This weekend is recruitment weekend. Yes, just 2 short days until I have to pick up my first recruit. Before I have to sign my life over to the department for four full days. I've been doing a lot of stuff to get ready for this. I've gone over lists of people, trying to match up mentors and mentees. I've organized schedules. I've appealed to the ( Read more... )

Well, I'm taking a break from cleaning my apartment and just snacking on raw pumpkin seeds and yogurt covered raisins (HOLY SHIT! Those things are good!). I've got 18 people coming over to my tiny little one bedroom apartment tonight. Luckily, we're not staying here long; we're going to go bowling tonight because the urge to go knock down some ( Read more... )

Usually I'm all for postponing lab meeting, but I really don't want to this time. I've got my committee meeting next week, so I want to practice for that at lab meeting ( Read more... )

Holy shit. Holy shit! Holy shit!

So the post-doc from hell? The one who did absolutely nothing and had aspirations for lab domination? The one that yelled at our boss in the hallway loud enough for the whole floor to hear and didn't even get a slap on the wrist for it? The one that we NEVER THOUGHT THE BOSS WOULD FIRE?

HE FIRED HER!I'm ( Read more... )

Good news on the family front: my Dad and my Grandad should both be going home in a few days. The bleeding on my Dad's brain has stopped - he's even walking around and talking on the phone. Grandad isn't recovering as quickly, but he's about to be 93, so he's entitled. However, like I said, the doctors expect to release him by the start of next ( Read more... )

I'm taking a break from writing the conclusion of A Grand Total and I figured I'd give an update.

So, I got back from Illinois last night, and I am so totally ecstatic to be back in Texas. It was not a great trip, and I'm about to inform you of why.

< Insert 'bitch' here. >

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I've got to give lab meeting today, which may or may not suck big hairy balls. The last time I gave lab meeting was right before my prelims in April, so it's been a while. And I'm worried that I don't have enough data to show for the past...*counts*...5 months. I'm kinda bouncing back and forth between, 'Yes, I've accomplished a lot' and 'Holy ( Read more... )

I'm at work, so I've only got a minute, but I had to post this ( Read more... )

I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I passed my prelims! I can't believe it! I passed 4-0...no one failed me! I feel so great about it! Everyone told me that they felt depressed after their prelims, feeling like they were horrible scientists. But not me ( Read more... )

Well, my prelim experience has just been overflowing with joy...

Right as I'm about to open my mouth to start my presentation, bossman tells me that we have to reschedule because one of my professors - who was simply supposed to get to the presentation late - was not coming. AT ALL.

So, instead of finally being done with the damn thing this ( Read more... )