Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Scary (Dissertation) Bootcamp Pictures

I don't typically look at the site meter that's attached to this blog . . . who's got the time? But I did recently, and I find that the search terms to get here can be quite amusing. The funniest of late? "Scary bootcamp pictures."

I wonder what that might look like for us?

  • A photo of someone screaming in horror at her adviser's red pen comments on her A photo of someone in the grad carrels, crying and gnashing her teeth over her books (or the books she can't get through Interlibrary Loan)?
  • A photo of someone screaming in horror at her adviser's red pen comments on her dissertation?
  • A photo of someone wasting away to nothing as he types and types and types while muttering, "i must finish. . . i must . . . fin...." Then he passes out from exhaustion.
  • A photo of someone at his diss defense, as he begins to answer the last question and having to stop mid-sentence . . . the financial aid director comes in and says, "There's been a mistake. None of your financial aid these 10 years was valid. You owe the university $183,735 ... payable before you can finish this defense."
What would be a scary bootcamp photo for you?


Cross-posted at Parts-n-Pieces

1 comment:

Hootah said...

I just found your blog and LOVE it!! Thanks for "keeping it real" and not telling everyone how great your research is going and how swell your committee is and how easy it is to write the dissertation and, and... :)