Passed!

Jun. 18th, 2007 05:49 pm
trochee: (relaxed)
[personal profile] trochee
I passed!

The fifteen minutes in the hallway were long and nervous. Advisor stuck her head out and said "[[livejournal.com profile] trochee]?" I walked down the hallway. "You passed!" she said, and stuck her hand out to shake. I shook hands with her, with the committee, and joked about handshaking with the one committee-member (commissar?) on the phone.

A minor moment of dread when Advisor says "the committee really agrees that there's more work needed on [second paper]", before I realized that (1) I completely agree and (2) the second paper is the one that I'm excited about (the first is one I'm so sick of...). If they'd said that about the first paper, I would have gone to get drunk. But the second paper: fun!

[ETA: I should clarify: the committee did not require any additional work on the second paper -- they passed me anyway. But they want to see more -- and I want to do it!]

Yay!

Date: 2007-06-19 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beckyb.livejournal.com
Yay!

YayYayYay!!!

Yay.

Cool. I'm glad. Very glad. And I know those minutes in the hallway very well...

Date: 2007-06-19 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
yah, all the students had left by that point so I was out there alone.

For a little while I was standing close enough to the door to overhear about half the conversation. That was too crazy-making, so I walked farther down the hall and spent my time looking at the sky in the atrium.

Date: 2007-06-19 04:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] writeanya.livejournal.com
i second that emotion!!!

(well, except for the hallway thing. i have no clue.)

but, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

and, good onya!

Date: 2007-06-19 01:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ctseawa.livejournal.com
[voice mode="aussi"]Cheers, mate![/voice]

Date: 2007-06-19 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
oh aye! or something like that!

Date: 2007-06-19 01:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lapartera.livejournal.com
Yay, yay, and yay!!! No surprises. And even better that they think there's work to be done on the second one if you agree and are excited about it! Woot!!

Date: 2007-06-19 03:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
yes! I'm not terribly surprised either but it's nice to know they're interested in the same questions I am.

Date: 2007-06-20 02:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lapartera.livejournal.com
Very nice to know and I'll bet they're good questions!

Big congratulations, dear heart. Another hurdle jumped!!!!!

Date: 2007-06-19 01:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] champignon.livejournal.com
Yaaay! Congratulations!

Date: 2007-06-19 03:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
thank you!

Date: 2007-06-19 01:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xaosenkosmos.livejournal.com
w00t! You should go get drunk anyway, but happy-drunk, instead of forgetty-drunk.

Date: 2007-06-19 03:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
heh. well, I am having a beer right now...

Date: 2007-06-19 02:01 am (UTC)
lunacow: (Default)
From: [personal profile] lunacow
Hooray! Sorry to read about all the craziness earlier in the day, but now it's done, and you passed, and yay!

Date: 2007-06-19 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
indeed; it was crazy. I got it all done, and I passed!

Date: 2007-06-19 07:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bwb-archive.livejournal.com
Hoorrrray!

I'm toasting you with all organic orange and mango juice!

... Yes, not as sexy as champaigne... but hey, you do what you do with what you have.

Congrats!

Date: 2007-06-19 07:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
orange and mango juice sounds good!

thank you!

Date: 2007-06-19 08:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gentlybreathing.livejournal.com
YAY! Well done you!

Date: 2007-06-19 07:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
thank you! (your otter is very happy there.)

Date: 2007-06-19 09:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gentlybreathing.livejournal.com
She always is! Except when I'm not having enough fun.....

Date: 2007-06-19 01:40 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-19 07:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
hooray indeed!

Date: 2007-06-19 04:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] outintexas.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Date: 2007-06-19 07:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com
thank you!

Date: 2007-06-20 05:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] congogirl.livejournal.com
Wonderful!

Congratulations!

Date: 2007-06-22 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_dkg_/
Sorry i'm late to the party: Congratulations! I'm sure your advisors are excited to have someone as thoughtful and curious as you are working with them. I had no question about your passing, though, even if i hadn't read some of your papers. I'm glad you feel good about how it turned out!

Date: 2007-06-26 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soliss.livejournal.com
Kind of late, but hey! Congratulations! That's awesome.
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