Archive for October, 2008

Strategies for effective thesis writing VII

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Power It Home, Sister!
Unlike Tom with his favoured technique, The Early Riser, this humble writer prefers the opposite approach: the OMG! LATE! approach. Yes, as the weeks till thesis due ticked down.. 12, then 6, then 5, then OMG 4 weeks! I started to to really kick into action and write the thesis that had, [...]

Four seasons in two weeks

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

I just returned from two weeks of fieldwork in the Macquarie Marshes. The full spectrum of rain, wind and heat was present - the only thing missing was snow. We caught a new species (silver perch), touched base with some golden perch that were hatched last Christmas and tagged a few large European carp and [...]

2 lists

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

7 days until I hand in my little honours thesis. Going ok, still writing, still got lots of work to do, but it’s ok….. I just can’t wait for it to be done.
Things I will do once This Thing Is Handed In:
1. go to the beach. oh god, I want to be able to just [...]

flowerboxes and fire

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Dear T + Z readers, sorry bout the lack of presence here.
I have just under 3 weeks to go before the thesis is due, and honours is over! yeah, can’t wait. But before that, I must finish writing the thing still. what a hassle, can’t they just say “hey, that IS a cool idea for [...]