Anti-Bush rant

[stacer]

By the way, Brenna, I like your current title, given that we hear from you so sporadically.  

Fuzzy, thanks for those links. I've been meaning to look further into the candidates and haven't taken the time yet. I also need to get around to registering to vote out here. I've always been a faithful voter, but for some reason I can't bear to change my voting status to that of a Massachussetts resident.   And since no one I know still lives in my old apartment in Chicago, no chance of an absentee. Blah.

[Brenna]

I feel like a hermit!  It's probably due to the fact that I just started a third job as well as the problem of needing to write the last three chapters of my Masters thesis this week...plus I'm a slacker.  Which, come to think of it, is more likely the reason I post so infrequently.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

incidentally, Brenna, what is your Master's about?

[Brenna]

Well, the title of my thesis is "Shaping Family Identity: Personal Narratives as Vernacular Family Traditon" (It's an English Masters thesis, obviously...).

Basically, I interviewed my grandfather and my great-uncle about their lives, transcribed and edited the interviews, and now I'm talking about the values and perceptions of "self" found in the stories. I'm also talking about the fact that we learn about our families through stories and these stories shape our family identity.  

It's actually really interesting (to me, at least, which is good since I have to write it).  It helps that my grandfather and great-uncle are both *excellent* story tellers. I just hope I can write the rest of it before it's due (this Friday...).

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

which explains why you've been showing up more often lately. Heh. get to work

*cracks the whip*

and send it around when you're done.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

/me pats himself on the back for not getting involved