Well, I didn't get the Bonderman. Interestingly, I'm pretty OK with that. I'm in a much more serene space about it than last year. It feels like I'll have the money and time to travel on my own soon enough. In the mean time I'm pretty thrilled with the new job, and hope that I'll enjoy being there for a very long time ( Read more... )

The orals went very well this morning. They passed me.

Lots of friends showed up, 10 or so, including rwx and wasta. There were also a few folks from the department present ( Read more... )

Tonight is the last major push. There'll be a lot of cleanup after this, but this is the last night for major content additions. That makes me happier than I can say. I'm a few hours from being done for the night, but I'm in a decent mood about it.

When this song came on I thought of 24hourmama and how I used to go swing dancing back in the day, which is ( Read more... )

Done writing for the day. It goes, slowly ( Read more... )

( This helps a lot. )

Friday the 17th at 9:00 am. Open to the public. I'll probably bring snacks.

Be in touch if you want details.

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Also, the interview today wasn't that exciting. Her group really only does documentation. I really don't (not full time, at least). She'll pass my resume along.

My partial schedule for the next 2 + weeks ( Read more... )

Had a great, very social weekend. Socially saturated myself, in fact. This is a good thing. Saw saucygirl perform. She was fabulous. Went to a quite good party with the babe*. Much fun. Actually, I think she had more fun than I did. This is a good thing. Had good conversations with the babe, old friends, new friends ( Read more... )

Crazy weird dreams this morning. In the first one I was an assassin. Much sneaking around, watching everyone, making sure I wasn't being followed, etc. It was stressful. I don't think I'm cut out for that line of work ( Read more... )

Thesis stress + communication issues with people that I care about = sadness.

I'm ready to be done with this now. :-/