Finally, finally, I opened the mailbox last night and there was my dissertation, returned with comments from the markers. Not many, mind. And I had to laugh when I read this comment on the critique I submitted as part of the M.A. requirements:
Might I suggest a book you would find useful, The Forest for the Trees, Betsy Lerner.
Really? Ya think?
Just to be clear, do you mean that book I have two copies of, including one inscribed by the author?
And this Betsy of whom you speak, any chance she’s the one with the blog I followed for several years and still visit, like Greyfriar’s Bobby, waiting for the master’s return?
Uhm, yeah, thanks for that, guys.
(We’ll ignore the fact that I cited Forest For the Trees in my bibliography. No one reads those anyway, right?)
Haha. Well at least you’re on the same page… Are you happy with the comments? What happens next? Xcat
The comments? Meh.
What happens next is I finish it and then I edit and then I edit and then….
Nahh sounds familiar
OMG, classic.
Send this to Betsy!
Sarah, you know I always do what you say, right?
http://writeitdownith.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/exploding-heads-and-a-message-from-the-universe/
Looks like you didn’t have to this time!
But I did!
You made my day. Hey, how did you get ads? And like dissertation are you a dr and what was it on and congratulations and I apologize if I knew and can’t remember because I started V day yesterday with too much wine and peanut m&m’s. happy valentines darling.
No Betsy, you made mine.
The dissertation was for a masters in creative writing. Meh….
I have no idea how I get ads, but I don’t get anything for them. WordPress spam.
And how dare my blog hold your comment in moderation? Bad blog!
Oh Downith, could that be any funnier??
So now here you are down to the squiggly bits…editing, no problem for a Duchess, right?
One has staff for that.
What is the going rate?
Depends on the currency.
I think we’re currently operating at an eye for an eye.
Aye, lassie.
Oh I crack myself up sometimes.
Hahahaha! If only that person knew the fun we would have with this.
Perfect! You must tell Miss Betsy the name of the commenter. I imagine she’ll drop a card his or her mailbox and make their day, too!
This is priceless. Your universe is definitely properly aligned.
I love it! But at least she didn’t suggest this book to BETSY. That would take the cake. (Like what happened in the now infamous example that appears in “Men Who Explain Things” http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/13/opinion/op-solnit13)
Laura, that was no she… are you surprised?
A Betsy drive-by! What better gift for V-day?
Love your sense of humor! And not too impressed by your commentator who couldn’t read your bibliography and forgot the word ‘by’ in between ‘trees’ and ‘Betsy’. If it wasn’t for the italics in the comment you could argue that it was a very long, odd title for a book. ‘The Forest For the Trees Betsy Lerner’.
Betsy Lerner? Hmm. I hear she’s a smart and savvy chick. Maybe we should all check her out sometime.
You should scan your signed TFFTT title page and email it back to the commenter. With no hard feelings, of course, because that would make you “The Neurotic.”