It is finished!

("Finished" must be pronounced as "fi-ni-shed" so it'll have that theatrical ring to it, lol.)

Today was a beautiful day. Hard to believe that it was snowing like the dickens yesterday. There was a definite hum of efficiency in school today -- it was as if everybody else had stuff to do and boy-oh-boy were they going to finish it today!

And so I printed my final draft and had my final meeting with advisor. After a few minor format changes, I went back to the computer lab, printed the final version of my thesis, dashed to Kinko's to have that bad boy bound, and dropped it off my advisor's office.

So there. I'm done. *blink-blink*

And now I shall launch into a full on screaming spree.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

I can't believe I'm done, a whole two weeks before deadline. Hoooooweee. Now I don't know what I'll do with all my free time. (Here's an idea: do all the memes I was tagged to do weeks ago! LOL!)

Thank you, everyone, for all the support and kind words. I had been writing nonstop for several months, but in reality, I had been researching for this thing for two whole years. Every paper I did all throughout my graduate studies had been geared towards this single topic, so I feel like I just gave birth to a bonny little thesis. Gah. God is good.

Here's what I wrote on my acknowledgment page:

"In writing this final project, and indeed all throughout my graduate studies, I have benefited from the encouragement, advice, and constructive criticism of Professor Douglas Busman. I also thank Mrs. M. Pengson and Mrs. L. Agnir-Paraan who inspired me to teach in the first place. I still hope to be like them when I grow up. I thank the Ateneo de Manila community – former teachers, colleagues, and students. Thank you for affirming the belief that this is my life’s purpose. I thank my parents who lead by example. And I thank my husband whose love and support guided me through the storms of writer’s block (and more).
I shall always love my country no matter where I may be. I will never forget who I am – and I am who I am because of all of you.

Lastly, I humbly dedicate this project to the Filipino students of tomorrow. Let us constantly embrace the unfolding mystery of our identity. Let us humbly be unapologetic in claiming our own future."

It. Is. Finish-ed!!!

I need your participation in this exercise in self-indulgence.

N.B. I honestly thought I had successfully cross-posted this the same time I published this on "the other side." Ack. It's a little anti-climactic now, especially since the other post has so many awww-inducing replies already, but what the heck. This should be interesting. 

Answer all, most, or some of these questions about me. It doesn't really matter (changing the rules a bit). Thank you!

1. The love of my life.
2. Where you and I met.
3. Take a stab at my middle name.
4. How long you've known me.
5. The last time that we saw each other.
6. Would I ever go sky diving?
7. Your first impression of me upon meeting me/seeing me.
8. Am I funny?
9. My favorite type of music.
10. Can I sing?
11. The best feature about me.
12. What do I want to do more than anything?
13. What is one thing that you think I should do?
14. Do I have any special talents? If so, what are they?
15. Would you call me preppy, average, sporty, punk, hippie, glam, nerdy, snobby, or something else?
16. Have you ever hugged me?
17. My favorite food.
18. If there was one good nickname for me, it would be...
19. Your favorite memory of me.
20. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, I would bring...
21. Do I believe in God?
22. Who is my best friend?
23. Will you repost this so I can fill this out for you?

Fun Meme for Bookworms (or Other Cool People with Similar Proclivities...)

Rules:

• Grab the book nearest you. Right now. (Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.)
• Open to a random page
• Find the fifth sentence.
• Write your answers in the comment box.

"Yet we still do not know where the drive to truth comes from, for so far we have only heard about the obligation to be truthful which society imposes in order to exist, i.e. the obligation to use the customary metaphors, or, to put it in moral terms, the obligation to lie in accordance with firmly established convention, to lie en masse and in a style that is binding for all."

On Truth and Lying in a Non-Moral Sense, Friedrich Nietzsche

For the Record

As some of you might know, I am pretty liberal. Therefore, it won't be so difficult to guess how I feel about the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter. But I choose not to blog about them because they're usually fallacious, mean-spirited, and to be upset with them long enough to write a blog entry explaining why they're awful would just be a monstrous waste of time. I know they're "just entertainers" anyway, so meh.

But, in light of recent pronouncements, I feel the need to state for the record, that I absolutely despise them both, to my very core. There.

Moving on...