http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/14/search-terms/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/14/search-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Justine Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:19:56 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=91#comment-441 Stephanie: Glad to be of service. Good luck! Stephanie: Glad to be of service. Good luck!

]]> http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/14/search-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Stephanie Burgis Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:10:49 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=91#comment-440 Thanks for posting this, Justine! it's exactly what I needed to read right now, as I've just started a full-time job and still have my PhD thesis hanging over me. Man, is this time for some serious motivation... Thanks for posting this, Justine! it’s exactly what I needed to read right now, as I’ve just started a full-time job and still have my PhD thesis hanging over me. Man, is this time for some serious motivation…

]]> http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/14/search-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Justine Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:40:34 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=91#comment-388 Claire: All I can do is offer my heartfelt condolences. Good luck with it all! Onya! Claire: All I can do is offer my heartfelt condolences. Good luck with it all! Onya!

]]> http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/14/search-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-386 claire Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:18:18 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=91#comment-386 how about idiots like me, who are trying to finish our mfa theses, which are novels, involving shitloads of historical and scientific research? don't we get a triple prize: for writing a longer thesis than we have to, for killing two birds with one stone, and for finding a way to make wimpy, half-assed, non-exhaustive research have a point? shouldn't i be getting more than just an mfa? like published or laid or something? how about idiots like me, who are trying to finish our mfa theses, which are novels, involving shitloads of historical and scientific research? don’t we get a triple prize: for writing a longer thesis than we have to, for killing two birds with one stone, and for finding a way to make wimpy, half-assed, non-exhaustive research have a point? shouldn’t i be getting more than just an mfa? like published or laid or something?

]]> http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/14/search-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Justine Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:09:00 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=91#comment-376 Yup, there's another good reason. Though I guess it depends on how far along with it you are. If you've only just started, giving up is no big deal. Especially if you're doing your PhD somewhere like Australia where there's no course work only thesis. Yup, there’s another good reason. Though I guess it depends on how far along with it you are. If you’ve only just started, giving up is no big deal. Especially if you’re doing your PhD somewhere like Australia where there’s no course work only thesis.

]]> http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/07/14/search-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-371 janet Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:46:32 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=91#comment-371 another motivator is that if you don't finish your thesis, you will always feel that the time you spent on it was utterly wasted. I know from experience. another motivator is that if you don’t finish your thesis, you will always feel that the time you spent on it was utterly wasted. I know from experience.

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