Notebook & a Mascot

I am officially ready to begin work on my thesis. Sure, I've had two dozen immediate books and as many academic journal articles on the subject for a few months now, but I finally purchased a heifer notebook binder for notes and print-outs. I have storage.

Plus, while going through a box of old toys yesterday, Mum found a bag of non-brandname beanie animals that she intended to give to me when I was sick, presumably in elementary school. Many years later, I have finally chosen the best of the group to serve as my mascot this year, as seen below with the binder:

I have dubbed him "Hippo."

This may not seem creative, but I have also dubbed my thesis "Hippo," which is short for both "hypothesis" and "hippopotamus."

Plus, Hippo is hip because of his technicolor dreamcoat (Hippotamus, not Hippothesis).

I may or may not be sane by the end of this.