Prison

Being the lover of fine irony that I am, I should be enjoying my thesis more than what I do. I am studying the diary of a prisoner of war in WWII and his physical and emotional journey is a rather ironic parallel to our own rollercoaster that is a thesis. Take this quote.

'The prisoners seemed to have recognized various stages of barbed wire psychosis in themselves and others. The mildest forms consisted of nothing more than an increasing inability to concentrate; the worst cases were actual insanity.'

While this has been used in the POW context, it is obvious to anyone here that this could be applied with equal validity to us, the crazed and maniacal thesis students.

Although one thing that we have that the prisoners didn't is a student loan.

F#%*ers.

I think I might recede into a cocoon for a few days and do nothing but write the chapter that I'm meant to by Wednesday. Arrr. I will emerge like the delicate and butterfly that I know I am and can be.