Just one quick bitch ...

[Calandale]

Is this kind of jerking around common there?

I've only known one person here,
who had such, and 'twas over a
family crisis of one of the members
of his committee.

[Lucifer]

Is this kind of jerking around common there?

I've only known one person here,
who had such, and 'twas over a
family crisis of one of the members
of his committee.

no idea.  i've been fucked around for the whole duration of my PhD, in one way or another.

but yes, this was because one of the examiner's mother became gravely ill (and subsequently died).  i do feel vaguely sorry for her, but i'm enough of an aspie to be selfish and more concerned about its effect on me.  she has other people to support her: i only have me.

[Calandale]

Fate doesn't like some people.

[Lucifer]

Fate doesn't like some people.

why should it - i don't even like myself at the moment.

[Calandale]

The spiral.


I don't know the way out.
It just always happens, eventually.

[Christopher McCandless]

Is this kind of jerking around common there?

I've only known one person here,
who had such, and 'twas over a
family crisis of one of the members
of his committee.

no idea.  i've been fucked around for the whole duration of my PhD, in one way or another.

but yes, this was because one of the examiner's mother became gravely ill (and subsequently died).  i do feel vaguely sorry for her, but i'm enough of an aspie to be selfish and more concerned about its effect on me.  she has other people to support her: i only have me.

I take it the uni gets blacklisted if you dont complete the PhD within a certain time, or are you self funded?

[Lucifer]

it doesn't, and yes, although they've paid for me for the last two years, to keep me quiet, i expect.

[Parts]

Sleepy but to much to do

[Christopher McCandless]

it doesn't, and yes, although they've paid for me for the last two years, to keep me quiet, i expect.

You could be a shit and let the research councils know anyway, if you end up working elsewhere. I doubt they would be impressed.

[ozymandias]

thank you, all.

That royally sucks. I can't imagine getting
yanked around like that.

it's vile, and it means i'm bollocksing up everything else in my life, because i can't settle to anything, or stop it going round and round in my head and fretting about it.  i struggle to keep my head above water with the depression all the time, and something like this just kicks me back under, and leads to me reacting incredibly badly to other situations, one of which i think i may have just killed stone dead, which was the most important thing in my life.  so now, yet again, there's fuck all.

i'm really not in a good space.

    Hope things get sorted out SOON for sanity's sake. 

[duncvis]

  what he said.

[odeon]

The whole area lost power this morning, and after that my internet's been shaky at best. And now the old D-Link router decided to fuck me over one last time before I ditch it.

[Callaway]

thank you, all.

That royally sucks. I can't imagine getting
yanked around like that.

it's vile, and it means i'm bollocksing up everything else in my life, because i can't settle to anything, or stop it going round and round in my head and fretting about it.  i struggle to keep my head above water with the depression all the time, and something like this just kicks me back under, and leads to me reacting incredibly badly to other situations, one of which i think i may have just killed stone dead, which was the most important thing in my life.  so now, yet again, there's fuck all.

i'm really not in a good space.

My husband had some problems with his PhD committee, but not like yours, Lucifer.

[Soph]

my stupid gay retard head hurts

[DirtDawg]

having cancelled my PhD viva once las month (three days before it was scheduled to happen), the stupid fucktards at uni said it would be re-arranged for the 21st of this month.  now they're changing it again, and trying to arrange it on a day i've already said i'm not available - it's one of my lecturing days, and i can't afford to lose a whole day's pay (i only work one and a little bit of a day, as it is).

i can't do anything, make any plans to do anything, until this fucking thing's been organised, and out of the way.  and apart from anything else, i can't keep preparing for the fucking thing - it's like being an athlete and preparing for a marathon, and it being postponed several times.  you just can't maintain that level of readiness.

i am SO FUCKING STRESSED OUT ABOUT THIS!  it's REALLY getting to me now.  i've explained how freaked out i get about being left in limbo, and about change, and they really don't seem to be getting it at all.

fucking wankers.  i do NOT need this.

/stresses wildly.

i want to smash things, preferably people.  or cry (which i can't).

 

I'm sorry to hear you are having a rough time with this, Lucifer.