Okay, the gauntlet has been laid down by my committee and I have accepted the challenge:

I am to complete the writing of my thesis by July 18th, then defend no later than August 1st.

I have five chapters to do. Chapters two and three are done (as of now), chapter one is half done, followed by chapters four and five.

Here I go!!!

I got some word from a potential post-doc today, and sadly its not the word I wanted to hear.

....A bit of an update. It looks as if one or two of the present postdocs in the group I had planned to replace are not going to be gone by August 15 per my original plan. So, at this point, I can not make you an offer....
This came from the position in ( Read more... )

Oh for the love of all things good and pure, WHY do I have to have ANOTHER leak in MY apartment ( Read more... )

Looks like Capcom is at it again with crossovers. Just released in Japan is Namco vs Capcom!! Does this mean its Soul Caliber versus Street Fighter in a no-holds barred match?!? Megaman tangos with KOS-MOS?!? Pac Man takes a bite out of Dmitri's vampic a ( Read more... )

Uh oh its June, and that means I got about 60+ days left in my graduate school lifetime. I'm not too worried as I got 2 1/2 chapters of the thesis done with 1 1/2 to go by August 1st. Hopefully by then I'll have a post-doc waiting for me by September (yeah, no bites yets but alot of nibbles on the fishing lines ( Read more... )

Okay, I have one serious question ( Read more... )

Ugh, this has got to be one of the longest semesters I can seem to recall. Not because it was tough or bad, I just wanted it to be over (get on with my thesis and NOT be tied up in undergrad labs). Well, the grades are done (since last week) and the students are gone. So quiet, so calm, so worth getting work done ( Read more... )

More meme madness, this time from rika

Wait! There's more!!

I could go on, but these were the best!

Well I figure I give it a try. Got this from thog

Had myself a really good weekend. Went down to Carowinds with dailytorment for some much need stress relief. And you couldn't ask for a better day: lots of sunshine, temps in the 60's, park only marginally full, and a set of rollercoasters to try out. I lost count, but I do believe we both rode a total of 10(?) coasters, 5 times for the Top Gun alone, but ( Read more... )