Today is the 21st and is also the deadline I imposed upon myself for my honor’s thesis. Did I meet my deadline? Sort of. Technically, not really. I’m okay with this.

My thesis stands at roughly 30 pages and I’ve still got the concluding sections to write up into something resembling an actual research thesis worthy of gaining academic cred. The literature review kicks much ass, though. I’ve been trying to figure out how to present the data (i.e., frequency tables, histograms, etc.), which results are most significant/interesting, and once I figure that out the rest of the paper will flow smoothly (or at least it does in my imagination). This is to be done by the 27th, with a presentation by the 3rd of December.

So while I still feel a crunch, it’s not the stress-ridden, hives-inducing, hand-wringing, OMFG *headdesk* OMFG crunch of last week, but a more mellow “get this done so you’re again a pleasant person to live with” crunch.

In the middle of all this, I’ve got my second jury summons of the year to report to, a two-page advertising/media critique to write, and a final exam two weeks before finals week even friggin’ begins.

Such are my woes.

We’re leaving town tomorrow to spend this tofurkey holiday drunk (or in my case, crunk) on the demon liquor mixed with a little bit of tryptophan with family and friends. We’ll return when we’re sober.

I hope to have my life partially back by the 28th, but it’s due in full by the 5th.

In the meantime, check out this awesome mini-tripod I picked up a couple weeks ago from our local, family-owned Berry’s Camera Shop (which has a half-dead dotcom but a fully-functional eBay Store), a Giottos Q.pod:

You can see why I needed this.