Huntie I think such attention to dress in a man is deeply admirable and does not make you a fashion victim in anyway. I dislike the phrase fashion victim – it suggests a sort of cultural dupe caught up in a cycle of false needs. I LOVE fashion, still means I am able to consume consciously, critically etc. But for the record I think the waistcoat is a big no-no unless teamed with the other parts of a well cut / tailored suit and you need to be athletically built Dandy to pull it off (which of course you might be)? I think JT looks a bit of a donut.

One of mine once made a very in appropriate comment about a pair of knee highs I was wearing in a meeting, or my 'sex boots' as they called them

My worst fear is to have off-spring with no fashion sense.

well Jojo - the only way to get something done, is to do it. I don't mean that in a trite way btw. But if you've got a week, then I'd just have a good go at getting your teeth stuck into it today and tomorrow, and you'll feel much better after a hard days work and can concentrate on your hearts desire at the w.e. Good luck with the paper. Keep up posted.
Sadly I am awake @ 6:30 every week day, as I get up to have a cup of coffee with my boyf befoer he goes to work.
Its good really as I tend to get quite a lot done between about 8 and 10, then I don't feel so guilty about procrastinations later in the day.

come on Soc Sci's . Zelda's response is extremely useful, but I'd be really grateful for any additional thoughts on the murky waters of epistemology / onotology.

I have some on trend Marc Jacobsesque affairs, but as the trousers lengthen my legs I am worried I look like I'm on stilts. Can I get away with a flat?
Richmond ~ I'd particularly enjoy your imput on this.

Happy Birthday Jojo!

I know exactly what you mean about the blackhole . I have been to seminars on this & even explained sucessfully to a group of undergrads, but when asked the other day what my epistemological standpoint was I turned into a dithering wreak.

Zelda technically I am a communications student, but I hold a precarious position in the fact that my research is all to do with computers. Good luck with the Foucault - again I teach this stuff - I even do a whole module of C.D.A with undergrads & I am still not 100% I know what I am doing with my own analysis!!

discourse , I mean.

Thanks Zelda. I think I am a no. no yes too.
Are you a fellow discouse analyst, can't remember?

Urrgh - such hideous words. But what exactly is the difference?
Please help ;-) my brain has gone all waa-waa over this, this morning and it's only 10 o'clock.

moi? FT although I spend 4-6 hours teaching a week + additional 2-5 hours preping or marking & then about 1-2 days a week on my freelance marketing/ events & the odd magazine article here and there.

Same as sixkitten, they'd never have let me through the door, if they'd seen my bank statements - simply laughed. I am 1/2 way through and it's a constant struggle with the fees & to be honest I don't really know how/ if I will be able to pay my way through from one day to the next.
The money I earn from teaching only covers my living expenses and the money I earn from freelance work, always takes ages to come through - anything up to 60 days from invoice & even then I sometimes have to chase it - so it's really unstable.
I had no choice though. other than self funding.
I am one of those people who is stuck somewhere between the AHRC & ESRC. I applied to the open ESRC competition and although I scored reasonabley & my supervisors got an amazing score - they still turned me down & I found out that this year the ESRC awared a grant to only 1 ( yes thats a big fat one) person in my subject area out of nearly 4000 applicants.

Yey!!! Keep us posted.

Big hug.