Defense in an hour and 20 minutes.

[Evoman]

In about an hour and 20 minutes, I will be defending my Master's thesis. I am shitting-my-pants nervous.

Oh god oh god.

Yes...I am having an anxiety attack on DU.

Somebody please hit me with a bus :(

[bicentennial_baby]

1. You're going to be fine!

Breathe...Drink some cold water. Listen to some soothing music for a bit. You know your stuff, you'll kick ass. :hug:

[JVS]

2. knock em dead, dude

and get ready to party down

[bigwillq]

3. Good Luck!

You'll do fine. Just relax. :hi:

[unpossibles]

4. don't forget:

when defending, instead of merely blocking, try to entrap the arm/leg, twist it, and throw your opponent off balance while side stepping. Maintain control of the limb while you hold them down so they cannot get up and attack you again.

good luck!

[Evoman]

5. I"M DONE BITCHES!!!!!! YEAAAAAHHHHHH

FUCK YEAH.

Done.

Didn't go as well as I hoped.

Floundered a bit.

Had to say I don't know a couple of times.

BUT I AM DONE.

[Writer]

7. Don't you feel relieved???

And I'm sure you still passed.

(I floundered a little at mine, too.)

[TZ]

9. I'm sure you did fine.

I don't know too many people who are perfect in their defense of thesis, its pretty nerve rattling.
PS I would love to hear about your work, feel free to pm me if you ever want to chat, I did Ecology Evolution and Behavior as my emphasis in college ( sexual selection in birds was my specialty actually) on my way to a zoology degree, which sadly I am not really using (in biotech)

[VenusRising]

10. A few "I don't knows" is fine.

It's honest. It's better than BSing your way through an answer.

Congratulations on finishing. My husband just finished his PhD, so I understand your jubilation.

:applause:

[EstimatedProphet]

12. Ahhhh...you passed...

:noogie:

[JVS]

13. You passed, right?

[LaraMN]

6. You know your stuff. You'll do FINE!

Deep breaths...

[ThomCat]

8. Breath! You're do fine.

:hug:

[texas1928]

11. The scary thing is, I have a pic that matches your request.

But I posted it one time and they locked it as inappropriate. It is not a real dude getting hit by a bus. Just one of those stickers they put on the buses.