Thanks for the good birfday wishes! Trying to find things about the age 26 that's of interest...

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Well, that about covers it! Looking forward to this year, I hope it will be a good one.

This journal-thing just got interesting. I was digging through my past entries and discovered some new haunts in the LJ world. I hope a collective 'hi guys!' is enough ( Read more... )

It's backlog week at work. I'm taking all OASIS cases (yawn), and in addition taking on as many of the new cases that I can, to give the higher-ups more time to work old cases. I must have done great, because they seemed to have plenty of time to put on their inquisition hats and start nit-picking. And nit-picking. and ni- well, you get the idea. ( Read more... )

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

::dives into bed::

Hmm... that doesn't sound right at all. I've got this fear that sets in on Sunday Night. It really is the last day of the week for me, before the cycle starts new again. I think I've been getting this fear-of-sunday-night for much of my life. I certainly remember it as a kid, and I definitely recognize it now. It used to not exist. When I was in ( Read more... )

My wife is having a birthday next month. She'll be 28. There will be a party sometime around May 21st. I want her friends there and it be so fun she never forgets it. I'm going to put together an E-vite soon. Since we're moving sometime this summer, it needs to be spectacularI think I'm going to ask everyone to bring a little something for the ( Read more... )

Hot damn... I'm in.

I still don't believe it. Duke is offering me a 4+ year guaranteed tuition-paid plus stipend to complete a PhD in their revitalized program, and a master's along the way
if I 'feel like it'.

Unfuckingbelievable.The planets aligned, the stars.. well, I imagine they kept compacting and doing their thing. Nonetheless, this ( Read more... )

That name gets funnier every time I say it. So, I got my interview schedule today: 8 hours filled with fun and adventure. I've just finished reading and highlighting about 4lbs of research, my bags are almost packed, and my vacation time is locked in. Tomorrow afternoon I review what I've highlighted, focus on question prediction and interest- ( Read more... )

This is surreal. Duke University is one of the top schools in the country for Social Psychology. I failed out of college in 1997, didn't do those stupid school-sponsored activities, and shied away from honors clubs. Somehow I've made it further than the other 440 applicants. They're flying me out there to compete with 8 other candidates for 2 slots ( Read more... )

And at 8:02 pm on an uncharacteristically warm New Years day, Pontus finished his applications for school. Now comes the wait, the anxiety, the rejections, and hopefully 1 success.

I'm gonna go make some nachos.

::Crosses fingers, toes, and streets::