PhD proposal status update
Aug. 26th, 2009 07:31 pmDeadline: End of the month, slightly before the time I get on a plane
Current approximate word count: 3,500
References in bibliography: 18 (so far)
Footnotes: 9 (mostly URLs)
Own prior work cited: enough
Other people's work cited: not quite enough yet, but getting there
Publications on the go: more than strictly necessary for the first six months of a PhD
Cups of water: many
Caffeine supply: dwindling
Food: vegetarian samosa and pinwheel
Perceived food tastiness: nominal
Tabulated data: none yet
Pretty pictures drawn: four
Urge to curl up in a ball and hope it all goes away: high but falling
Urge to be curled up in bed with a beautiful woman at the end of it all: maintaining high level
Urge to reformat list as HTML table: rising, but threshold not met
Urge to reformat list with colons inside bold tags: succumbed
Chances of getting along to the 48 Hour Party: negligible
Packing completed: 5%
Cowbell?: more required
Pony?: not yours
King?: still not
Current approximate word count: 3,500
References in bibliography: 18 (so far)
Footnotes: 9 (mostly URLs)
Own prior work cited: enough
Other people's work cited: not quite enough yet, but getting there
Publications on the go: more than strictly necessary for the first six months of a PhD
Cups of water: many
Caffeine supply: dwindling
Food: vegetarian samosa and pinwheel
Perceived food tastiness: nominal
Tabulated data: none yet
Pretty pictures drawn: four
Urge to curl up in a ball and hope it all goes away: high but falling
Urge to be curled up in bed with a beautiful woman at the end of it all: maintaining high level
Urge to reformat list as HTML table: rising, but threshold not met
Urge to reformat list with colons inside bold tags: succumbed
Chances of getting along to the 48 Hour Party: negligible
Packing completed: 5%
Cowbell?: more required
Pony?: not yours
King?: still not
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Date: 2009-08-26 08:00 am (UTC)Go go go! You can do it! *Cheers*
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Date: 2009-08-26 11:57 pm (UTC)Oh, wait - too late for that already ;-)
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Date: 2009-08-26 10:16 am (UTC)When I used to write plays I had this software called Final Draft, and one of the things it could do was give you a report on the number of profanties used, where they appear and exactly what they are.
If those are the vege samosas I'm thinking of, they are quite simply awesome.
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Date: 2009-08-26 11:24 am (UTC)I don't know if they're exactly the ones you're thinking of but they're roughly tetrahedral, filled with curried tasty goodness and around the size of a reasonably big fist. We seem to be fairly well-off for Indian food on campus, I think. I'm also pleased to see the cafes marking products that are vegetarian and/or halal as a matter of course, now.
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Date: 2009-08-26 01:35 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-08-26 11:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-26 08:27 pm (UTC)Nomnomnom!
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Date: 2009-08-26 11:55 pm (UTC)< Appreciation >