Questions

• Why am I dreading finishing up my acknowledgements page and my dissertation abstract so much?*
• What should I do in Minneapolis/St. Paul for the couple of days/nights I'll be there?**

* Okay, I know why I'm foot-dragging with the acknowledgements: They're not really required, but folks tell me I'm obliged to have them in there, and I think the whole thing is cheesy and a little too sentimental.

** What I want to do: see Strangers With Candy and Snakes on a Plane. They're not playing in Greenville. But that doesn't seem right, really; I should do something that really gives me the Minneapolis/St. Paul experience. Unfortunately, I'll be a little too early for the great Minnesota get-together and a little too late for the Fringe Festival, but there are lots of things uniquely characteristic of the place that I can do -- hang out in Dinkytown one last time, go to the Bryant-Lake Bowl, something. I guess I'm thinking movies would be the thing just because I'll be so drained from the defense that all I'll want to do is sit in a movie theater and eat popcorn. Plus I'm not sure if anyone else will want to get together, so I'll need to plan stuff I can do by myself if necessary.