March 31, 2004

The 'froghurt' is also cursed

Good news: when my supervisor said, one day before my thesis was due in, "your chapters are more like separate essays that a thesis", he did not mean "nothing is related to anything else. There is no coherency. Get out of my sight". Instead he merely meant the thesis needs to say 'see chapter X' in a few more places. Phew.

Bad news: despite the fact I was not faced with having to try and write a new thesis between 9:30am and 4 this afternoon, I didn't quite have the time to put it all together today, without making a hash / rush job of it. Bugger.

Good news: I told Jim and Mohammed this. They suggested having a 'chat' to the registry. Went there, told my sob story, and batted my eyelashes at the bearded, all-powerful registry Master's Thesis Thesis Master, who will be played by Sean Connery in the movie version. Mr Connery was most sympathetic to my plight, and could see the stupidity of me having to re-enrol and pay 800 dollars for an extra day or two. He suggested I go and pay my hard binding fee, and get a fee clearance dated for today, whilst skipping the whole tedious phase of actually presenting a thesis. This I did. He has taken down my name, and now for me at the registry, Wednesday is actually three days long. I can submit Friday 'under the radar'(shhh) with no penalty. Hurrah. Yay for common sense at the registry. All hail Sean Connery. Ben Vs. Doom - Fight! Ben Win.

Bad news: The thesis also cheats Death, and lives yet. That armour's too strong for blasters! I'm switching to my harpoon and tow cable, it might be my only chance of stopping it.

Good news: I should be fine by Friday. If not, I hereby give the populace at large permission to stone me to death, perhaps using spoons rather than stones. (Because it'll hurt more, you idiot.)

Bad news: No carousing for me this evening. But you get this.

Right, and now the thesis will learn proper respect in the Pit of Hate. (That's 5 pop culture references in a post of around 400 words. Not bad.)

Thanks for the various messages of support everyone, you only need to keep giving them for another 48 hours or so. Promise.

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