(on a sidenote, my second reader told me, after going through the first draft of my thesis, that reading it "made him mad" and he was "insulted" by it, but not because the topic is controversial, but because he feels i've done little to no research, created a lot of colorful description, and buried the lack of analytical framework in it in hopes that no one will notice. in short, he's telling me i've prodcued 40 pages of fluff?? i'm good, but i don't think i'm that good....)
anyway, back to wednesday... our advisor took some of us out to dinner in portland and then we decided it was an appropriate night to drink and get ridiculous in the grove, something which i've successfully avoided doing all year. alas, there was no happy drunk night in store for me, as some people feel that it is appropriate to have serious and potentially hurtful conversations in the middle of a crowded bar before i've even had a chance to start getting drunk... it killed any buzz i was to have for the rest of the night, so i decided i might as well maintain my sobriety (mostly) to avoid a drunken emotional confrontation. how very mature of me.
so now i am sitting in the san fran airport, waiting to catch my flight down to so.cal. what am i doing down there? you may ask.... well, i decided that since is spent my senior year spring break in the library, i deserve a break after the completion of my presentation, so i'm headed down to san diego to visit my friend anya for the weekend, drink tea, and relax. hopefully relax in the sun, although i'm pretty sure it's gonna rain down there this weekend. i'm bringing some portland with me, i suppose....
so from now until monday evening, i am officially shutting down my academic portion of my brain and just relaxing.
have a fabulous weekend everyone. i am now at one month until graduation. hoo-ray.
always.....
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