Party time!

[anghraine]

I'm not having a literal party because that would suck, but I passed my defense today!!!!!

The department officially congratulated me as "Dr. Elizabeth [Redacted]" and it feels weird and fake, but I'm still happy. :)

Comments

[sathari]

Congratulations! That is a hell of an achievement!

[anghraine]

Thank you!!! I appreciate the support and conversations through the years :)

(Haha, just remembering one of our early conversations when I was worried that my deep investment in Austen—who did end up making significant appearances in the dissertation, to the surprise of no one—might interfere with my ability to write Star Wars fanfic and you reassured me that an Austen flavor to SW fic was Good, Actually. I think it was about the first Lucy fic and Revenge of the Jedi, which I wrote while in undergrad... truly the long haul, lol.)

[sathari]

You're more than welcome! I'm glad to know it helped--- the doctoral process is its own special hell. (And, wow, we have known each other a while. I'm glad that comment helped--- honestly, you were the person who made me appreciate Austen, so, back at you. :) )

[anghraine]

The process truly is hell! And thank you, I appreciate it :))

And yes, it's been a long time! I went tracking through comment threads etc to try and figure out who I met on DW when, and it looks like we started talking in Sep 2011: https://anghraine.dreamwidth.org/65047.html?thread=94743#cmt94743

<3