I'm sitting here in the final year of my PhD and realizing that it isn't something that I want to do anymore. I am educated as a researcher, an engineer, I'm a frickin' rocket scientist for pete's sake... and it doesn't motivate me ( Read more... )

It was another late night in the labs for me tonight. I pack up my bags around 1am and step outside... into the cold rain. I don't mind the rain most of the time, but it's these moments where I've been working long hours, I'm tired and hungry and I've been alone in the labs for the entire night, stepping out into the cold and wet... it's depressing ( Read more... )

I think people are afraid of words. What ever happened to expressing yourself in more than 140 characters?

A couple of my friends have grandmothers who are ill or who have passed away recently. It makes me thankful I still have one around who's in relatively good health.

So today I spent the afternoon baking cookies with my grandma.

I am good for people, but they may not be good for me ( Read more... )

... brought to you by moth on lightswitch. Oi!

It's a beautiful day for a walk. I have bread for the ducks. Now where the heck are they?

A million cookies for whoever gets the reference.

I see you sitting there Mr Cinnamon Bun. With your mocking swirling deep brown eyes and sparkly sheen. No I won't fall for it, not this time.

You see, Mr Cold Pizza took one for the team this morning. My will power has been sated.

You not only fell out of love with me, you transferred everything away. You stopped loving me, you stopped trusting me, and worst of all you stopped respecting me. When was the last time you had said anything nice to me? or about me? You systematically criticized everything that I defined myself by, made me question it in the worst possible way, ( Read more... )

Remember this post I made a couple month ago?

It turns out she found herself a jerk and had been cheating on me.

So much for that.