Dissertation Update

11 Nov 2003 in Completely True Stories of My Life by Alex | 3 comments

I’ve missed at least three great potential posts lately:

1. Kill Bill: Why the movie fails because Tarantino doesn’t know the differce between a Japanese and a Chinese martial arts film.

2. The Matrix: Why it’s actually good.

3. Ned Rorem: Why he is the greatest living American composer. Trulies.

I’ve been busy with my other job – you know, the one where I write the dissertation and become a professor? Met with my advisor the other day to go over a conference paper I gave him that would eventually be turned into a chapter. He said that it was ‘better than ok’, which is the most positive comment I’ve ever gotten from him. Much better than when I was writing my MA, when he’d give me back drafts with comments like “don’t ever give anything of this quality to me again ever”. The tough love thing does work, however, as do I, continuing to churn away…

  1. Guinness’s avatar

    Guinness on 12 Nov 2003 at 9:11 am

    1. but it is all pretty lookin’
    2. Maybe if you were thinking of something else while watching it.
    3. I’m willing to take your word for it, since you have so much more exposure in the area.

  2. J.’s avatar

    J. on 12 Nov 2003 at 10:35 am

    I wanted to send my ticket stub from the 2nd Matrix movie back to the Wachowski brothers with a note saying “Don’t ever give anything of this quality to me ever again.”

  3. Korinthe’s avatar

    Korinthe on 19 Nov 2003 at 6:03 am

    (2) It’s not too late to tell us (ok, me) why it’s good…