tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post111825054450637731..comments2023-10-16T05:22:00.853-04:00Comments on Pretty Hard, Dammit: Day 9: Stewgad vs. THE BUSStewgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05341545093347318440noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118420277288730512005-06-10T12:17:00.000-04:002005-06-10T12:17:00.000-04:00Overread - Welcome, and thanks for posting! I was ...Overread - <BR/>Welcome, and thanks for posting! I was defintely reminded of Arthur Dent the first time I saw them out there. (The book version, not the movie that totally elminated the 2 best parts of that scene: the riff on Ghengis Khan and the way Ford negotiates with the bulldozer operators. Cart full of beer, sheesh. He used his WITS, man, not bribery!) <BR/><BR/>-SStewgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341545093347318440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118351397595214292005-06-09T17:09:00.000-04:002005-06-09T17:09:00.000-04:00Oh, I completely empathize with fighting public tr...Oh, I completely empathize with fighting public transportation. There is simply no way to win that one. Full points to the crunchies laying in front of the 'dozers a la Arthur Dent. <BR/><BR/>I like the blog a lot. I think I'll be dropping by more often. Good luck with the writing!Overreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289502991778326766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118331706623313242005-06-09T11:41:00.000-04:002005-06-09T11:41:00.000-04:00Explosion - Welcome and thanks for checking in! I...Explosion - Welcome and thanks for checking in! I liked your blog, too and added it to the links. It sounded like your tantrum didn't keep you from being productive, though, so good for you! Keep at it! <BR/><BR/>New Kid - A friend of mine once said one of the smartest things I had ever heard about why it was hard to be in academia. She said that teaching was difficult because the students are younger, richer, and prettier than you are, and that each year they'll only get younger, richer, and prettier as you get older and older and older. I try to remember that this situation is intentional, and that those nice wealthy students driving the Kompressors and Hummers are paying for my humble used Subaru. (Which in and of itself is an elite vehicle, if I'm really honest about it.) And then I try to remind myself that hey, no way would I ever want one of those obnoxious cars anyway. If for no other reason than that they only seem to come in day glow yellow, when everyone knows all things should be blue if they can help it. I then tell myself that one of the reasons I went into academia was because that excessive standard of living is neither required nor encouraged. But some days it is easier than others. But seriously, what are their parent's thinking? I know, I'll put my 18 year old pride and joy in a $60,000 killing machine and just hope and pray they don't run over anyone who happens to be in their way? Sigh. More money than sense, I suppose.Stewgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341545093347318440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118274722830961272005-06-08T19:52:00.000-04:002005-06-08T19:52:00.000-04:00One of the students on my campus drives a yellow M...One of the students on my campus drives a yellow Mercedes Kompressor. :-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118266243587748772005-06-08T17:30:00.000-04:002005-06-08T17:30:00.000-04:00I think today was all about embracing one's inner ...I think today was all about embracing one's inner child (or something like that), tantrums were had all over the place. Mine was documented earlier today and is over, for now. But I had one the day before too, so maybe tomorrow will be the same. Who knows?<BR/><BR/>I found your blog through various mutual links. I like reading it.The PhD Explosionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592405119259641894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118258362273522132005-06-08T15:19:00.000-04:002005-06-08T15:19:00.000-04:00Suz - Took your advice. 2nd coffee of the day in...Suz - Took your advice. 2nd coffee of the day in the works. <BR/><BR/>Sus / Sussi - Welcome and thanks so much for posting your comments! I'm glad you found the blog, even if it was in a procrastinatory moment. (Which of course, happen to all of us -and, I'm starting to believe, must actually be an integral part of the process.) Your comments totally made my day!! <BR/><BR/>And my two cents are that there are no small papers -- especially ones that are stepping-stones to important goals like degrees. I totally sympathize with the stuck-ness you're experiencing. I'm right there with you. I'm so stuck today that I'm about to start listing all of the reasons why the project scares me (one big one -- what if it sucks?), and what things I would rather be doing than the chapter (swimming, reading, eating ice-cream, cleaning the toilet, scrubbing the bottom of the trash can with a toothbrush, etc.) :) Sometimes that helps me break out of the rut. <BR/><BR/>Good luck to you as you work for this deadline, and as you finish up for the academic season. Stop by again soon and let me know how the paper and exams are going!Stewgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341545093347318440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118257166609345092005-06-08T14:59:00.000-04:002005-06-08T14:59:00.000-04:00Oh I just noticed - what a coincidence that the ot...Oh I just noticed - what a coincidence that the other person commenting on this entry is called Suz. My name is really Sussi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118256911464400332005-06-08T14:55:00.000-04:002005-06-08T14:55:00.000-04:00Hi! I found your blog by random surfing. Random su...Hi! <BR/><BR/>I found your blog by random surfing. Random surfing caused by yet another try to escape the paper I am currently writing. Right now I'm so stuck and the paper is due Friday morning. It's not a nice feeling. I tried to go for a walk. To get pizza though, but still it qualifies as a walk. Allthough that usually helps to clear my brain it didn't this time so I tried surfing the web instead and found your blog.<BR/>The paper I'm writing is just a tiny 15 pages exam but it's quite important to me because it's one of the big steps towards getting my first degree. After this exam, I have another one and then yet another one and then.. then I have the summer of! Just so you know, I am studying philosophy at a university in Denmark. <BR/>Anyway, I love the way you write and it helps me a lot to read the thoughts you have about writing academic papers, because I can really relate. Like the entry you did on revising.. It was such a relief to read that. <BR/>I really hope you don't mind me stopping by once in a while during the next 3 weeks, because I sure would like to. Good luck with your dissertation - it sounds really interesting.<BR/><BR/>SusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280638.post-1118252114708975722005-06-08T13:35:00.000-04:002005-06-08T13:35:00.000-04:00RX: Get caffiene, fast. Lots. Hurry.RX: Get caffiene, fast. Lots. Hurry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com