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Maaik
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« Reply #225 on: Apr 07, 2008, 12:52:09 AM »
Aglaya and our friend Darcy came to visit this weekend and it was pretty awesome.  tMO and I got up and made everyone a big breakfast of pancakes and scrambled eggs and bacon.  We went record shopping (literally ALL but about fifteen of Aglaya's cds were stolen months back, so she's building her collection from the ground up) and then across the street to this awesome yarn/knitting shop.  Then to Central Presbyterian downtown for my brother's Senior Organ Recital, which kicked ass.  Finally, we kicked around Little 5s for a while, ending at Ali Baba's to eat falafel and share a hookah.

It was a really nice weekend.
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G.C.R
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« Reply #226 on: Apr 07, 2008, 01:21:56 AM »
Where is Crissee these days? And by where I mean, why is she not here?
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« Reply #227 on: Apr 07, 2008, 12:55:13 PM »
Guys... GUYS! I totally might have half a job.  Very Happy
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #228 on: Apr 07, 2008, 04:32:41 PM »
WOOT! I have finally finished the Blood Meridian section of my thesis, and turned it in for review! I am celebrating with a couple of cold ones at my favorite bar, thinking about working on a story I've been playing with.

Though really I should continue on to the Last Exit to Brooklyn section, but hey, fuck it, it's bad decision Monday!
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #229 on: Apr 07, 2008, 04:51:41 PM »
Oh fuck well it IS Bad Decision Monday but I'm working on the LEtB section anyway cuz MAN it feels good to just get some motherfucking WORK done! And it's a beautiful spring day! And I'm having drinks! Life = Much Love right now!


Also anyone that's read Blood Meridian and is perhaps interested in reading 20+ pages of analysis and giving me their frank opinions on it, please let me know
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Wally
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« Reply #230 on: Apr 07, 2008, 04:53:49 PM »
Dude, I'd love to read it! Send it on over.
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #231 on: Apr 07, 2008, 04:55:08 PM »
Dom I'd fell pretty bad about it considering I owe you critiques from like two years ago. Hope you unnerstand that my life is pretty much school, work and LPTJ. I'll still send it to you though if you promise you'll still ove me
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alex
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« Reply #232 on: Apr 07, 2008, 04:55:22 PM »
Yay for for finishing draft chapters and for getting work done, Miles!

(I haven't read Blood Meridian, though.)
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Wally
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« Reply #233 on: Apr 07, 2008, 04:58:02 PM »
Quote from: elpollodiablo on Apr 07, 2008, 04:55:08 PM
Dom I'd fell pretty bad about it considering I owe you critiques from like two years ago. Hope you unnerstand that my life is pretty much school, work and LPTJ. I'll still send it to you though if you promise you'll still ove me

Ah, ya know my love for you is eternal. Heck, I'd forgotten about that other thing anyway.
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Wally
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« Reply #234 on: Apr 07, 2008, 04:59:24 PM »
On topic, making me happy is that after four 12 hour shifts on the trot I don't have to go into work tomorrow. The old people can get their own medicine!
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #235 on: Apr 07, 2008, 05:05:04 PM »
Yeah! Screw their medical needs!

Dom, I will definitely send that on over to you! And I hope that once I finish the Selby section, you'll read that as well, as you're one of the few Selby readers I know.
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Wally
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« Reply #236 on: Apr 07, 2008, 05:15:52 PM »
The people who employ me seem pretty keen on screwing their patients (I'm sorry clients) medical, psychological, physical, and care needs, so why shouldn't I be the same!

And hell yes, send the BM bit you've done, and I'd be super interested to read the Selby portion as well. Same goes for the rest, if I remember rightly Flannery O'Connor is in there, right? Wise Blood, is the one I think you said you were doing.
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #237 on: Apr 07, 2008, 05:29:22 PM »
Yeah actually my initial idea of a thoroughgoing evaluation of five different novels over five decades turned into a discussion of two novels because I realized at some point that writing a 100pg thesis is probably not conducive to good course grades. So it's just BM and LEtB, with a bit of an introduction. Maybe someday I'll expand it to something book-length, though!
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alex
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« Reply #238 on: Apr 07, 2008, 05:32:35 PM »
Heh, my thesis had 125 pages, I think. I should've narrowed it down, though, so good call there!
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kadiekatRN
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« Reply #239 on: Apr 07, 2008, 05:36:36 PM »
After over two weeks of being computer-less due to a melted power cord and marginal competence by my first "Genius" at the Apple Store, I now have my beloved Macbook back and in working order.

Yay!

Also, I have a couple days off after working three 12-hour nights in a row.  All is well.
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #240 on: Apr 07, 2008, 05:49:23 PM »
Yay! Good to see you, Katie! I hope we end up moving to CHI and not NYC sos I can hang with you and Frank and Jeb-o and all the good MKE peeps

Also alex: this isn't even really like a real thesis, it is something I'm doing to earn departmental honors. Minimum requirement is 40 pages. So no need to kill myself, is what I'm saying; especially considering that I've got 16 hours worth of regular classes to think about on top of it.
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alex
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« Reply #241 on: Apr 07, 2008, 05:52:55 PM »
Alright, yeah, different thing. And in any case, I totally didn't mean to imply that you should do more than that, I honestly think that narrowing it down is usually a good choice in such academic undertakings.

Hilariously enough, however, I tried sketching out a tentative structure for my PhD the other week and ended up with 12 chapters or so. I'm a hopeless case, it seems.
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #242 on: Apr 07, 2008, 05:54:46 PM »
No way, man! If anything, I wish I could just churn out 100 pgs and have the luxury of pruning it down to 40 or 50 pages that really expressed my argument well. Better to have an excess than a deficit in matters such as these!
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Wally
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« Reply #243 on: Apr 07, 2008, 06:03:00 PM »
Alex, you know in june that I'm going to bug the hell out of you with questions about your thesis and your PHD.

Man, you guys are getting me all worked up over the idea that next year my course gets all essay instead of presentation and exam based.
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #244 on: Apr 07, 2008, 06:05:41 PM »
I would rather have essays than exams any day of the motherfucking week, for sure
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died_trying
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« Reply #245 on: Apr 07, 2008, 06:07:09 PM »
yeah i was gonna say thats a good thing right? fuck i hate presentations.
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #246 on: Apr 07, 2008, 06:11:46 PM »
YOU SHOULD BE MAKING BAD DECISIONS RIGHT NOW
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Wally
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« Reply #247 on: Apr 07, 2008, 06:11:53 PM »
To be clear, that's what I'm saying. I'm worked up with JOY.
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alex
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« Reply #248 on: Apr 07, 2008, 06:13:57 PM »
As you should be!

And feel free to try to bug me with questions anytime, man.
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Wally
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« Reply #249 on: Apr 07, 2008, 06:19:39 PM »
Aw, thanks, but if I wait until June I can watch you squirm and look for an escape route as the questions are asked.
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