FML ( Read more... )

BASICALLY:

-German is hard. OMG HOW AM I GOING TO LEARN FIFTEEN THOUSAND FREAKING ARTICLES/POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES BY THURSDAY AT 2PM.

-WHY IS EVERYTHING ALWAYS DUE AT ONCE

-WHY IS THE JACKHAMMERING OUTSIDE NOT EVER STOPPING OMG

-YAY CAPSLOCK

-SCREW ACADEMIA, MY CURRENT GOAL IN LIFE IS TO GROW MY HAIR LONG, BE QUIRKY ALA ZOOEY DESCHANEL.

The cruel irony of academia seems to be, the more you think a topic is ripe for the picking the more someone else will have already inevitably gotten the ladder out in preparation for harvesting ( Read more... )

Dear Uni,

How am I supposed to learn to teach at a university if you will not let me teach?

No love,
Katie.

TIMELINE OF THE THING:

11:47am Thursday: post formal declaration of giving up on New Guy
7:00~pm Thursday: express same sentiment to Sarah
8:34pm Thursday: New Guy apologises and says he was not ignoring me
9:15pm Thursday: check phone and brain melts down with a giant AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH.

Why. Just. Why.

10:57am Friday: brain still on

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Academia is a scary thing. You can go from being all "omg I have to talk infront of people for three minutes? That's FOREVER" in undergraduate years to being all "omg I can ONLY talk for fifteen minutes? That's NO TIME AT ALL" as a postgrad. Needless to say, at the moment I am trying desperately to figure out how to explain my field, introduce my ( Read more... )

Dear lord. I just set a frozen apple pie on fire in my microwave. Now my flat is freezing cold due to having to have everything open to get rid of the smoke and also smells like burnt apple pie. Note: this is not a good smell ( Read more... )