Here Comes the Sun, or Songs for the Newly Be-Doctored

[dr_pretentious]

My old friend D's back in town from Very Far Away for her dissertation defense. Which was today. And went well. It's been two years since Dan and I last got to spend much time with D and her wife, so we've been enjoying putting them up.

The main musical diversion before my defense was the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated," which I sang incessantly during the week leading up. The day before, I dragged poor Dan to Borders to buy a copy of a Best Of album, and then subjected him to several dozen repetitions of the song while I filled out the last of the paperwork. He was a good sport about it, even though we played it about six more times on the morning of the defense in the car on the way to Murray Hall. My husband must really, really love me.

So naturally, we serenaded D with "I Wanna Be Sedated" yesterday, when she had twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go.

Once D's defense was safely over, the papers were signed, and D's committee whisked her off for drinks, D's wife and we ladies of the coven gathered up the coats and forms and marked up copies of the diss, and went off to the car amid choruses of "Here Comes the Sun."

When the committee's drinking ritual was over, I drove out to pick D up and bring her home. Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" got us through the rush hour traffic.

Once we were back here with the CD collection, the Hallelujah Chorus was irresistible.

Consummatus est. Hallelujah.

Comments

[dragonlaire.livejournal.com]

Put the naovel on hold until after the holidays?

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

I'm researching like mad for that novel, and while I'm doing all that reading, I'm working on a short story. No days off--not from writing. Don't believe in 'em.

I made one pass of small changes to the first draft of The Traitor of Imlen, but it was very clear that I was running up against the hard limit of my ignorance on several subjects crucial to the plot. Rather than write in ignorance scenes I'd only have to rip out later, I decided to shift gears.

How's yours going?

[dragonlaire.livejournal.com]

I'm behind on everything. Look how long it took me to respond to your question. My novel is suspended until after New Year's. After cleaning up the mess created by neglecting everything during November, I've had little time for anything beyond necessary paperwork, cleaning and paying monthly bills. Then comes Christmas and New Year's. I did manage to sneak in about 750 words, and, of course, I spend a great deal of time thinking about my plot and mentally writing the next chapter, but it's all hopeless until January.

[writersweekend.livejournal.com]

My congrats to Dr. D.

There is little in life which cannot be improved by listening to a Ramones song...

[wayzgoose.livejournal.com]

Happy Solstice, Dr. P, to you and all the coven. Hope you are celebrating or are about to.

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

We had a lovely Yule celebration on Sunday, and some of my covenmates are doing an all-night hearth vigil tonight, work week or no work week. I am pretty sure the sun will come back. ;)

Happy Yule to you and yours!