Amrod

Hey all!

Alas, the time is upon me, as it is every semester, to cast Conjure Term Papers (Rank 9) and hope that whatever shows up is passable, or at least legible.

I will be stepping away from the game for an extended hiatus, basically until all of my papers are finished, revised and handed in (roughly 100-120 pages or so). I also need to begin focusing on my comprehensive PhD exams, which are in August and involve 3 questions on over 2000 years of literature and roughly 360 authors, as well as beginning to prepare for my dissertation abstract defense, which is next semester.

I hate to have to take a break just as we are fighting into a new instance, but unfortunately WoW will not potentially provide me with a living wage and a pension, as a PhD will. Maybe. At this point, a living wage would be a wonderful step up from the poverty line.

Anyway, I'll be popping on here and there to mail stuff, check stuff, etc... and I plan on doing the Calling this week, since I missed it last time. If I find a free night I'll see if you all need help in BWL, when possible.

Good Luck, and I'll see you when I'm done!

Amrod

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Pistos

Good luck with the studying and paper Amrod! Hope to see you when you have some spare time here and there.

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Sajier

We will see ya when you can be here! GL with everything Amrod!

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Wintrow

Best of luck with your school committments Amrod. Just don't expect us to start calling you Dr. Ramrod...

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Amrod

I've already copyrighted it, too late.
Thanks guys!

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"What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, you cannot say, or guess, for you know only a heap of broken images, where the sun beats, and the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, and the dry stone no sound of water." --T.S. Eliot

Manny

Good luck future Dr.Ramrod.
How awesome is that... we'll have somebody with a PhD in our guild.

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Gaviin

RAMROD! Good luck, man. I hope to see you stopping in every so often!

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Ninja

beep

You will be welcome at any time, Amrod...and you will be missed until then!

Good luck with your "end-game" PhD work!!

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Silchar

Good luck with your real life quest. I wish you the best and hope to see you back in game.

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Muirc

Good luck, Amrod. Hope to see you back soon.

Tonk

poor amrod =/ gluck!

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Halten

If you have to, don't feel bad about ice-trapping the teacher/syllabus/due-date, feign-deathing (lol), and eating/drinking to start over.

Amrod

I tried this once. Needless to say, it didn't work and there was ice everywhere. True story.

Thanks all for your support! I'll still be watching progress, so give 'em hell in BWL!

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"What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, you cannot say, or guess, for you know only a heap of broken images, where the sun beats, and the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, and the dry stone no sound of water." --T.S. Eliot

Tonk

jeesh... how long of a paper do u have to write?

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-My New Rig: cpu: AMD 6400+ 3.2ghz dual core mobo: Asus Crosshair ram: 8gb (4x2gb) geil exotera 4-4-4-12 video card MSI 8800GTS 512mb (g92) Vista:x64

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Amrod

Oh, it's not just one, Chair!

This semester, I need to produce about 100 pages total for 3 classes.
Next semester, the same, along with a 1-page abstract on my dissertation topic. After defending that topic in front of 3 professors, firing-squad style, I have to, over the next 2 years, turn it into a 300-400 page dissertation that will eventually become a book, hopefully.

Add to that a ridiculous exam this summer (see above post) and orals next year!

Fun, right?!?

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"What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, you cannot say, or guess, for you know only a heap of broken images, where the sun beats, and the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, and the dry stone no sound of water." --T.S. Eliot