degrees of freedom
After four more hours this morning of sitting in this chair (after four hours last night, and a couple the night before), I just sent off my second draft of my dissertation.
Some little part of me fantasizes that my adviser will be so impressed with my work that she will call it good. Ok, a large part of me wishes that. But that wish is not located in my frontal lobes, which is the powerhouse of reason, decision making, and logical thought. No, it is located in my primal lower brain, which is all about survival and the avoidance of pain. And keeping my liver working. That’s about the level I am operating at the moment…just keep that liver operating until my next draft comes back…
Lucky for me, it is a rare clear day here, and the sun is shining, and I am going out to Indian food where I will eat with my hands and drown my mental fatigue in masala sauce.
Three weeks to internship notification…
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