Why do I run on so?????

So I'm in the process of writing up my statement for my department's human subjects committee... I wrote a draft of it yesterday and, despite Bob's telling me to be brief and they would ask me for more info if they needed it, I rambled on and on and on about how big my snowball sample could get, etc. Which, while useful for my actual dissertation prospectus, really has no bearing on whether or not my research design is ethically sound. Maybe it's because I had to fight to be allowed to do my chat paper, but this project could not be more run-of-the-mill in terms of the methods...

So, I give you what I really want to say:

Dear Committee,
I want to study 'bloggers. I promise to treat them nice. Please let me do my dissertation.
Love,
alphasarah

Blargh.