Pearl Harbor Day 2010

This morning I woke up and the sands had shifted again. Orals will now be December 7th. If you don't know the significance, then you probably won't understand the irony. Dec. 7th is Pearl Harbor day. There are a couple of way of looking at this:
1) I could pretend to be the Japanese and pull a sneak attack on a superior force.
2) I could pretend to be the Americans and get pummeled, pissed of, and declare that I have not yet begun to fight (and proceed to march across the next 2 yrs and trounce them).
3) I could be neither and decide that whatever happens, this will be a "date that will live in infamy."

I am thinking about imbuing myself with 2, because 1) it doesn't matter how I survive the day as long as I survive, 2) as long as my aircraft carriers are out of port, they can sink my battleships...I still get a pass, 3) I am hoping once this anticipation of attack part of my life is done and I have passed my orals then I can knuckle under and really pound out the last of my research and that is what I really came here for.

I have to say, I hope that this date sticks, because I like the symbolism. I know I won't walk out of that room without being bloodied. One of the goals of this exercise is to see how much of an intellectual and emotional beating I can take before I ring out. All that matters is that I walk out of that room with 5 signatures. That is achievable.

On that note, I have to say goodbye to my blog for the next few weeks. Get my war paint, and my geology mojo on and get ready for the fight of my life. Rub your buddha, or pray or whatever it is that you do for me that I will prevail. I am going to need all the help I can get.