... I just hit page 40 of my thesis and I'm maybe half way done O.o And all the English majors out there reading this just started laughing.

August, you are both very far away and not far enough away.

I kinda wish I had posted about this yesterday when I was just pissed off and hadn't let it turn into being depressed. So instead of indignant rage, you're going to get depressed moping (which is, of course, just what you always wanted ( Read more... )

So I went with my advisor to meet up with one of the other guys we're working with to go over the paper we're trying to finish up and get submitted. It involved going to the guys house in the East bay. I took BART over and my advisor picked me up then we drove over. On the way a driver tried to cut us off, then got mad when he couldn't. He pulled ( Read more... )

I'm back in home in SF again and it still seems strange that I think of this city as "home" now, but I do and it's really nice to be back. San Diego was a lot of fun, but stressful in it's own way. I flew down Wednesday night and stayed with Sharon and the bear. Spent Thursday in lab with her working on my thesis then headed over to the hotel were ( Read more... )

I guess it's finally time for me to post my good news. As some of you know I applied to PhD programs and had been waiting to hear back. I officially got an acceptance email from UCSD this last week and am now down in San Diego for my interview (tomorrow) so I can meet perspective PIs. I tacked on a few days at the end to hang out with Sharon (ok, ( Read more... )

So I got home from lab kinda late last night (~8 pm) and opened the door to a strange buzzing sound. It sounded like it was coming from somewhere in the middle of the apartment, but I couldn't find any obvious causes so decided to sit on it and get the roomie to help me track it down when she got home. I was on the phone with Sharon, so a run ( Read more... )

So apparently one of my students wasn't in lab yesterday because she was attacked at a bus stop on her way to school. Someone tried to take her ipod from her just as the bus pulled up. There were plenty of witnesses and no one tried to help her. I know these things happen, but I like to pretend that I live in a pretty nice part of a pretty nice ( Read more... )

Woke up to fog again this morning and my reaction was just to smile. I think I might finally actually live here as the return of the fog has just made me happy ( Read more... )

So I was watching tv in the living room yesterday and the doorbell rang sometime around seven. I open it and it's a guy from PG&E. He asks if we had put in a call about a gas leak, saying that someone had called giving the name "Kathy" and a general location, but no address. He'd been going door to door looking for the caller. Well, the connection ( Read more... )

Just got back from my second trip to the Western Spectroscopy Association Conference at Asilomar. As last year, the conference grounds were gorgeous. My lab mate Cailyn came with me this year and we spent the first afternoon wandering down the beach enjoying the sun. Happily the predicted rain for Thursday came only at night and cleared out before ( Read more... )