I made a decision. Part of the decision was inspired by the fact that I've had two months to think about it and I need to get my ass in grear god-dammit. So I filled out the forms (to offically accept my acceptance and financial support) for Stony Brook, wrote and printed the cover letter, and put it all in an envelope and sealed it. It will go ( Read more... )

1. Finish thesis and graduate
   
2. No more falling down the stairs (Corollary: Pay more attention to my surroundings)
   
3. Fulfill commitment to 12in2008
   
4. Finish unpacking office before May (the one-year move-in date)
   
5. Get an A in o-chem 2
   

And that's good enough. Though, I should also finish reading Wicked at some point.

I wrote my academic statement of purpose for admissions applications to PhD programs.

( Zzzzzzzzz )

I am so excited. I have an appointment to talk with my possible future advisor. I could get a thesis project tomorrow! Yay! I'll be a real grad student finally.

And, for the record, The Station Agent is the best comedy I've seen in ages. I saw Brokback Mountain and Good Night and Good Luck the most recently. I was ready for a comedy. And ( Read more... )

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I have about 15 minutes until my first class of graduate school starts. I am very excited. I had trouble going to sleep last night, but I still woke up early. Last night was the pre-school apartment cleaning festivities. Not just for school, though, my writing group is meeting at my house on Thursday. I am excited and nervous about that as ( Read more... )

I'm working in the office of a Petroleum Consulting Company, and boy am I out of place.

1. Hello, physics degree. Petroleum engineering not my field ( Read more... )