If I have one lesson to learn in life, it is to be more patient. A year ago, I had no friends in my new home state of Indiana, a quasi-uninteresting lump of a sleepless baby, and I was completing an MFA in creative writing that was feeling like a frustrating waste of time. I [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘thesis’
May 15, 2007
Pitter’s Mother, MFA
Yesterday, I was awarded a Mistress in Faking the Arts/Masters of Fine Arts in a grand theater in Boston.
At least I believe that I was. I have no actual proof that my name was read aloud while my robed colleagues strutted across the stage and accepted their $37K degrees with a handshake.
And so [...]
April 20, 2007
Slowly but surely
…things get better.
Pitter woke up only once last night for a snack.
The thesis is printed on its pretty paper and shipped to the excellent friend who will run around to get it signed before turning it in to the department.
And, there is photographic proof that Pitter had a lovely time playing with friends and eating a [...]
April 18, 2007
During which time Pitter is mistaken for a cat
The defense was worse than I ever imagined it could be. To my ego, it was on par with the physical pain of the transition phase of labor without drugs, during which I sat in a shower for two hours, hallucinating on tiny gray tiles, praying to die.
My adviser disagreed with the standard to which [...]
April 6, 2007
pop the cork!
Okay, we’re not really doing that until the thing is printed on its pretty Crane paper, signed by all 4 required parties, and turned in by the final deadline on April 25.
HOWEVER, we have just FedExed the final copies of my thesis to my reader and adviser. This effectively means I. Am. Done. Writing. Yahooooooooooooo. [...]
