Brain broken.
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lederhosenSo we were discussing Jane Austen and Iain M. Banks in two separate threads on the Cabal list (TINC), and somebody asked how we could link the two.
Ceredwyn suggested a ship named "Pride and Prejudice", and it sort of went downhill from there.
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>>'Pride and Extreme Prejudice' would be fun too, of
>>course.
>
>Let's see, we've got a priest character... Clint Eastwood's character in
>Pale Rider was referred to as Preacher, we could cast him in that role.
Sigourney Weaver as Elizabeth Bennett.
Jury-rigging a flamethrower and chasing Wickham through
the air ducts to rescue her younger syster, Lydia 'Newt'
Bennett from his clutches.
With a disembodied voice chanting "You have two more years
to find a suitable husband... one year eleven months... one
year ten months..." to keep up the pressure.
And in the end she overcomes her anti-synthetic prejudices
and marries the DarcyDroid, played by Colin Firth.
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This is what happens when I get stressed about my thesis. o.O
Sat there looking at my work for hours last night, and came to the horrific conclusion that there was a very large error in my results that meant the data I've been collecting for the last five years is complete crap, and months of hard work would be required to fix it.
Then at midnight I gave up and went to bed, dispirited, and while lying awake feeling extremely depressed thought of another possible explanation for my results. Which reduces this to an already-known, localised, reasonably well-understood glitch that *doesn't* ruin everything, or indeed anything of importance. Had to fight the urge to get dressed and go back to the lab to check it then and there.
So we end on a happy note, but I really could've done without the excitement. Doing this PhD is bloody hard work.
Oh, the other good news is that my supervisor didn't eviscerate me; he was somewhat pessimistic (which I realised is partly because he hasn't actually seen any of the work I've done since last year, not that that's MY fault). And he agrees with the way I want to structure it, this is good.
See, this is what happens when I have a beautifully stable and supportive relationship with my fiancee. I have to find other people to angst about instead. I have a bad tendency to cycle, which I really should get out of. At least I once more have the basis for a decent thesis.
Ceredwyn suggested a ship named "Pride and Prejudice", and it sort of went downhill from there.
*****
>>'Pride and Extreme Prejudice' would be fun too, of
>>course.
>
>Let's see, we've got a priest character... Clint Eastwood's character in
>Pale Rider was referred to as Preacher, we could cast him in that role.
Sigourney Weaver as Elizabeth Bennett.
Jury-rigging a flamethrower and chasing Wickham through
the air ducts to rescue her younger syster, Lydia 'Newt'
Bennett from his clutches.
With a disembodied voice chanting "You have two more years
to find a suitable husband... one year eleven months... one
year ten months..." to keep up the pressure.
And in the end she overcomes her anti-synthetic prejudices
and marries the DarcyDroid, played by Colin Firth.
*****
This is what happens when I get stressed about my thesis. o.O
Sat there looking at my work for hours last night, and came to the horrific conclusion that there was a very large error in my results that meant the data I've been collecting for the last five years is complete crap, and months of hard work would be required to fix it.
Then at midnight I gave up and went to bed, dispirited, and while lying awake feeling extremely depressed thought of another possible explanation for my results. Which reduces this to an already-known, localised, reasonably well-understood glitch that *doesn't* ruin everything, or indeed anything of importance. Had to fight the urge to get dressed and go back to the lab to check it then and there.
So we end on a happy note, but I really could've done without the excitement. Doing this PhD is bloody hard work.
Oh, the other good news is that my supervisor didn't eviscerate me; he was somewhat pessimistic (which I realised is partly because he hasn't actually seen any of the work I've done since last year, not that that's MY fault). And he agrees with the way I want to structure it, this is good.
See, this is what happens when I have a beautifully stable and supportive relationship with my fiancee. I have to find other people to angst about instead. I have a bad tendency to cycle, which I really should get out of. At least I once more have the basis for a decent thesis.
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Date: 2002-04-30 11:56 pm (UTC)*bleed*
Stable, eh?
Date: 2002-05-01 12:29 am (UTC)After all, you've threatened twice to call the whole thing off for absolutely no reason. (1)
You've forced me to endure horrific tortures and expected me to stay.(2)
And you still hog the quilt.
If this is stable...
(1) I mean, playing the cute recorded somg from a toy wasn't really that bad, was it?
(2) And every time the bedroom is dark, those glow-ing teletubbies force themselves into my consciousness.
Re: Stable, eh?
Date: 2002-05-01 01:37 am (UTC)Re: Stable, eh?
Date: 2002-05-01 04:08 pm (UTC)Damn. Of course, was that *before* or *after* you stuck the glowing guys to the ceiling? See, unprovoked attack is so much different than *vengence*...
Re: Stable, eh?
Date: 2002-05-01 06:38 pm (UTC)Re: Stable, eh?
Date: 2002-05-01 11:13 pm (UTC)Without a heavy dose of Time 4, isn't "after" meaning event that occurs later in time than before? :-)รค
Re: Stable, eh?
Date: 2002-05-02 05:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-05-05 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-05-05 05:49 pm (UTC)