Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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desaparecidos: man and wife, the latter (damaged goods)

i am halfheartedly searching through my music collection for some serious ass-kicking jams to help me through the stress of this week, the week that i will defend my Ph.D. comprehensive exams. this album is always good for ass-kicking; it’s loud and angsty, so it’ll do for now. i can’t believe that on friday i will walk into this seminar room and answer questions for two hours and when i come out, i will either be ABD or i won’t. i keep telling myself there’s nothing to worry about, that i know my research better than anyone else, that my adviser wouldn’t have let me get this far if he didn’t think i would pass, but nothing is ever really a foregone conclusion in academia. all i can do until then is breathe, and study, and sleep and try to channel all of this nervous energy into something positive.