It’s the much anticipated return of Rear Window! During the last few months I was too busy finishing my master’s thesis to devote time to any creative outlets that involved more sitting in front of a computer. On Monday, the final, final draft was printed, bound, signed and placed in the library at Stephen F. Austin State University. Whew!
It was a longer journey than I had anticipated. When I started in the fall of 2008, I thought I’d finish in the spring of 2010. Things didn’t exactly work out that way so there I was in November of 2011 just weeks away from my last hurdle before graduating, the thesis defense. Or so I thought. It turns out that after your thesis defense there are always edits and rewrites that need to be done before the final printing. So the final work was not due until January 10th, then that was pushed back to January 23rd, then it was suggested that I submit an article to Legacy magazine based on my thesis research, then a journal article should be written, then consider going on for the Ph.D. I kept thinking I was done only to learn of a new project and/or more work. I felt a little like Michael Corleone in Godfather III.
All that work though brings a lot of good news and new opportunities so here’s the big announcement for 2012. I’m thinking really hard about going on for my Ph.D. I've pretty much decided I'll do it but whenever there is a big life decision to make one should always turn to the philosophical teachings of Seinfeld and/or The Simpsons. In the case of more graduate school, it’s The Simpsons who offer advice.
So while I take these insights under consideration I’ll be back here with my weekly observations of things I see out the window. I’ve got some backlogged stories to get started. See you next week!
