Dear Allison ( Read more... )

And so, it has begun. But, I resolve to not let this semester get to me as much as last semester did. After all, I was so burnt out by the end that I blew off my last exam and didn't get the grade I wanted. So, it didn't work out in the end. Plus, when I went to Body Worlds they had a stomach with gastritis that was thouroughly distressing. But ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the day to be out and about. I had off for the football game (thank god), so we had a tailgate at our place before heading over there. I was pretty suspicious of Meg's gas grill, as every time I connected the tank to the grill, a stinky cloud of gas surrounded me. So, we modified the plan and plugged in the George Foreman on the porch ( Read more... )

I've tried to make this work a few times, but obviously I am so technologically inept that I'll just have to do it this way ( Read more... )

For those of you who live in Madison, you know how much Charter blows ( Read more... )

At what point do you just give up and committ to failure ( Read more... )

I've been thinking what an odd employment history I have. Really, what strange skills have I cultivated when half my resume has to deal with the brainwaves of clinically crazy people and the other half involves dealing with cranky people ( Read more... )

No, seriously, there's a breeze in my room and it's making the candle on my desk flicker. Seriously ( Read more... )

I had my first lab meeting for the Newman lab today, and I'm fairly certain everyone hates me. Today it was just an orientation for lab newbies, all of whom are either sophomores or juniors with no previous lab experience. It's fine and they're all very nice people, but I stick out as the one with previous psychophys experience, so I already know ( Read more... )

Well, today I had a very important interview with Dr. Joseph P. Newman regarding doing a senior thesis in his lab next year, and probably doing some menial work these next two semesters for a little orientation ( Read more... )