply #3896 on: 22:28:57, 17-03-2008 » |
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« Reply #3897 on: 07:19:36, 18-03-2008 » |
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The MD of the band phoned me up and congratuilated me on the concert we gave last saturday and he said that the band's standard had risen as well. I also sugested to him that we ought to do a combined concert, featuring Brazillian music and he seemed quite ken on the idea. Ofcourse, it will take time to do all the arrangements etc, but worth considering i thin k and he does to. So watch out for further info on this!!
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« Reply #3898 on: 09:39:40, 18-03-2008 » |
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BBM - great news about the concert! Tommo: Martle: You're not suggesting that "Pendy" likes to influence the critical reception of his music, are you?  |
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« Reply #3899 on: 10:00:39, 18-03-2008 » |
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