Thesised to pieces
By Primal Sneeze ~ January 15th, 2008. Filed under: Back to school, Education, Spam.
That’s what I am – thesised to pieces. Six days solid now trying to finish the damn thing. Every waking minute and some of the sleeping ones.
Six long days under mouse arrest and all I’ve got to show for it is 20,000 words. They are good words though. I’ve used the word the a lot. It has to be good – it’s in thousands of other theses so it must be. I’m going to use the word conclusion at the end. What do you think? A good move?
So anyway, blogging’s going to be light the next day or two. I may not even get to read yours. I won’t get to read the newspapers. I won’t even get to read the text from aunt Nell asking me to mind her cat.
Before I sign off though, just some quick messages to my most frequent commenters:
Daniel – Listen here, dick head! If you’ve enjoyed every single post on my blog but would “like to check some references” then you are just plain thick and shouldn’t be reading blogs. Get the fekin Beano or a lad mag or something and leave me alone. Fek off!
Samantha2267 – Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know you “love my blog and will be back”. Just stop telling me that 20 times a day. Bitch! Fek off!
Ryexf and your mates Grskiq, Lfpwic and the rest of yez – No, I do not need any Superclorofiedunction with or without prescription. In tab form or otherwise. Oh, and I like my lad the size it is, thank you. The lot of yez, just fek off!
Carlos, Mario, Antonio etc. – Right, so you found my blog while “searching for information on dromedary scrotal hair / Zen and the art of lawnmower repair / fur-lined sky-hooks / whatever”. Know what I think? You need help! Help with Google. Yee lot, fek off too!
sounds like you’re on the home straight, Primal. maith fear, guím gach rath ar an obair!
Poor Darling. I feel your pain. It is 11:40 here and I’ve just finished working. I could blame the lack of hooch form my increased productivity, but really I just work a lot. So good luck with your thesis, as Rosie says it sounds like you have it nailed.
You’re within sight of the winning post, Toots. And well done. Well freaking done. It’s a real achievement. Give yourself a wee bit of time when you’re done to sit back and look at what you’ve accomplished. Keep going – one last push!
Look to your email in the next few days, as well.
Thankee all very many!
Rosie – This is Chelthenham – the home straight is all uphill.
FMC – “And so it came to pass, that in those days, calleth out the Sneeze – ‘get thee back to thine hooch, woman.’ And verily did the woman return to the place of hooch from whence she came”.
Might see ya there meself when this is all over.
Sam – Have you been doing some Life Coaching course?
And yes, consider my email looked to.
Mouse arrest – heh heh.
You have it all wrong I’m afraid. You have to use 20,000 individual words – repeating is not allowed. All the two letter Scrabble ones count, and my advice is to not waste energy typing long ones like helicopter and marmalade.
I think I can – I know I can, I think I can -I know I can.
Advice on finishing a thesis, from a Dad who has read Thomas the Tank Engine one too many times.
Hi. I googled for something else and found this fine site. I must not agree with all your arguments but keep the great postings coming qx3m42#^h!
Caro – Fek! Now you tell me. I wonder if “mar ma lade” counts as three?
John – Thomas would be a welcome break. I like the Gruffalo but having had to read each story twice the last 12 weekends in a row I’m losing patience.
Bock – Heh heh! Nice.
Primal – caught you lurking over at Mem’s!
Get back to your thesis honey, and stop dreaming of bountiful bootys! Most definitely take Thomas the Tank Engine’s advice – he knows you can, we know you can, you know you can, you can , you can, you can, you can, ….! Oh goodness, got a little carried away there – must be all that tear gas up my nose
White girl – I’ve been lurking over at your place too. A few times a day in fact, to keep apace with the news.
Anyway, I’m calmed down a bit. This afternoon I hand the work off to the Fat Controller for review. That’ll give me a day of relaxation while he reads it. I’m looking forward to the break and have been practising relaxing by lurking here and there.
What on earth time do you get up of a morning Sneezy?
Sam – 4am in summer. The same in winter unless it’s particularly cold or miserable when I lie in until half 4 or 5.
Two years of a 4am start to the working day in the job I had in Germany; one year in fresh food van-sales; six or so in an IT company in Dublin supporting the Asian and Antipodean offices. I can’t seem to put the body clock back to where it should be after all that. The winder’s bust.
4AM! That’s the middle of the night!
What time do you go to bed at (sorry for being nosey)?
Hang in there, Bub. Think of all this as fine fodder for posting.
Caro – I go when my body tells me or when someone else’s body tells me. Sorry to say, the latter doesn’t happen as often as I’d like.
Sugar – Will do, ma’am. Nearly there. I reckon 6 more hours then bung it off and hope for the best.
I’m gonna move that toe. I’m gonna move that toe.
Give us an S
S!
Give us an N
N!
Give us a double E, Z, Y
EEZY!
Nearly there! Keep going! Rah rah!
Sneezy, Sneezy,
He’s our man
If he can’t thesis
Noone can!
*Shakes pompoms*
Rah!
Eolaí – I’m gonna move that tow. I’m gonna move that toe and the other four and the size 9 they’re in and ….
Sam – I might hold on to that poetic gem if you don’t mind. I can think of a million uses for it.
Gosh Primal up early again with your lurking I see!
Hope the Fat Controller was happy with your submission and will blow his whistle with appropriate satisfaction – sorry, just wrote that and realised it sounds a bit rude – but hey you know what I mean.
Am keeping my toes crossed for you hon
White girl – Lurk early and often, I say. Same goes for voting.
Thanks Primal for that little tip. I’ll make sure Kenyans take note if we have to go back to the polls in a few months time – although perhaps the ‘often’ bit probably got us into this mess in the first place with some people voting a little more often than they perhaps should have in the one day!
Are you full of self-disgust? Do you emanate unpleasant odors? Are you living on caffeine and junk food? Are you wearing the same clothes for three days in a row?
If so, you’re doing just fine, Primal.
That’s all normal for writing a thesis.
The finished product will be brilliant, I’m sure.
Medbh – Yes. Yes. Yes & no. Yes.
Cool! So I’m doing almost everything required – I just need to work on the junk food bit and I get a first, right?
I prefr reedin in mmy own langwiz az eye’m not well vurzed in yurs.
I luv yur blahg, ey’ll be bak.
The Cat
Translation: It’s all Grandad’s fault. He’s gone away (he keeps telling us this) and I had to go elsewhere and here’s where I ended up. Looks okay to me, wonder what Grandad was talking about then?
Kirk – The thing with Grandad is, how can we miss him when he won’t go away?
My thoughts exactly and it seems he’s not gone away again today or at least he said so in his latest post about being away.
Personally I think he just found a easy way to keep the blog going whilst he wither away at his book. Once a day crap posting. He’ll probably get away with it knowing him.