So the thesis thing went okay. Actually, the professor basically shredded my thesis into little bits; which she sprinkled on the floor of her office while skipping cirlces around the chair I was sitting in. I could swear she was humming a tune too. Hmm... At any rate, I'll be reworking it again this week and probably this weekend, the good news is I get to chop huge portions of it out as long as I enclose the pertinent data. Which really is nice, because when it comes to writing papers and analyses; I'm a pretty brief guy. Hate that academic mumbo-jumbo BS. Give me the info I need to make a decision, everything else can go in some appendix somewhere.

On an unrelated note, if you're petitioning for full citizenship in a country; and demonstrating hundreds of thousands strong in the streets of a major metropolis, it might aid your cause if you were to, let's say, avoid mugging photogs milling about. Oh, and even more importantly, please don't disgrace the flag:

Considering that at some point, our families bled (in some cases for generations) to preserve and protect what that flag stood for, we'd really appreciate it if you showed a little respect. Especially since you want so badly to be a part of it all.

And if you're not the dickweed in the photo holding the flag, or those aggros that ganged up on the photog, that's great - just make sure none of the other protestors you're with take the opportunity to grab the spotlight and do something totally assinine. Bad for the cause and all.