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An interesting side effect of this whole fiasco is that I now see the other professors in the department as family. I'm not sure if it's because they've fallen into the subconscious category of 'rescuers' or because my new boss treats students as friends rather than underlings.
On Friday, a prof called who I really admire and like. You know how ( Read more... ) -
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UUUUGH Starbucks is a great place to study, except that the music is REALLY ANNOYING.
The new lab is wonderful. My advisor is a true mentor, in every sense of the word. I think he gets some moral satisfaction as my 'savior', too. which is fine with me. I think we think sort of similarly, which isn't going to force me to learn a new way of thinking, ( Read more... ) -
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Yeah, so I've decided that I can't handle the news.
This whole thing with hurricane Sandy... I see the photos on the news of places near home, being flooded with water... Newark, Manhattan, Philly... And the news on Facebook... it makes me physically ill. Not because of any righteous desire to take the place of anyone suffering, but because here I ( Read more... ) -
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Oof. Life tends to happen in spurts.
The highlight of the busy week last week was going to see BRIAN REGAN ON TOUR, BABY.
Yes, he's still got it!
Meanwhile, I'm very much enjoying the new lab. It's such a pleasure to have a boss that I can talk to, and that talks to me. He'd forgotten one day that his wife had a doctor's appointment and he couldn't ( Read more... ) -
Paper faces on parade-- masquerade!
What I really need to be doing right now is making up my CV for that fellowship application. Instead I'm wasting time on the internet, because I just... can't... do it. My brain is tired. My body is also tired.
Yesterday I went to see Phantom of the Opera at the Opera House. Apparently, it's done by UK students. The main actors were mostly non- ( Read more... ) -
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A while ago, I determined that out of 3 types of bananas, the organic Ecuadorian bananas were the best. They continue to be the best This is not, ladies and gentlemen, caused by the organic-ness, however, because Costa Rican organic bananas taste like paper ( Read more... ) -
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I'm finished with my end of the tasks for this lab--namely, writing the manuscript and the poster draft. Now I need my boss to read them. So I read a paper that was claimed by Mercola to 'prove' aspartame damages the brain.
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What a wonderful weekend, I can't even believe. I knew the stress detox would come, but forgot the magnitude.
Oof. You can forget what it's like to feel human again if you've been half-dead for long enough.
Oh yeah, I didn't always wake up feeling like gremlins were pounding my brains.
Oh yeah, I used to practice yoga without hindrance of negative ( Read more... ) -
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It's so much easier dealing with my (ex) boss when it doesn't matter ( Read more... ) -
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Yeah. Epic crap is happening at the rate of falling dominos. I'm afraid to say anything until it's over. Big experiment today, too.