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From all the possible situation to meet your future boss (he's still unaware of the honour but his group has the most powerful lasers in the whole institute, so he's doomed!), I got introduced to him while knitting. The look of rage and concentration on my face hardly that of a strong work enthusiasm. (which is still somewhat better than my usual ( Read more... )

Apparently, there are some requirements provided by the law of the nature. Like "to become ill at least 4 times a year". A thoughtful body would portion the misfortune to four single cases... Too bad, the procrastination lays in my very nature. So, in the last few months of the year I've got two and a half colds in a row. Not amused ( Read more... )

No, I’m not dead. Despite spending lots of time in the same room with quite sinister tombstones. Well, ex-tombstones. That’s what happens when a research-group is full of creative ideas but poor on financial support. They needed something big and stable, something to dampen the vibrations from the other rooms (which would disturb the measurements ( Read more... )

Believe it or not, but my exam phase is over.
At least for this year, the next semester it will start all over again~ (for the last time!)

I've learned, why flamingos are pink and why leaves are getting orange in the autumn, why mushrooms are almost the same as insects and why it's wise to put some strychnine in your heroin before use.
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I tend to overthink things beyond recognition. Till the basic notion appears absurd and totally nonsense and I wonder, just why on earth would I want such a thing in first place.

Yesterday I finally managed to cash in our university book coupon (we get one each semester. If hearing that makes you envy me, consider how high the tuition fee for that ( Read more... )

"Hallucinogenic mushrooms are fun and almost harmless!" said our Prof. W. today, while wildly grinning. Afterwards he read us the original records from the lab-journal of the 'creator' of LSD, about the effects the recently synthesized, new drugs had on him.

Now, that's a fine way to start a week! Because otherwise this month is going to be highly ( Read more... )

The week has barely started and it's already stressful. The apartment-hunting was so far quite unsuccessful, and thus, rather depressing :(
And it's raining. It's been raining for days now and does not look like it will ever stop.

Summer rain is actually quite nice but it also brings a certain lazy, sluggish feeling with it. The light outside seems ( Read more... )

Taking the Captain as my role model once again


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Generally speaking, a frustrated spin glass is a disordered magnet system with conflicting interactions between the spins. Diverse forces prevent the spin glass from reaching the energetic minimum (which is the longed-for destination of all systems) - thus, making the system frustrated.

Applying the phenomena to one certain lokuro-particle, one might ( Read more... )