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We worked really hard in the lab through all of September, and didn't quite get to where we wanted to be by the beginning of this month. But we learned a lot, and I feel like our experiment is making progress in leaps and bounds. It's exciting almost every day ( Read more... ) -
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About two and a half years ago, I made a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. You can find the original list here. I recently looked at it again and updated some things.- Weigh #140 October 2007
- Still weigh #140 six months later April 2008
- Open an IRA January 2008
- Participate in a triathlon August 2008
- Ice skate Fall 2007
- Attend four theater ( Read more... )
- Weigh #140 October 2007
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I passed my Big Scary Comprehensive exam on Wednesday. In this exam, you learn something outside your research area and give a talk about it, then three professors ask you questions about the talk and about anything else they want. I got flustered early and made a lot of dumb mistakes I shouldn't have, even though I've been practicing doing ( Read more... ) -
Update
1. There's been a cat hanging around for the past few weeks. She's very sweet, and the neighbor kids named her "Bedo." But she is also in not-so-great health, and those of us who've been looking after her already have two or three cats. Outside was fine for a while, but the weather turned cold this week, and this is a housecat, not a feral one. So ( Read more... ) -
Triathlon
Today I did the Tri for the Cure with some other women from work. It's a women-only sprint length triathlon: 750 meter swim, 20 km bike, 5 km run. I finished in 1:40:01 overall, which put me at 110th out of 334 women in my age category. Times for the swim, bike, and run were 17:11, 39:02, and 35:30.
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The bees' knees
1. Bees: They live in my yard. My neighbor wanted a hive, but his roommate didn't like the idea, so he set them up in our yard. It's fun to watch them coming and going, and I'm so excited for them to help pollinate the garden, and for honey and wax later ( Read more... ) -
Grammar pet peeve of the day: verb versus noun
Sign up, log in, drop off, etc. are verbs.
Sign-up, login, drop-off, etc. are nouns or adjectives. Not verbs.
I know I shouldn't let it bother me, but it's just as nonsensical to say "It's easy to sign-up" as to say "It's easy to television."
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Even if only Trevor laughs...
To help show that scientists are people too, I think I'll make an inspirational movie about a group of condensed matter experimentalists struggling with (and ultimately overcoming) negative body image.
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Today was one of those really frustrating days where I spent many, many hours in the lab and wound up back where I started. I may have learned something new right at the end, but I'm not sure I'm interpreting it right. Whatever, this is the way science is sometimes. -
Bribery
I told myself that if I finished half of my term paper while the stores were still open I could go shopping for new spring clothes... and now I am done! yipee!
Now the paper can percolate in my brain for a couple of days before I have to revise and finish it. It is for my advisor's class, on an extension of my research, so I want it to be good.