I have worked on my Powerpoint for 2 work days, but I should have something presentable. It's nice when the project you want to present is already finished. Now to get a lot of the fundamentals of what we did down, just in case they grill me on it ( Read more... )

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Chuck Norris is both the Gatekeeper and the Keymaster. He also toasted the Marshmellow Man for a smore.

Had a horrible, stressed-out, burnt-out, unable-to-sleep-because-he-can't-get-his-pessimism-to-leave-grad-schol-alone night.

After the farce of a yelling match called a lab meeting this morning, karma better give me an acceptance letter today!

Today's Real Life comic has a slightly disturbing detail. So for awhile I have noticed a rather odd trend of Greg and I having a similar way of thinking. But in today's comic(http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/090202.htmlRead more... )

One of my labmates, one of the older Chinese postdocs, has an old shirt he got in Australia a long time ago. It's one of his favorite shirts, he's worn it many times and the stuff printed on it is very worn. Funny thing about this shirt is what it says can be ... misconstrued. I don't know if he knows (his English isn't the best). But this ( Read more... )

Still no news from schools. But I do have my celebratory dinner restaurant chosen out for when/if I get an acceptance! Twisted Fork Cafe! And I'm gonna get the Dagwood. * drool *

I'm so confused, pissed off, and nervous I could cry. Seriously.

Grrrrrrrrrrr. First major snowfall of the season and I still am going to work.