I have actual progress to report. Hurray! Spent this summer working page by page to fix a turgid dull repetetive draft of my proposal. Got the word back from my advisor a few days ago :
Your organization, writing, and conceptual framework are very clear. The proposal is in very good shape. I think you are ready to defend.
Shall I tattoo those words onto my forearm?
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Defending Proposal Soon
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Whohoo! Congrats, JD! But about the tattoo, I might wait until you were done, then tattoo PhD on your arm. :-)
Hooray! I say tattoo "You are ready" somewhere on you. Or at least write it with a pen.
Billie and Abby
Both good ideas ! My son finds it just a little strange (in a good way) that he has a mom who sends texts and is (kind of) a computer geek. What'll he think when I show up at graduation with tats?
Give me a year or 2 & we'll find out.
You know, people don't seem to do that, to tattoo Ph.D. on them. I think, maybe, because we can, if we want, put those letters after out names on email signatures and such. But I'm telling you, the tat crossed my mind. Honestly.
I have never seen anyone with a Ph.D. tattooed on them either. Abby,
It's a truly funny idea. I suppose we'd run the risk of communicating something we did not mean to and being intrepreted as totally elitist . It might be hard to convey that we are celebrating the sheer capacity to guts it out and, to our own shock and surprise,finish.
In truth I am not convinced of the wisdom of a tattoo on a 52 year old body, who knows the eventual wrinkles might cause it to turn into another word! But yet I do consider it.
I know what you mean, JD. I suppose if I were to do it (and I'm not going to), I'd put it somewhere most people wouldn't see. But when my husband did an Ironman, he considered getting a tattoo to commemorate/celebrate the accomplishment. And a lot of the people there already had those tattoos. Now, I can't do an Ironman, but that only took a day. The training took a year, but still. I'll put my six years of a Ph.D. program up against the year of training, you know?
Abby ---
Exactly. It is a triumphant accomplishment to persist against many odds and earn your doctorate. Tatto- or at least major celebration-worthy, for sure.
Whoo hoo! Kudos.
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