turning nocturnal

[ajawa_took]

being suddenly told to produce a detailed outline of my thesis out of thin air (and a one-page summary of same in non-technical language, and some more propaganda about why i am cool) on one week's notice is unnerving as well as hectic. i am mostly ok with the abstract fact of graduating next year; but writing down a timeline of exactly how i'm

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[quale]

Why do you have to do this?

This sounds very scary to me.

I'm still not entierly sure how I feel about graduating. I think much of my answer will depend on what is happening with Sharon and I and whether I can get a job near her.

[ajawa_took]

department is nominating me for the university dissertation year fellowship, i.e. noteaching next year. for which i'm very grateful, but the dealine is soon, and the Committee wants evidence of progress completed and progress anticipated, and evidence of organizedness, and stuff, and eeeep!.
it's kindof good to stop and contemplate what i'm working on, and where i could go from here (matehmatically!). it's made me realize that before i bury self in Buium's evil delta-geometries, i should write up some stuff i did last semester, while i still understand it, even if it didn't lead to shiny theorems.
however, this thinking makes impending graduation much more impending. "is there life after hampshire?" and "is there life after 'tech?" seemed like jokes to me, but "is there life after berkeley?" sounds like an actual meaningful question, the answer ot which might be No.

[easwaran]

ouch

[oxeador]

Look at the bright side. This week of stress and pressure will prepare you for the actual job hunting process next Fall. And do not worry too much about it: it is *worse* than you think. But hey, you will survive.

But seriously, I hear you. Now that my leaving is a certainty (and damn too close) I feel sad. I will miss you, and easwaran, and leech, and the lamas, and T-gra, and the ticking clock, and the calendar that never was, and the slinky, and the warm, and ...

[rezoner]

just a friendly reminder:

http://website.lineone.net/~jbonno/greenpigs/pigday.htm

[krasnoludek]

I hope my comment on Pi Day, when I mistakenly told my prospie that you and lowenheimskolem were graduating at the end of this semester, didn't add to your general apprehension about people pushing you to graduate. I completely sympathize with your nervousness about doing all these tasks that make graduating so much more tangibly close.

btw, I'm adding you as an LJ friend.