Sometimes I feel like the job hunting scene is like the high school social scene: the rules change daily and both positive and negative responses from people appear to occur at random.

Time for ice cream and some indulgence in classical music on my Pandora station. (Re-watching Princess Tutu sure has a way of putting me on a classical music kick

Today, I sat next to a girl on a plane who decided the time between boarding the plane and take off would be the perfect time to do her complete make-up routine.

My favorite part was when she did her eye liner while the plane was physically lifting off the ground. I kept hoping we'd have turbulence during take-off and she would gouge herself in ( Read more... )

The repeat, bludgeoned to death headlines on the airport headline news channel is driving me insane ( Read more... )

The internship is finished and I am one step closer to having my degree. (The thesis defense is the final obstacle in my way ( Read more... )

Ze internship she is halfway finished!

Four adventurous / exciting / fun / scary weeks down, six more to go.

Now if I only I can stop word vomiting all over the doctors.

(At least it's not real vomit, right?)

Officially on the east coast for the next teen weeks. (Eep!) Two days until the internship starts and am currently un-panicked since I am well rested. The panic will likely begin approximately 12 hours prior to starting actual intern duties on Monday ( Read more... )

Back to the thesis again. It's been so long! Two months? A little more? Oh the wacky fun of attempting to run more subjects before going off to intern. Glad to be back to writing again, though. (I'm also grateful for sunhiney days and getting a haircut.)

Oh thesis writing, how you bring out the Procrastinating LJ Post in me!

New Joanna Newsom album!!!

*high pitched squealing*

This de-stressed my week considerably with all the running around panicking about my next internship. Now if only I had the money to get my hands on it.

(There is one song on NPR's All Songs Considered this week.)

YAY!!!

So I was messing around with some links and resources I was adding to the blog I'm keeping about my intern experiences when I ran across this blog post about a job that made me forget why I want a break after I complete my masters degree. (Besides, I'm not 100% positive I want to pursue a doctorate yet ( Read more... )

Snow in Portland. Snow in Indiana. Worlds collide! (This had better not affect my flight in a couple days.)

...some day the advent of snow will no longer merit an entry in my LJ. (See: upcoming internships.) However, today is not that day.