- It's never a good idea to keep a lamp that you suspect has a short in it until the lightbulb in it actually catches on fire. Just an FYI.

- Last night I dreamt that Sarah Altman (Teddy's mom from Young Avengers) was our realtor.

- My co-workers drive me crazy some days.

- Traveling schedule has changed yet again. I just want to know for ( Read more... )

I hate the Federal Student Aid's loan service for one very important reason. Their "electronic debit account" program. On the surface, it sounds like a good idea. set it up so that every month the FSA gets to withdraw money from your account and get a discount on the interest rate you have to pay. They get a guarantee that they'll get paid on time ( Read more... )

You know what I have in my hands right now?

A diploma that says I'm a Master's student graduate.

YES!

Dear student financial (non-)aid ( Read more... )

Did you know that there is a difference between italicized periods and non-italicized periods? It's noticeable if you know to look for it. Did you also know that one of the things I had to go through and check for in all 80+ pages of my thesis? I had to make sure all the periods were not italicized ( Read more... )

Well, I was going to zip up my information on my school computer, upload it to a website, and download it at home. I just looked at how large that folder is. 37.5 GB.

Yeah, that's not going to work.

Thesis has been submitted to the library. Once it is approved, I can print out the copies I need and take them to the bindery. At which point, in seven days when the bindery delivers them, I will be done with my Master's degree.

EEEEEEEEE!

I think I have discovered a document I like putting together and updating even less than my resume.

That would be my CV.

Seriously does anyone really care how many times I made the Dean's list or that I graduated from a scholar's program or even that I was a "Outstanding graduating senior in Earth Science"? Hell, I did these things and I don't ( Read more... )

Why oh why does the US have to use a completely different system of measurement than the rest of the world? Converting between units is such a bitch. Let's just go metric and get it over with.

Between one of the people I share the office with bringing in their kids, who proceeded to poke and stomp and yell at each other, and the obnoxiously loud class of five that my adviser said could use the big screen in the office over the summer, I had the hardest time concentrating. Meaning that I didn't get nearly as much analysis done as I needed ( Read more... )