Well, I'm off to my thesis defense......

[Coventina]

My insides are squirming.

You know what scares me most?

It's having my family & friends there. I'm used to performing in front of students and faculty, but having the two worlds collide is creeping me out.

[deadparrot]

1. Good luck!

You'll do great, I'm sure, and you're more brave than I am. I have trouble with a 10-15 minute oral presentation with notecards, much less a thesis defense.

:toast:

[swimboy]

2. Best wishes to ya!

I'd be scared witless but I'm sure you're better prepared than I am. :)

It is strange when your personal worlds cross lines. It'll be fine. Please let us know how it went and what your topic was.

[Book Lover]

3. Best of luck, scholar

You know it all, I know you do. Everyone in the audience wants you to succeed, and we do here too!

[Coventina]

4. Update: For those who may be interested.

I passed with minor required revisions.

It was pretty grueling. One committee member really sandbagged me out of nowhere, but I survived.

:hi:

My topic is Dogs in 17th century Dutch art.

Thanks to those who wished me well. I really appreciate it!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. congratulations, but now I'm curious about this art ...

What kind of card games did dogs play in the 17th century?

Did they have poker back then?

:rofl:

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. Congratulations!

[swimboy]

7. Congratulations!

Sorry the one person lit into you as he/she did.

I've visited a site about dogs in art in trying to find out more about a lithograph I have that was my grandmother's. This is the website and the closest I came to finding the exact work. The one I have is surely a part of the Mariage de Raison series, I'm thinking.

http://www.poodlehistory.org/PZZGPV2.HTM


Loustaunau, Auguste Louis Georges (1846-1898) and A. Legras, lithographer. Mariage de Raison. 25x33in? Chromolithograph. Man in uniform (Franco-Prussian War?) plays chess with lady, who has check-mated him; SP lies near.

[EFerrari]

9. That's so great!

Congratulations! :party:

[EFerrari]

8. Just pretend you're cleaning up the livingroom and kick @ss.

:bounce: