dude and i thought my 10 pages were bad. though, since you're super awesome you are probably progressing really well whereas i don't even have an inkling of a thesis yet. but then again, it's my own fault for sucking so i don't really deserve any sympathy for that :(

btw i think my beliefs on genre fiction have changed!! i still have this aversion when art turns into commodities and even though, well, obviously you BUY faulkner, there's just something about mass market paperbacks that push my buttons. it's the marxist in me. but sci-fi still rocks, whatever. though i don't think anybody could ever make me change my mind about twilight. everrrrr.