Well, ladies and germs, I did it. I managed with a messed-up computer (which was entirely my own fault; and besides, I pledged to myself, when I bought this computer in 2003 and paid it off in 2004, that THIS, this right here, would be the computer upon which I would write my dissertation; and so it has been).
Yes, indeed. I have completed The Great Work for now. I have distributed, defended, and deposited my dissertation – and then I walked in the hooding ceremony, and stood up and applauded during the very lame commencement ceremony. I don’t care. Now I have official pictures and documents to the effect that I hold a PhD and EFFING NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME.
I’ll be honest and explain to you that I really did feel as though I were scratching and clawing my way through entirely new territory. I made a lot of mistakes, but I have also pledged that I shall rectify them when I am revising/rewriting my “opus” into a book that may be read and digested by all. That much is within my power to grant – to myself, to my work, to you.
And so, thank you, for your support and readership over the years. And you and I both shall look forward to much to come…
(My hat, biotches!)
2 Comments
May 24, 2009 at 9:09 am
Yes, at my Master’s commencement this week I was very envious of my professor’s hats. I just got the paper one still. Again, congrats to you! I’m so excited my Twitter friends are also finishing up at the same time as me.
May 24, 2009 at 6:00 pm
My daughter, the doctor. So glad to have witnessed all of the pomp and circumstance.