So, I picked a general topic for my master's thesis, which really just goes to show how "unfocused" my academic interests are; ever since I joined this graduate program, I had figured on doing a thesis about prehistoric stuff.  Lithic technology, to be specific (rock tools).  I'd always thought that stuff was cool, partly because I hadn't had much ( Read more... )

I may or may not have gotten myself through a boring economics article by imagining that Richard Attenborough was reading it aloud to me.

( Nothing like positive feedback from a professor to make the day great. )

 Not sleeping again tonight.  Still have one paper and one project to complete.  Geez, this is harder than last night.  Struggling not to nod off right now.  Finishing a bit of old coffee left from this morning.  I spent most of today extremely wired on caffeine.  Have now gone about 8 hours without ingesting any, so I'm hoping for a bit of a buzz ( Read more... )

I realized the GRE is only a week away today, so I went to the GRE website and downloaded a math review and spent nearly two hours just working on the first sectiion: arithmetic.  You know - integers, fractions, percentages, and exponents and that kind of stuff?  The simple stuff that's only one step above long division?  Middle school math, ( Read more... )

Boy, it sure does suck when I forget to do an assignment until the night before it's due.  Especially when the assignment is a multi-page paper.  I also realized I have a number of readings I need to catch up on, too, but they are definitely NOT getting done tonight.  To demonstrate just how totally screwed up my sense of time management actually ( Read more... )