Hold that fanfare.

[kickaha]

I'm not walking in May. Period. My advisor and I had a major miscommunication... to defend, one must have a ready dissertation document. Them's the rules. They've allowed *one* student to bypass that and that's only because he was living in Brazil and his employer was going to fire him if he didn't successfully defend, so they let him fly up for the defense on a last-minute thing, and he could finish writing it later. Several years later, he still hasn't submitted the completed document, so they're not going to let it happen again.

I was working under the understanding that I would be able to defend once I had the research and results, and could spend the summer writing the last 100 of the 300 pgs or so. Not so. This means there's no way I can make the April 15th deadline to walk in May. C'est la vie.

Time to call the folks and tell them to cancel their plane tickets.

Fuck.

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[kimokeane.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't they have replaced the Shields with the new, crappy Old Well symbol that looks just like a mug of beer?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Now *that* I haven't seen...

got a pic?

[kimokeane.livejournal.com]

sent you email with a version of it - I still haven't managed to locate a place to host LJ pics...
Anything going on tonite? Bored...

:(

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

We were at dinner with friends in CH tonight who *really* needed some cheering and distraction. This has been a Very Bad Week for many people.

If you're free Sunday (afternoon/early evening), I might be having a small gathering while K works...

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[kimokeane.livejournal.com]

I hope you got the messages that curvyart left for you! It occured to me today that we never spoke directly with you, and I hope there wasn't some massive miscommunication that left you feeling blown-off. I didn't reply to this earlier because I was looking for your email addy rather than posting, then I just spaced on Saturday. But I hope you had some fun yesterday anyway.

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[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

I did, indeed. :) I didn't feel blown off, but I appreciate you asking.

We both needed a weekend of rest (I actually got to hang out with K for *4* hours this weekend! And he didn't have his laptop on his lap!)

Hope to see you soon. It has been too long.

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[kimokeane.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm, and just what WAS on his lap, I wonder! ;)