I haven't posted here for quite sometime. Nearly a year. This is partially because alot of my feelings in the past year have been depressing and personal, however part of me regrets writing about my life. Maybe I'll write more when I have more energy...

People don't get Ph.D.'s because it's fun. It's not fun at all. Don't let them trick you. Getting a Ph.D. is painful. People get Ph.D.'s because they want an interesting job and/or they want to contribute to the body of knowledge within their chosen field. They don't tell you that when you start ( Read more... )

This is possibly the worst summer ever. It doesn't even feel like summer. It's not that I even mind working all the time, because I like what I do and I like my boss. The qualifier just sucks. In some ways it is cool, because it makes me read alot and learn alot of things that I prolly should have already known...but in most ways it's just ( Read more... )

One reason why I have the best advisor in the world.

Ivan: "Try not to kill yourself."

...but for now...i got this in an email today from the guy i work for:

Nice work Julie!
kb

I got an exclamation point. I'll explain why this is a big deal later. Time to go back to the office for now.

I've been thinking. I think the hardest thing about grad school is that there are no motivational speakers. You know, like when I was growing up, there were always 'motivational' speakers coming to school to convince us to stay in school and not do drugs. This trend continued through high school and college...shifting then to more mature and ( Read more... )

Seriously. i need a break. work work work. that's all i ever do. work work work is why i've become socially awkward and isolated from the world ( Read more... )

Nonpolar Amino Acids ( Read more... )

Hi people. Here's an update ( Read more... )

School is so frustrating. It makes me want to cry ( Read more... )