*Waiting to hear back from potential employers is particularly nerve-wracking at times. I'm trying not to think about it, but I'm not very good at that game. I wish there was a set amount of time in which they had to respond ( Read more... )

dear February,
bye!
<333 Jess ( Read more... )

... 48 days until SRCD & meeting the folks from SILC/UChicago
... 101 days (max) until I'm done with the semester and all of its papers and tests
... 112 days until graduation

I think Thursdays this semester just might kill me. Class 9:50-12:20 and lab 1-4:30. At least two Thursdays out of 14 can be checked off, one of which I actually went to. My prof  basically turned me into a "that girl" this morning, asking questions like "has anyone here done research with the violation of expectancy paradigm? (pause while she ( Read more... )

..is finishing the paper on insanity in eighteenth century Great Britain that has been driving you mad for the past 3 weeks ( Read more... )

Happy New Year!! My "eve" was pretty lackluster (but I wouldn't really have it any other way). Went to J.Crew to return a sweater & my premature graduation dress that I bought on a whim online that's way too large, got a yummy cashmere turtleneck onsale and a Curious George calendar, located another giant Panera kind of near school, close to the ( Read more... )

email to Dr. D:
Yesterday, the fact that Joy was baking a cake for Christmas Eve turned into a giant fight, because nobody could possibly comprehend how her obsessing over recipes, watching the Food Network 24/7, and baking for everyone but never actually eating what she bakes could possibly upset/trigger/raise red flags for me. We had a "family ( Read more... )

I saw Kelly yesterday, and I can't decide if she's different outside of McLean, or if I just forgot how snarky she can be. We had a crazy, in-depth conversation about bagels for a good 10 minutes-- about if I'd prefer Finagle over Brueggers, what kind of cream cheese I'd get if I had to get one, why Dunkin bagels are lackluster (she said they taste ( Read more... )

Another semester bites the dust ( Read more... )

and once again, Wellesley has officially lost its mind