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Prelims
Hopefully by this time tomorrow I will be celebrating my status as a qualified PhD candidate. Of course, you don't officially hear for another couple of weeks, but... I think you can basically tell if you've passed your prelims or not. In the 20+ year history of my lab, not one student has failed, which either means 1) big pressure not to be the ( Read more... ) -
Chalk
I'm taking one course this semester, an introduction to teaching class that is hidden away in the urban studies department. It's the first of a series of five classes which teach how to teach and include student-teaching/observation. Were I an MIT undergrad, this series of five would land me with a Mass. teaching credential, but alas as a grad ( Read more... ) -
An eventful day
Many different things kept yesterday interesting ( Read more... ) -
The worst voicemail transcription ever...
Transcription:
Ohh I. I will be. Hey, lulu and Ciao God. Hey Rick, Hey. It's Holly happening. We have a wonderful day. Bye. -
Weird dreams
Twice in the past month, I've woken up from a nap thinking I was being electrocuted. My body felt uncomfortable and there was a loud buzzing in my ears. This woke me up (or so I thought) and I came to the conclusion that I was being electrocuted and thought I was going to die. Then I woke up for real and the sensations went away. The first time was ( Read more... ) -
Why the internet is cool
Today as I was walking to lab down the infinite corridor, a man came out of a lounge and asked me where the lost and found is. I didn't know, and after he asked if I was a student, he handed me a wallet that he had found. I told him I'd work on it, assuming it belonged to a student and that a quick search on the MIT directory would lead me to its ( Read more... ) -
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I've been trying to lineage a cell for the past 7 months. It's definitely not supposed to take that long, but 4 of those months were kind of a bust due to TAing and almost another month was spent on vacation. Still, it's been a little ridiculous ( Read more... ) -
On earthquakes
When I arrived to my city in Japan we were promptly given an earthquake preparedness training session. It consisted of our boss telling us that our area was overdue for the massive tokai earthquake, which could come tomorrow or could come far in the future, and for which there was basically no point in preparing much since it would be improbable ( Read more... ) -
lol
Dorm president, plugging an upcoming lecture + dinner event: So you guys should all sign up for this, because it's a great chance to interact with a Nobel Laureate, something you don't get to do every day...
Holly: *snicker*
Fellow Officer: Unless you're Holly...
Yup.