You could always go shopping for stationary: theraputic and vaguely useful to your thesis- you could pretend that those cartoon character files and glittery (scented) gel pens are to help you 'organise' and 'structure' your work?

RE: food and crushes - these could be a dangerous mix. I always seem to be eating chocolate whenever I bump into my crush in the lunchroom (meanwhile he eats fruit, herbal teas etc. Once when he walked it, I was scoffing a KitKat and I deftly gulped it down and chucked the wrapper into my book bag without him (or anybody) noticing...I think

Thanks...I'll do a bit of digging around and see what turns up...

lol Bibi, re: selling myself. Hmmm since starting this PhD the constant snacking and grazing whilst reading/ and for comfort, is taking its toll on my hitherto trim frame....my body is becoming increasingly less *ahem* marketable.

Unfortunately the department I am registered in doesn't take undergrads: only MA students and PhD's. So in my first year I am unable to teach or mark: it would have been a defacto condition of my fees studentship- but the university absolved me of it since my department effectively can't have me teach

I have thought about tutoring school age students privately: but to be honest, I only flowered in education post 18- so I don't think parents are going to want me to tutor their kids in 'A' Levels and GCSE's when mine were only average

Ditto. At least working in a library I can cadge some personal reading and listen to my walkman whilst photocopying.

Ouch! I'm so tired it hurts. Who would have thought a PhD would be so tiring? ...and I don't even feel like I even do that much anyway...

I guess that fur trimed gown and lovely bound thesis don't come easy...

*sobs*

In fact, I can be barely be bothered to cook...I think I'm just going to eat a packet of rich tea biscuits...one by one..
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks...yeah, I had thought it was unsustainable but will 'cherry pick' in the future. I had just wanted to buff up my history of science knowledge for one of my supervisors... Looking back at my MA dissertation: I must have read about 3 of the 30 cover to cover!

Actually, I am very good at discarding cruddy dudd books. I esp. hate it when I am shelf surfing at work crusing for my next book, and you find something with a great title..and then you look at the collected chapters within a sigh with resignation and disgust. Such a let down.

Maybe that is jus me...

I don't have a kid...put I do, do a humanities PhD. And because I have to work I do get a lot of reading done at home (and at work...sneakly)

The fire alarm went off twice today in the library. Not so much irritating since it got me out of (paid) work. And I got to spend unexpected time in the presence of my work colleague crush...

So not mad at all today!

My third week too...and I have read 3 books cover to cover, and really enjoyed the one I read today. So some progress, I think. Although I know my sup' is expecting my to get through 4-5 a week...so I need to pick up a little.

Other than that have been having plenty of kitkats and tea...

I was doing so well reading my chaper on Linnaeus...then I found out he had a pet raccoon called 'Sjupp'...and of course I had to find out what that name means in Swedish...so obviously since I was going online anyway..and I ended up here.

But I'm sure I should be more concerned with the role of Linnean classifcation in eighteenth century natural sciences, rather than the name of his pet raccoon...

I'm glad I make you laugh...but must go and work....NOW!

SAHC forum sounds good...but I have already weaned myself off a favourite forum (Swedish news in English) so I can use this one! I'm a one forum man only, baby.

If I get too involved in the SAHC forum, I think I may as well kiss my doctoral career goodbye! ;$

Oh the Halycon days of the two week induction SAGE session I went on for my MA days *misty eyed....I think not!*

Thanks for the book tip...I have bought a copy of 'How to Write a Thesis' : there is a whole chapter on structure, and it looks pretty good.

Well, with my belly full, Simpsons fix finished and coloured pencils fully armed I'm off to get 'structurised'(or rhumble...depending on how old school you want to be...)

Yup....SAHC.... what school are you in? * remember SAGE? Have you 'PDP'd yet? Cos' I haven't and need to PDP myself before the next supervision.

I'm not always on this site: I do work sometimes, I promise!

Thankyou for those hints, after I've finished my dinner (watched the obligatory episode of the Simpsons) and read another chapter on my Swedish naturalist (not naturist!) hero (Linnaeus) ...I'll sit down and have a mega brain storm... I'm sure I have some lovely coloured pencils sat around somewhere. Then when I have my supervision I should have a provisional structure to work on with them.

Thanks. Yes, maybe I should post less, and work more. Naughty internet. Naughty me

So I'm working on a provisonal structure for my thesis for my next supervision in 2 weeks time.. I'm thinking up areas of interest and the usual chapter title with pithy semi-colon thing, but it seems pretty silly doing that since most of this will be provisional anyway. But that is besides the point: how are other people planning out the structure of their thesis so early on?

Aww fififole...that so cute! Good luck!

I plan to stumble around at work tomorrow as I try and not look too embarassed around my crush....