Neil Christenson, MA

History MA. Strong opinions about the one true citation style. He/him. Tweets my own. 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲 studying 🇨🇦.

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

32,854 words. 93 pages.

Draft one of my thesis is finally done.

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

@pkmoran2 PNW History Conference #PNWHC2022 :D

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Welcome to a History Conference, where the room chuckles at "the myth of the US as a classless society"

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First conference appearance: completed!

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Choice of clothing to the Hanford tour may or may not have been intentional... #PNWHist2022

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Do you know the difference between me and Anakin Skywalker?

The council has given me the rank of Master.

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

"I hate everybody, not just some people."
-My sister

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

I am sitting here in Victoria, at the building that once housed the offices of the BC Coast Steamship Service, sipping a "Steamship Shaft," wearing a bowtie made in the pattern of the BCCS flag and ship's propeller cufflinks, having just submitted my thesis.

Life is good.

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

@larrycebula Now we know how HM figured out how to live forever, summoning demons at Stonehenge.

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

I will say this: my writing has improved just in the last two months. I'm just now going back to edit the first chapter I wrote and... yikes.

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When you get an edit from your chair but you like the sentence as is so you find manual references to support why you can keep it... 🧐🤗😇

"CMOS 13.14 is the pathway to many sentences with run-in quotes some professors would find incorrect," Neil wrote, parodying Palpatine.

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I'm trying to avoid the news out of Texas while frantically finishing my thesis, but a certain amount is unavoidable, and it makes me think about how I remember the defining traumatic event for my generation, and where I remember being safe.

My memory of 9/11 is going to school.

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

"Please don't let this scare you away. And by 'this' I mean the mustached man in the jean jacket (@Sam_Wilson83)"
-Brewery trivia guy

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

Am I going to try to cite myself in my thesis? You bet I'm going to try to cite myself in my thesis. #Shameless

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

Trying to get through my last month like:

https://t.co/cHI5BDGQ0R

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UW has a weak land acknowledgement.

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Latest writing placeholder: "Jellicle Crews – The Naming of Officers"

The Naming of Crews is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a crew must have THREE DIFFERENT OFFICERS.

I'm losing it...🙃

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

The library asking for overdue books back: πέμψον τὰ ὅπλα.

Me, still trying to incorporate secondary sources: μολὼν λαβέ!

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

I've written 18,000 words on 52 pages. This is the most I've ever done for a single project. While working full time. While commuting from Cheney to Oly every week so I could commute Oly to Tac daily. I ought to be proud.

But I'm also four weeks behind, so I feel like a failure.

[Neil Christenson, MA @NeilChrisHist]

Listening to the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Because sometimes one needs to deploy emergency focus countermeasures.