michelleforbes
- Trying to tie up loose ends before I move to Livingston, Guatemala in two days. I think I've covered everything... just have to pack!about 19 hours ago from web
- The flies are gaining resistance to the bug spray. I'll have to learn their language, earn their trust, and then kill them unexpectedly.9:28 AM Jul 14th from web
- Ended up taking the weekend off, but did a lot of work today. If I don't consolidate all these notes soon, I'll drown in this mess.6:45 PM Jul 13th from web
- Toenails are done, now what else can I do to keep from working on my dissertation? There's a movie with Britney Spears on TV...10:04 AM Jul 12th from web
- It looks like Hurricane Carlos is headed right towards Central America... you stay away Carlos! Shoo! That should do it.7:21 AM Jul 12th from web
- Ended up taking the day off yesterday. Can't loose the momentum, must get to the dissertation today...after I do my toenails though.7:18 AM Jul 12th from web
- I slept for 12 hours and what a great sleep. Take that insomnia! Now to get to work. So much to do!10:59 AM Jul 11th from web
- Doing research all day is so tiring! I could sleep for 16 hours. I wouldn't say this to construction workers and waitresses though.7:01 PM Jul 10th from web
- With the work I did today, I can finish a chapter of my dissertation tonight and start fielding motion picture deals before it's published.12:56 PM Jul 10th from web
- Specific tasks for today, finding out more about La Gomera, Gualan and San Jeronimo...and what it has to do with Garifuna history...6:10 AM Jul 10th from web
- The director of the National Archives doesn't like me and she charged me double for copies of 18th century documents. He who laughs last...5:29 PM Jul 9th from web
- My dissertation reveals events in Garifuna history that will be so controversial that I've stopped discussing it. Publish date: Nov 20107:07 AM Jul 9th from web
- @jassy3 Congratulations!! You deserve a day of clothes browsing. :)6:26 AM Jul 9th from web in reply to jassy3
- Spending the day at the National Archives and the Academy of Guatemalan Geography and History. Leaving early, staying late.6:12 AM Jul 9th from web
- @Dissertationfix I just started following, thanks for the great tips. I'm a Fulbrighter working on the dissertation in Guatemala.9:07 PM Jul 8th from web
- Sometimes I get on a roll doing my dissertation, and I'm at it all day. Then the next day I'm so burned out that I hate research.9:05 PM Jul 8th from web
- @yoono_who_rules I'm following you because we're in the same boat. I'm a final year dissertation-writer too! Toast! <clink!>2:36 PM Jul 8th from web
- What an *extremely* productive day at the library. I'm taking lots of great notes, but I'm not really writing. One day I'll have to write.2:23 PM Jul 8th from web
- Slept TERRIBLY. Either I had or I thought I had the heebies. Today's task, all-day research day at University of Guatemala library. Woo hoo!5:50 AM Jul 8th from web
- A few Americans in the National Archives today. Funny how they never say hello, even if I smile and say hello first. Ugly Americans.4:09 PM Jul 7th from web
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- Name Michelle Forbes
- Location Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Bio I'm a Ph.D. student at the University of Missouri. Right now I'm in Guatemala working on my dissertation, courtesy of Fulbright.
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