You cannot spell massively intense without M-A

This past few weeks has been literally CRUNCH TIME!  With the exception of an intercultural music concert yesterday that I went to, I feel as though I've been running on all cylinders through most of this quarter!  Weekends have turned from being packed with fun social get-togethers to me being lucky if I get one event that isn't related to my thesis.  Meanwhile, I've been writing, revising, and drinking copious amounts of a certain super-delicious hot caffeinated beverage until 5 AM on weekends.

I cannot wait until my defense is is scheduled and done successfully and the revisions are complete!  Then I will take a nice vacation and plan the whole summer full of concerts, parties, and friend get-togethers.  If the defense goes successfully, I will take my immediate family out for dinner at the cute little gastropub on the corner and plan a friend get-together at the Haus of Revel later in the summer.  If it does not go successfully (which is highly unlikely, since my committee has been good at telling me exactly what to change and not change), I will still make plans with the family and the friends so I can vent to them about the process and get their support.

But soon it will all be done, and I will then only have work to worry about.

And yet...

Does anyone else think it's weird that I'm seriously considering another degree after this one?

Talking to Strangers

Blow out the candles
Turn down the songs
You're looking so pretty,
But where did this go so wrong?

Maybe you've changed
Maybe I have too
There used to be nothing
We couldn't talk through

What happened to your spirit?
The you I knew wouldn't stand it
Now I'm talking to a stranger,
And I can't understand it

I don't need your sympathy
You can have it for yourself
If I'm going to lose the friend I knew,
Then I can handle being by myself.

Two paths diverge for ambition and love
I don't think they should be separate at all
Now we're just talking past each other
With no common ground at all

I don't know why you act this way
The you I knew wouldn't stand it
Now I'm talking to a stranger
And I can't understand it.

I just don't know what's happened
The you I knew wouldn't stand it
Now I'm talking to a stranger
And I can't understand it.
I can't understand it.
I can't understand it.

(C) Revel with a Cause Productions

Really?

All names and identifying information have been changed, but really, how do you go through life so that an exchange like this happens??

Me: It's important to speak up when you don't agree with something, otherwise how does it change?
Denyse: Well, I'm still getting used to speaking up.  Before, I just thought that when I didn't agree, it was a problem on my end, but apparently, it's a problem for more people than just me.
Me: No, no, some things are social issues and not just because of something you did or didn't do.  The personal is political, you know.
Denyse: The personal is...the personal is political.  The personal is political!  Ooooh...that's brilliant!  I love it!  Did you make that up, Alex?

HOW DOES ONE GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT HEARING "THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL"? 

That's, like, downright un-American!  That phrase is way older than me!

I pity the folks who didn't major in women's studies!