Let's start with the bad news ( Read more... )

I am so happy.  Like...everything is good now.  I have no idea how it happened.  Even the depressing job rejection(s - there was a second one on tuesday) don't seem to matter that much now because i don't even graduate for 6 months or whatever.  And there are still like...4 jobs that I have to hear from before I get really bummed about not finding ( Read more... )

some of you know that there was a job i applied for at the smithsonian about a month ago, and today i got a response. and those of you who remember college applications remember that the size of the envelope usually corresponds to how much they like you ( Read more... )

So...in my research methods class, we're doing statistics. And I'm simultaneously amused and bored to tears. Why you ask? let's take a little trip back in time ( Read more... )

So, I'm in my third semester of grad school, and somehow we're already registering for classes for the spring. And I have quite a few credits. As in...I have more credits than probably 2/3 of the people in our school ( Read more... )

so...it's friday night, and i'm tired. really really tired. i think what happened is that because i had classes for the first time this week, I've not been prepared for getting up at 0-dark-30 ( Read more... )

it is the first day of school, and i felt like i was six years old, walking to the bus stop wearing my backpack, with my lunch inside. but i didn't buy school supplies this year. Because - why, really? I've kept a LOT of old spiral notebooks which are perfectly fine for taking notes in this year, and i have enough folders for handouts and stuff ( Read more... )

I got my very first H in graduate school.

An H? 'What is an H?' you say. Well, it's like an A. But betterAnd in which class did I get an H? The one where I barely spoke all semester - Appraisal. But apparently, my professor (who happens to be my advisor), thinks that my papers kick ass. So...there you go. I am clearly excellent in that ( Read more... )

First off, I promised to blog more once I was settled. Apparently, that was a lie. Because grad school is eating my life. Actually...it's more like READING for grad school is eating my life ( Read more... )

I can't get a hold of blogger right now, and I really need to write this down ( Read more... )