An important poll

[quislibet]

amberspyglass, in a kind note of academic encouragement, suggests that a helpful way of gaining power over the dissertation is to name it, and then I can avoid the D-word when I must refer to it. On so important a matter, dear readers, I ask your assistance.

[Poll #247101]

Update 3/27/04: Consuela won sometime ago, so you needn't vote. I point this out because I'm linking to this post from the future.

Comments

Dissertation

[dancer.livejournal.com]

Having just started my Master's Paper, I think a good name for your dissertation would be: "the suck". It describes so many things, like how its a time suck, and how well, it just sucks, and probably other things I'm not thinking of now :)

Re: Dissertation

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"and probably other things I'm not thinking of now :)"

... and because it makes one want to sit in a corner, rock back and forth, and suck their thumb from time to time!

[verian.livejournal.com]

Cheese Doodle

Re:

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Because the Mighty committee will look upon my works and despair of my contributing to the good reputation of the university?

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

Okay, I seriously need to pay more attention.

All this time I thought you were female.

Sorry.

Re:

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Silly! Then I'd be Quaelibet!

Re: Dissertation

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

And I have to suck down all sorts of caffeine while I'm doing it...

[lekythen.livejournal.com]

I punched for 'the Diss' on mine, giving it the pleasant connection with Dis, "dissing", and psuedo-Cockney rhyming slang style for taking the piss. Yeah. Admittedly, this was a British art college dissertation, and a measly 6-8000 words. Whooo.

Re:

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Then was it that by writing it I, like the character in "The Watchmen," would do something so unspeakably horrible that humanity would have no choice but to put aside their differences and band together for survival?

Re: Dissertation

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"And I have to suck down all sorts of caffeine while I'm doing it..."

See?

I give you permission to use my Master's Paper word for your dissertation, if you want to. ;)

[skygoodwill.livejournal.com]

[christianb.livejournal.com]

I'm split between Fat Eddie and Mustapha.

Quaelibet?

[indilibelle.livejournal.com]

While I sure gathered pretty quickly that you were male, it was not because of the name. Most of us dont even recognize latin beyond "et tu, brute?" So, what does Quislibet mean?

-signed, The Incurably Curious

Re: Quaelibet?

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Well, the "S" should drop out except in medieval Latin (oops), but quilibet, quaelibet, quodlibet means "whoever (whatever) you wish."

Re:

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Is that the one you've been posting? At least you had pretty pictures!

Re:

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I'm not sure that tricking myself into thinking I'd done it twice before would really be comforting.

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[quislibet.livejournal.com]

You don't have to tell ME that labuntur anni! I've been ABD for as long as the period in which some more intensely focused colleagues have begun their degree program, finished it, and moved on to tenure-track positions.

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[quislibet.livejournal.com]

I know it's hard, but in the end, you have to go with the one that will treat you right.

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[quislibet.livejournal.com]

For some reason the name "Consuela" was a joke-name amongst my circle of high school dork friends. I guess it was exotic enough in south central Ohio, too.

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[lekythen.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's the one. I figured it would at the very least amuse other people. They are cute pictures. *grin* Translating the Gothic and Lolita magazine was honestly the only pleasure I had in writing the damn thing.