Writing and CV's and Jobs . . . Oh my!

Ok, so here's an interesting occurrence. I had a meeting with a big time money woman at another University . . . I may have mentioned this meeting, but quite frankly I don't feel like going back through all of the shizz I have posted to figure it out . . . so, anyway, the meeting was kind of a probing, pre-interview, type of thingy. We sat around and talked about research interests, teaching, bureacratic crap that goes on in University settings, etc. So, the meeting went really well, and we have very similar interests, and she thinks I would be a good fit at University X. Great! Scary, but great! So, I get an email today that says she has distributed my cv to the dean and other faculty memebers she thinks would be interested in my shizz. In fact, before she gave it to the dean, the dean asked her if she had ever thought about researching incarcerated populations . . . THAT'S MY MAIN SHIZZ, Y'ALL! I find all of this very exciting . . . and scary . . . and stuff. I mean, the idea of getting on at a University in more of a research position, is soooooooo not what I have ever really wanted to do . . . HOWEVER, if I get on at this University or another one like it, I can get my loans mostly or completely paid for. I can do anything for a while to remove the government loan monkey from my back.

All of this is great, but, I am still not done with my dissertation. I think I am going to take a week off in a couple of weeks and just plow through it. Once I get the COMPLETED draft on paper . . . I will feel soooo much better. That's just how I roll. I'm much better working with a completed document than feeling the pressure to create.

All of this to say, it is soooo time for me to get my hindquarters in gear, and get to getting.

I'm not really sure if anyone is reading this blog or not. . . I put the counter on the page, but it is hard to tell whether the numbers are from me and L or others. So, if you're reading this, post a comment, give a shout out . . . let us know what you think.

Be productive, and don't let the divas get ya down!

J

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled PhD students!

Ok, so not a long post tonight, folks. . . I am having a tiny, little bit of trouble getting focused on school stuff this week. I work about eleventy jobs and it becomes very easy to procrastinate. I will have to wait until Friday to touch my school stuff again. The way I work, my money work is Tuesday-Thursday . . . . some of it spills over to Monday and Friday . . . because, well, I HAVE TO EAT. Therefore, my PhD has taken a wee bit longer than others'. Yes, you all can read into this statement that I am BITTER about those that get to SIMPLY WORK ON THEIR PHD WHILE THEY ARE BEING SUPPORTED BY THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS . . . now, don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge them this advantage . . . I just don't want to be judged against an unfair standard. And, it seems that WE are. WE, meaning L and myself, have, in my opinion, been unfairly judged, because WE cannot get our stuff done as quickly as those who have been able to work straight through. UGH!

Ok, I ramble . . . so, I've got to get on with my shizz this week. All y'all . . . is anybody listening . . . I need all y'all who might even think about reading this blog to put out good feelings to me this week so that I can write and move towards getting done with this . . . oh so beautiful process . . .
:)

Peace out, yo

J