Spent the weekend in Pittsburgh, touring/interviewing at the University of Pittsburgh and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. Very cool stuff. It just made me wish I had more interviews and touring opportunities coming up (other than SUNY Buffalo, which has severe funding "issues ( Read more... )

I have ONE easy-ish application left. I'm kind of baffled by what to do with all this guilt-free time I have ( Read more... )

I need to stop reading (admittedly mediocre) fic! Brown, UIUC, and a joint program of Pittsburgh/CMU are all due on Jan 1, and Indiana is due Jan 15. WTF, self. I am ruining my own vacation by being anxious over something I could finish...if I would just concentrate and follow through ( Read more... )

It is cold and rainy! WTF, San Diego? I feel betrayed ( Read more... )

Today I slept in seven hours from when my standard weekday alarm goes off.

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Wow.

I just had an adventure! I was driving along on an elevated portion of a major interstate freeway, and then there was a fire below the freeway...and then I could see flames and embers, so I changed lanes...and then it was huge and moving...! We could see the flames a mile away after we escaped, but I think they put it out now ( Read more... )

Surprise! additional essays are no fun. I was merrily entering a list of my awards ... when I encountered the following:

How would factors such as your background, work and life experiences, special interests, culture, socioeconomic status, race, or ethnicity contribute to the diversity of the entering class, and hence to the experience of your ( Read more... )

I don't know why I've suddenly decided to narrate everything about my Grad Application Journey to you unwitting victims, but whatever, I will continue ( Read more... )

You probably want to skim this ( Read more... )

Today I read my first and probably last Wincest story, which I could only manage due to my love of realism and angst (preferably co-occurring). Going back to my steady J2 and Dean/Castiel fics now... Productive fandom FTW.

I am totally exhausted from doing ten miles (morning 6mi hike with elevation, afternoon 4mi neighborhood jog/walk) today. And ( Read more... )