Horton Hears a What?

I am currently working on a thesis paper. It is not yet titled, but will sound very academic and possibly be something like, The Rhetorical Implications of Horton Hears a Who. (No, really, it is about Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who) Blah, blah blah. After what seems like years, but is merely months, of research, I have begun to write. It is a painstaking process and leaves me close to tears even before I have banged my head against the wall.

I am currently taking a break, something I am afraid will become a bad habit over the next few days, months, years etc. Here is a picture from my iPhone of my office. Okay, it is really my bed, but the chair at my desk isn't nearly as comfortable.

It looks like progress right?