It may have been hell getting my thesis study off the ground, but the running of participants is going fabulously. And while I may not be getting the results I hypothesized overall, I am nevertheless getting a lot of really interesting stuff that will lead to a lot of yummy statistical analyses ( Read more... )

Uh. Go here. Scroll down to the 'Western Psychological Foundation Special Awards' heading. Pay attention to the fourth one ( Read more... )

So, I've been having reservations about attending WPA because I won't be running subjects until the beginning of April (and since there's four studies currently running in our lab, I only have one 4-hour block to run subjects in there, once a week on Wednesdays; luckily, I'll be able to add another hour to that in another room on Wednesdays, and I' ( Read more... )

So.

I'm presenting a poster of my thesis study at WPA in Vancouver. Which is in 7 weeks. And I haven't collected any data yet. (The damn pretesting phase took WAY longer than planned/expected.)

Yeah. Hopefully this will be taken care of during the first few weeks of April. Still, I'm not buying my ticket quite yet.

(edit: I have decided that if ( Read more... )

...and I did ( Read more... )

You know, sometimes I really feel a negative emotion toward dislike hate want to slowly torture undergrads. Of course, that would require them to make an appearance, something they find difficult for some godforsaken reason ( Read more... )

+ Thank God: My mom's CT was clear. Nothing was new or strange -- or least, not stranger than usual.

+ I hate ETS: Okay. For some reason, my credit card has yet to be charged for the additional GRE score reports I requested for Berkeley and Davis, despite sending the request on November 17th. I made a photocopy of the form before I sent it, and ( Read more... )

+ Just when I was starting to really like this season of House: I have six words re: those new spoilers: WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY THINKING? ::slams head against the wall::

+ Obviously, I'm not one of the cool people: So, I've been told that The Decemberists' new album, The Crane Wife, is their best. Uh. No. I don't get it. Don't get me wrong -- ( Read more... )

An hour ago, I submitted my Berkeley application.

Now I sleep.

Does this make any sense? I honestly can't tell anymore ( Read more... )