I've been at my summer internship for only a week now, and I have very rapidly come to the realization that I don't belong here. The company designs stormwater filtration systems, and I came into the job thinking it would involve a lot of fluid mechanics, design engineering, and so on. This has not been the case. Instead, the primary focus is on ( Read more... )

I am a Yale graduate.

I've cried so much this week I don't have any tears left.

Oh-Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive...

Your Linguistic Profile:50% Yankee30% General American English10% Dixie10% Upper Midwestern0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold "precious," and earth and soil "base"? People who do this ought to remember that if there were as great a scarcity of soil as of jewels or precious metals, there would not be a prince who would not spend a bushel of diamonds and rubies and a cartload of gold just ( Read more... )

I finally got to cross something else off my things-to-do-before-graduating list (click picture to go to the full-size image):


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Hero for the day: My senior project advisor.
Michael just spent forty-five minutes on the phone with me fixing the mess I had made in Excel. My presentation's tomorrow morning ... should go all right but I'd really like to have another week to make it really good.

Best Mom Ever: My mom!
Sradana1: I still can NOT believe that you are graduating.
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As often as I tend to complain about this or that, my life is pretty awesome ( Read more... )

On Monday I read this article in the YDN, in the special Bulldog Days section. It infuriated me. In response I wrote this letter to the editor. There were several other major points I wanted to make, but being limited to 300 words meant I had to censor myself somewhat ... maybe later tonight I'll elaborate more.

Kick the tires and light the fires, my sister is coming to New Haven this weekend! Guess that means I should finally do my laundry. Also, the SOM hockey teams had better watch their backs, because there'll be *two* Dana girls rockin' out Saturday night.

Borrowed from caromalinia, I bring you Never Have I Ever: The Whimsical Version. X means yes and / means sort of. I also tacked on a few questions of my own at the end ( Read more... )