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What a week! 1 birthday, 2 champions league semi-finals, 3 study nights missed. And yet, and yet.....good progress. No research, a little re-reading, loads spent hitting the keyboard (sometimes literally!). Result? 2,500 words! Not bad for end of 3rd week. Next week will be spent concluding, completing references and checking that it all hangs together.

Almost there.....

It's the end of week two and time to check the stats.

Oh dear, study time down - barely made 10 hours this week. I blame Champions League football, bank holiday weekends and work. Anything but me! Next week probably much the same as my birthday on Tuesday then away on business Wednesday and Thursday. Might sneak in a few hours but am bracing myself for a low count. Will aim for a real push on Friday and Saturday.

Research mostly done but had to give up on certain leads as am not paying $30 just to view some same-old, same-old article on CSR. Yes, Emerald limitations unchanged. However its amazing how much you can find (for free) via Google.

Reading also going well and the words flowing freely on the laptop - saved to hard drive and two memory sticks just to be ultra-safe.

And that all-important word count: 1,780. Woop woop! Half way there and then some.

Logging off.

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Good luck to everyone waiting for results and to everyone part-way through the MSc journey!

New song up at MySpace called 'View from the shelf'

http://www.myspace.com/justinthorne

Freedom drowns me as it rushes in
intimidation comes with open doors
language moves on without me
and I don't understand the game let alone the scores

Shelf seems so high when you're looking down
and your legs feel like trembling with regrets and fears
head swimming from the vertigo of taking the next step
and I can't even see your house from here

It's not even my own voice in my head, it's yours
move on, move on, move on, move on, move on

looking around at the other faces in the trench
niave and hopeful and wide of eyes
what are we looking for at the end of this fight
an illusion of peace and commitment with ties

It's not even my own voice in my head, it's yours
move on, move on, move on, move on, move on

Awesome.

Got a call to say the professionally bound (in Glamorgan colours!) copies of my dissertation have been shipped.

No turning back, no more edits... time to bite the bullet and hand the sucker in.

Dunno about anyone else, but I was sick of opening that word document towards the end. Now I am anxious and excited at the same time, to see if it meets the grade and if I can finally get back my spare time!

Good luck everyone.

JT