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Another one of those annoying milestones
30 August 07 11:48 AM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
Today marks 500 days since I officially began writing my thesis. Notice that I didn't say that I've been writing for 500 days, because there are some weekends in there when I didn't do any writing. I really had hoped to have submitted before the big 500, Read More...
So much to do, so little time
17 August 07 08:25 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
I'm sorry to say, but today marks my 4 1/2 year mark of being a PhD student. And I am even sorrier to say today that my scholarship expired. So, I'm going to be 'roughing it' until I can find any sort of employment, the search for which is still being Read More...
Pressure, pushing down on me...
13 July 07 04:45 PM | wayne.griffiths | 3 Comments   
(a small diversion - has anyone else ever confused the beginnings of the songs "Under Pressure" by Queen and "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice? 'Cause I have...) Well, I've just finished a meeting with my supervisors. The first piece of news was that one Read More...
Unwanted Milestone
04 June 07 02:40 PM | wayne.griffiths | 2 Comments   
On the weekend I passed a milestone that I had hoped I would never come to in the first place - my fifth birthday whilst a PhD student. How naïve I was to think all those years ago that I'd be finished in three years, three and a half at the most. It Read More...
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The Final(?) Countdown
08 May 07 07:42 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
Cue the very 80s sounding music of the same title that has been used to death for just about every Australian election television coverage that I can remember. With some fair amount of horror, I realised today that I am meant to submit my thesis in 100 Read More...
Happy anniversary...
18 April 07 12:38 PM | wayne.griffiths | 1 Comments   
...to me! With all the talk of weddings on here lately, I thought it only appropriate to recognise my own anniversary. And no, I'm not married. It has been exactly one year since I started writing my thesis. Sure, I started planning its structure well Read More...
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Drowning in the typing pool
29 March 07 07:59 PM | wayne.griffiths | 3 Comments   
One of my most cherished possessions in recent weeks (/months) has been a set of headphones and some music I have copied across to my computer from CDs. "Why?" I hear you ask. It's an interesting thing to cherish. One reason is that the music can relax Read More...
Right here waiting for you
21 February 07 05:25 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
I was recently informed by a third party that my co-supervisor has had constraints imposed upon them by an employer so that apparently they are only allowed to spend half an hour a week on me! I have a one hour meeting each fortnight, which translates Read More...
Dead____
15 February 07 12:53 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
And so I now have a hard deadline (although technically I had one before, just not so much in bold print ) to submit my thesis in the next six months. With that realisation comes pressure...pressure to get it done, so that all my supervisors (and I guess Read More...
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