OK, it is 11:15pm and I'm leaving work. I just sent off my slides for my initial thesis defense which will take place at 2:00pm MST tomorrow in the form of a phone interview with the MIT contingent of the committtee. Kim, Chris, and I will all sit around a table here in my building and Sydney and Jeff will connect via conference call.
The outcome of tomorrow will be:
* Whether or not I will graduate this term or at the end of the summer.
* The magnitude of the changes that need to be made before they will pass me.
* How stressful the next month will be.
* (hopefully) The date of my final defense.
It is an exceedingly important talk that I will give tomorrow (probably second only to the talk I will give next month at my final defense). The stakes are high, the ramifications huge. And I think I'm ready. I've already sent out the documents, so the only thing I can do between now and tomorrow afternoon is sleep and practice my speech.
Good luck!!! I am rooting for you from Istanbul. :)
Have fun. I think you will do good.
Whatever you do, try to keep the lyrics of Baby Got Back by Sir Mix Alot out of your head. It would be embarrassing to have that pop in your head when you're supposed to start delivering your speech.
Just so you know which one I'm talking about, here are the lyrics:
I like big butts and I cannot lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
you get sprung!
AVOID THINKING ABOUT THIS SONG AT ALL COSTS!!