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Name: Jeff, the God of Biscuits
Birthday: 12/12/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: sunshine, yarn, down pillows, books, free verse, haiku about my job, vivaldi, triple word scores, and underwear. oh...and volvos.
Expertise: bookseller, lab rat ^_^, tutor, student, magical pants militant
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Education/Research
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Member Since:
10/20/2002
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| so, while poking around looking at stuff about entry level digital SLR cameras, i was unashamed to note that most of the concepts they have in their "beginner's glossary" is crap i learned just by that knee-high level of exposure (zomg a pun!) that chemists get into the world of optics. that, and paying attention in group meeting - all the minutiae really adds up.
i also think i found photography mildly sexier when my instrumental/analytical professor used to explain certain optical phenomena and then showed some of his own photography. it had nothing to do with the fact that he was european and didn't give a crap whether or not i showed up to class.
bottom line: choose classes with european professors, don't show up to them, and in the meantime, pursue a hobby that lets you understand your job better. | | |
| A is looking at armani exchange at some sparkly, blingy looking belt.
R: A, what kind of belt is that? it looks so jazzy. it looks like you're going to go...jazz dancing.
A: It is for women!
Me: You're going to go dancing in a women's belt?
A: **sulks**
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On the non linearity of anything that comes out of my mouth:
B: The Cyre-tree-of-thought must be all over the place.
M: I'm going to draw the Cyre Tree of Thought. Here's....some yeah....and a little bit of...here.....and a bird!......then a gun over here.....but wait, a plasmonic (something-or-other) that deflects the bullet!
B: ...drawn surprisingly true to life...
M: and look...another bird directly in its path!
I might mention that I love the lab I'm in. I love the drive I get from interacting with my boss. I love the idea of blooming where I am planted. I love that I have fellow second years who are willing to meet weekly and pray for the group or for each other. And I love the various personalities, and the fact that I get along with each and every one.
What I have been noticing, though, take it as you will, is that my conversations with this diverse group hardly ever approximate "productive"....we don't talk about my project. we don't talk about their project. I somehow ignore the fact that they are supposed to intimidate me, and that we are supposed to be using each other as resources, and explore the human element of my work relationship to them. I think this is not downplaying the necessity of scientific dialogue, but rounds it out, rather. now in the same breath this girl will rattle off instructions or research suggestions to one guy -- and then we will go back to braiding each others' hair and online shopping. Not that I don't do any work.....I just don't feel like having publication pissing contests and would rather give everybody nicknames.
in 8 hours i should be on my way to school to run a class, then i will *not* be teaching my discussion section (yay!!) and will instead be....taking more data. For now I have a project to chug through until about 2 am, so without further constraining your noble eyes, good reader, I bid you goodnight.
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Sara Pflaum
mmmm
4:04 PM
you and I are like amoxicillin and clavulanic acid
Cyre Kalu
of course!
umm
in WHICH way?
Sara Pflaum
oh
we complement each other
Cyre Kalu
awww
you are my complex conjugate
Sara Pflaum
they work synergistically you see
Cyre Kalu
you take my imaginary parts and make them real!
Sara Pflaum
killing bacteria together that they cannot tackle alone
Cyre Kalu
if we simply multiply ourselves by each other
so boys are bacteria?
Sara Pflaum
sure, why not?
Cyre Kalu
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| This week's good news I owe to communication. I also owe the bad news to communication as well. But I resolved that no matter what I get from the advisor, I will enjoy the fact that I have communication with her.
The word of the week in grad school is "initiative". Did I take any? What can I take today? Initiative is what makes me stay awake at night in bed, thinking about this project or that, wondering if I will have results by October, on top of classes/teaching/freshman discussion section. Overall I know I put myself here, but I also know I can do it. I just need to stop caring so much about everything else. The thing that makes me ridiculously mad is that the Raman instrument is down, right when I actually had data to take down. I also feel like I got through the first few months without mentorship, and I have to start making myself heard and just get some.
I slept more than 6 hours last night and woke up with a freaking headache. I must be allergic to laziness these days.
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| hi readership,
briefly, I will say that I have 9 days to complete some experiment and write it up for RQI in three weeks. Which means tomorrow's synthesis HAS to work.
the life is good. despite nights like this, i truly would not exchange this life for any other.
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