it's july and the Supes has given me the "i think you'll be finished by the end of the year!" on the thesis. this is nice, as this is the third year of my candidacy.
this pronouncement of course led to a week or two of absolute thesis avoidance, teamed with strange job application writing. i'm prepared to go anywhere but canberra and i'd like to work in media, thanyou. preferably combining research with teaching, rather than just teaching. though i'm not too picky. canada, if you can.
my resume is now a lot fatter than it was (i keep remembering to put in things i'd forgotten about), and i'm hoping i'll get call-backs. or even interviews.
meanwhile, my thesis is kind of prodding my concsience/anxiety button, so i should get back to it. so of course i'm writing on the blog for the first time in ages.
but i feel reasonably confident about the thesis. i have a full first draft, and a few of the chapters are damn decent. i wrote a paper to publish a little while back that gave me new ideas for restructing the djing chapter. i've also had a paper proposal accepted for a conference here in melbourne (women, diversity, etc) and i've put in an application for a grant from the school so i can actually afford to go. if i don't get the dosh, they do offer a 'poor person' inclusivity/diversity exemption. so i'd better get cracking on that (what with being a poor person and all).
meanwhile, the Supes is desperate for tutors and i've had to knock back and almost teary plea for assistance. i can't. i have to thesis. or write on the internet about my thesis. and i know me - i'll take even the least opportunity to procastinate.
but the thesis is looking good. i'm might even go and work on it now...
Posted by Dogpossum on July 21, 2005 02:38 PM