I'm giving up on Wednesdays. Seriously, this is the second week in a row that I come to work on a Wednesday and get severely screwed and unable to go home in peace. Last week it was that pouring rain. I left work after 7:30pm, got a ride to nowhere and had my father pick me up. I got home at almost ten o'clock. I only ate, 'cause the boys here had ( Read more... )

Hey! Happy New Year, guys! I've been back for a while now. Curitiba sucked in a million ways, but I'm focusing on the good parts (there were quite a few) and the good things that have risen there. Hope you all had lovely Holidays.

I'm back to procrastination work. Won't talk much about that. I need vacations and all I got were a lousy two weeks ( Read more... )

For those of you who thought me dead, think again! Evoking my old echo habits, I have returned! Don't really know how long I'll stay, but I have come anyway. My life has become mayhem. My timetable is complete insanity and it's really hard to find the peace of mind to post, though I have read every post from you guys this past couple of weeks. I ( Read more... )

Dear Fernanda Ostrovski
We are please to inform you that you presentation was accepted for the XXXIII Annual SAB meeting.That's a rather bad translation from a piece of the email I got a couple of hours ago from the Brazilian Astronomical Society. My abstract was accepted so I am now officially presenting a poster at this year's meeting. My title ( Read more... )

My contribution to science today: I run around carrying a microphone. I think there's a pool going on to see how long it will take me to fall flatly on my ass...

And yes, I'm alive. And well also. With lost of things to say. Just out of time...

My adviser is once again giving me the silence treatment. One would think that having provided him 98% accuracy in my results he would cheer up and answer my email. Well, that's just to prove I need catastrophes to get his attention. I have, once again, nothing to do. And don't you go thinking I'm useless. On the contrary, I'm just highly effective ( Read more... )

Ok, so the theory I mentioned on my previous post was wrong. But my adviser came to talk to me at last. He told me a whole bunch of stuff, told me to do this really hard thing, but amid his speech he said something that was really idiotic and really simple to test. The files had this comment on their first lines in which it explained the content. ( Read more... )

It took me a entire freaking month, but I think I found out why my template set doesn't work no matter what I do. And I found out what's wrong without my adviser's help (he still won't talk to me). I'll be knocking on his door without mercy or permission soon, but I think he's at lunch. I'm anxious. I really think I got this. I hope he feels ( Read more... )

I've been noticing a pattern in my life: rainy days tend to be crappier than average. I mean, I think that, statistically, my crappy days have been rainy more often than sunny. Odd coincidence, or do I control weather with my mood ( Read more... )

Ha! My adviser has finally decided to take notice that I am alive and in need of help! He seemed eager to denied that and trust me 104% with my work. While that may sound flattering, it's really not cool when you tell the guy you don't know how to do something and he says "of course you do" and goes on with the conversation as if you had said "that ( Read more... )