robotnik2004 | Go Robbie, It's Your Birthday!

I've been virtually silent the last few weeks, on email, LJ, and all the usual time-wasting suspects. All summer I've been a hermit, terrible at keeping in touch with my family and friends, even many local ones. (One exception: that @#%! Unknown USA Wiki. Like the Pinkertons, our geeky obsession-addictions never sleep.) Thank you for your patience and my apologies to all. There are two related reasons for this hermitude. One is that I've been working like crazy, the other is that since late July I've been suffering from pretty gnarly RSI.

Ah. But. Come close now. Whisper it...

Today I finished writing a draft of my dissertation.

Now, a lot of it is a mess, and I have a ton of revising to do, and I don't have an introduction or a conclusion yet, and how come it took me this long anyway, and, and, and, all the typical weaselly disclaimers. Nevertheless! This is a milestone and a very nice birthday present to myself. Saying "I'm revising my dissertation" puts me in a very different headspace than "I'm writing my dissertation."

I'm probably going to take off in the next couple of days to Canada for a week or so, both Wolf Lake and Toronto. More details soon.

Happy Birthday to me!