second opinion
See now, that's what I thought. I AM headed in the right direction with my thesis. The marketing and publishing research I'm doing, as well as the analysis of competing publications are exactly the sort of things that go into a critical essay. I don't have to bullshit after all. I need to keep on exactly the same track, adding to it with a personal critique that's based off more than self-reflexive bullshit.

I liked my second opinion much better than the first. And now I'm going to talk to another Honors College prof I had my freshman year. I feel like I'm shopping for thesis committee members. But so what, eh? I'm allowed.