I mentioned a certain professor who ruined everyone's Thanksgiving break by assigning a paper that could only be completed over the break. I did not mention that I have to take this class, with this professor, every year for the next three years. So I have that to look forward to.

The professor gave back my paper on Tuesday with 'suggested' revisions. I say 'suggested' because he insinuated that he would throw it in the trash if I didn't make them. So nice to be threatened with failure. Anywho, I have about three more days to do the revisions, and they're going to take so much time that I won't be able to study for my exams to nearly the extent that I would prefer. It's a good thing I prepared during the semester and don't need to 'cram'. The probable scenario is that I end up getting lower grades than I would prefer but that I don't get so hurt that I flunk out of my program. I do say probable scenario.

I'm about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way through my revisions now, and my paper has already grown from its initial 24 pages to a still-expanding status of 33. It would have been a pretty good paper if I'd had a month or two to do it. Finishing in a total of two weeks, though, is going to result in about 50 pages of trash. Good times.