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I moved to the final submission website. But I really wonder who is really capable of reading all the tedious instructions about publishing, creative commons, and so on and so forth. It's funny, though, to hear that I may earn "royalties" …

A works cited list is complete. Now, the rest is to combine chapters and upload a pdf file to the library archives page. So close, almost done.

I think I've just written down the last sentence. No doubt it's crazy that you're still writing your drafts on the very day you're planning to submit a final draft. It's like playing a game you know you can never win but still somewhat bel…

I'll spend a second night in the library, in the same chair, in front of the same computer. Last night I was yet very uncertain. Tonight I feel far more relaxed. I've collected my committee's signatures. I've finished the online surveys. Y…

Wait, do I have to pay $95 if I choose the "open access publishing" option, instead of the free "traditional publishing" option? REALLY?

All right, I finished writing an abstract. I still need to find nice concluding sentences and edit a few chapters, but the writing part is almost done and I'm going to get the signatures of the committee members today. Most likely I'll upl…

I stayed overnight in the library. Edit, sleep, edit, sleep, edit sleep. Now a coffee break.図書館で夜を明かした。手直し、寝落ち、手直し、寝落ち、手直し、寝落ち。そして今はコーヒーブレイク。

I ended up writing a full-fledged conclusion, or mashing up 16 pages from the previously written but discarded drafts. I reread those pages and found them okay. I need one more paragraph and it's done. I admit that they are not the very be…

The final conclusion will be completed in a few hours. So close to the end. I feel really bad about working on the drafts to the very last moment, but I may still be proud of having never compromised the quality. あと数時間で結論部分が完成…

アメリカ観察記断章。アメリカの電車で眠るのはたぶんお勧めできない行為だ。これは安全の問題ではある。しかしさらに突っこんで考えてみよう。、アメリカの電車で寝ている人はいるか。いるとしたら誰か。それはほぼ例外なくホームレスの人々だ。例年になく…

I forgot to write a conclusion and am now desperately trying to fabricate one. Not a long piece. Just a few pages. Perhaps it's enough to put the dumbest, most boring, most meaningless one, a summary of the previous chapters. But a prepost…

I finally booked a one-way ticket to Japan. I also finished planning my last (but almost first) trip in the US. I'm going to travel coast to coast, from LA to Chicago to NY. I depart on Dec 9th and come back to LA on Dec 19th, and leave fo…

アメリカ観察記断章。LAには公共交通機関がないと勝手に思いこんでいたのだが、ロングビーチからLAまで電車一本でいけるし、ダウンタウンにしてもそこから地下鉄でほんの２，３駅で行けることに気づいてからは、もっぱら電車と地下鉄とバスでLAに行くように…

アメリカ観察記断章。長らく住んでいたオレンジ郡アーバイン市は相当システマティックに好ましからぬ人々を追い払っていたからそもそも見かける機会をあまりもたなかったのだが、ロングビーチのダウンタウンやLAを訪れるようになると、物乞いやホームレスを…

The fingertips are oversensitive and typing keys irritates me. The hands tremble, the knees shake, the left eyelid droops heavy and I have difficulty in keeping my eyesight properly focused. I can barely stand up from the chair but I don't…

It looks that I have finished revising the last chapter. At last, I have to add. I want to reread it from beginning to end once again and do some minor editing, but I'll do no major changes. To be sure I'm still far from being done. I have…

Almost, almost there. Everything has been rewritten. I mean this literally. No paragraph has been left intact, every sentence modified. I often wondered, and am still wondering, "am I writing a dissertation or something else?" because what…

I ended up rewriting the whole dissertation. These few weeks I was revising it, sentence by sentence, chapter by chapter, and I'm so exhausted by this endless process. But I'm getting to understand my dissertation better, not yet really lo…