STRESS

[greystrata]

yesterday: adviser and I found out that after this year I can no longer apply for a NSF pre-doctoral fellowship, which means that I should apply either right now or never; consequently, much agonizing on whether I should cobble together a proposal at the last minute, terminating in a literal nightmare; anxiety's even higher than I thought, seeing

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[jedifreac]

My GRE took away my pencil. My Iron Man pencil.

They also metal detector wanded me for electronic recording devices, emptied my pockets, and made me put everything other than my driver's license and glasses in a locker.

When I asked for kleenex for my runny nose, they had specially designated, pre-marked kleenex.

[greystrata]

yeah, they're pretty ridiculous. I don't like 'em.