It snowed today. It was less than pleasant. Hopefully that'll be the last of it for now. :p ( Read more... )

Yay, I passed my problem seminar. Dr Hudson decided to change the requirements. Originally we had to answer seven questions and get all seven right. He changed it to getting four right. And I got four. So barely pass, but it's a pass and the course is pass/fail. So three passes down, three to go ( Read more... )

Look, I finally have a BSG related icon! And I shall post about things... that have nothing to do with BSG. :p ( Read more... )

Well, I'm now a PhD candidate. Glad that's over. :p

I'm going to have to do a second year presentation though, because it was decided that my committee wasn't the right committee for the direction my project has gone. Also, I apparently don't answer questions very confidently.

I'm just glad it's DONE.

First year report tomorrow. Which is also my PhD candidacy exam ( Read more... )

It's oddly comforting to know that the editor of Science has handwriting as bad as mine. :p Paul's paper came back with revisions today and the corrections are written in this kindergarten printing. We all got a kick out of it. (For those of you not in science, Science is THE most prestigious science journal. So this is very exciting. :p ( Read more... )

What comes after two days of rain?

Monday! :p

Yeah, that joke is the excitement of my life. I spent the day studying. Nothing big, just reviewing everything I'm supposed to know about chemistry. :p

I also watched some Danny bits of Aliaaaaas. Man how is he SO CUTE? Why do I adore the doomed ones? I blame Tess.

What are the odds of the power going out in the chem building two nights in a row? I don't know, but it happened. Luckily, we managed to get a germanium NMR signal. It's very exciting. :p (It's a real signal, too. Not a "See this bit of noise that's a teensiest bit bigger than the rest of the noise?" signal) Of course, now the spectrometer is ( Read more... )

Got a 93 on my essay (WOW Dr Usselman marks fast :p). It pays to be a scientist who knows how to structure a proper paragraph. :p I totally have my parents to thank for always emphasizing that scientists REALLY need to know how to write clearly. :p ( Read more... )

The air conditioning in the building right now is really excessive. I brought a coat today... to wear in my office. Outside was nice and warm, but my office was bloody FREEZING.

Exam tomorrow. Hopefully it looks a lot like the midterm did. More importantly, hopefully it looks nothing at all like assignment 10, because that thing was made of EVIL.