T: Twilight Zone

That funny feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when:

• you ask a reader on your committee to give you some feedback on draft 1 of a thesis chapter (January)
  
• you hear from him not a word
• you ask that reader for some feedback on draft 2 of that same chapter (April)
• you hear from him not a word
• you ask that reader for some feedback on draft 3 of that same chapter (July)
• you hear from him not a word
• you run into that reader in the hallway and he asks you why you haven't sent him any drafts to read yet. After all, it's that time of year, he's gonna have to write you a recommendation for the job market, he's gonna be reading your full thesis soon, it's time to get on the ball, now.
• you imagine the terrible, terrible things you'd like to say to him some day

Sample sentence: Being a grad student is like living in the Twilight Zone. (but not in a good way, even though that was a good show. Sigh, you know what I mean...)