Survival Techniques, Graduate Style
Well, this week went better than I was expecting:
1) I turned in an updated yet not complete version of my revised paper, only to get the distinct impression from my adviser that she no longer cared about it being perfect, or even having the changes she wanted, so long as it was in my portfolio. That is, she's not going to use it to keep my from graduating, and in fact will accept whatever meets a minimum standard.
2) Comps were difficult on day one, but surprisingly easy on day two. I actually finished up early on day two, which was not what I was expecting after the example of day one, which required a much greater level of detail than I was expecting. I'm fairly certain I've passed, which is obviously all I care about; either way, it's over for the rest of the semester, and no longer worth worrying about.
3) St. Patrick's Day, a traditional time of great drunkenness and debauchery on campus (at least, our campus) went fairly well. Ok, there were people who started drinking Wednesday night in order to make sure that they were drunk for the whole day, but our neighborhood in particular seemed comparatively sane. I think we only had one or two drunken incidents per building.
4) Job applications ... okay, still have some work to do on something.
I was also fortunate in that after Wednesday, and a rather depressing opening day of comps, a friend linked me to a video on voice actors in a 40k game. Very geeky, granted, but also short (so it didn't interfere with studying), and funny. You might need to know something about Warhammer 40k to appreciate it--but maybe not.
1) I turned in an updated yet not complete version of my revised paper, only to get the distinct impression from my adviser that she no longer cared about it being perfect, or even having the changes she wanted, so long as it was in my portfolio. That is, she's not going to use it to keep my from graduating, and in fact will accept whatever meets a minimum standard.
2) Comps were difficult on day one, but surprisingly easy on day two. I actually finished up early on day two, which was not what I was expecting after the example of day one, which required a much greater level of detail than I was expecting. I'm fairly certain I've passed, which is obviously all I care about; either way, it's over for the rest of the semester, and no longer worth worrying about.
3) St. Patrick's Day, a traditional time of great drunkenness and debauchery on campus (at least, our campus) went fairly well. Ok, there were people who started drinking Wednesday night in order to make sure that they were drunk for the whole day, but our neighborhood in particular seemed comparatively sane. I think we only had one or two drunken incidents per building.
4) Job applications ... okay, still have some work to do on something.
I was also fortunate in that after Wednesday, and a rather depressing opening day of comps, a friend linked me to a video on voice actors in a 40k game. Very geeky, granted, but also short (so it didn't interfere with studying), and funny. You might need to know something about Warhammer 40k to appreciate it--but maybe not.