Louise's thoughts

3 questions

I am exhausted, so you are only allowed to ask me three questions. If they are interesting enough I might elaborate on them.

So did you finish your dissertation?
Well, yes I did. Thursday night I made final corrections and thanks to my brother, I got some nice pictures rather than the default bar graphs from excel (not that I don't know how to do that, but it was time consuming beyond my patience at that point)

So did you hand it in?
No I did not.

Why not?
Well... let me just say the printer didn't work. The printer setup means that PDF documents over a specific size come out in a wrong (monospaced, san-serif) font. System administration is not open at 11 pm. You get a bonus question because I can't say more about this.

Did you have fun at the big party on Friday?
No, I did not. In fact I had a horrible time arguing with the guy next to me about the PhD education in Denmark, a guy who happened to be in charge of a large blue corporation in Denmark. I turned to the other side and talked to a nicer guy (dean of a large university). Somehow the administration/event planner had placed us after our expected conversation skills, completely forgetting that I had spend the past three weeks conversing with my computer in academic English. That inhibits your ability to small talk quite a bit. Later I found out that the 'crush of my life' had gotten a new girlfriend and found myself crying in the ladies room while my girlfriend tried to comfort me and another guy I had flirted with earlier knocked on the door, trying to explain why he thought I was nice but not anything for him. I danced the rest of the night away but couldn't shake the feeling of defeat. Even the bartenders thought I was the 'saddest girl with a Martini' ever.

That's all you get for tonight. You might find that I am being a bit too personal, but I really can't help it. I have been stuck in my office for three weeks and I have missed being in touch with reality and virtual entrusting.