think of what could be if you re-write the role you play
Oh journal, it has been ages since I did a proper update. I had a rant about my current feelings on fandom in general (mostly negative, sorry to say) half-typed, and then I just deleted it all because it's not worth it. At this point, I think the honeymoon is over and I've managed to settle myself more firmly into fandoms that are NOT Adam Lambert related because it just helps me maintain my sanity. And that's all I am going to say on that matter.
SPEAKING OF FANDOM. I got talked into attending MiniMerlin! To be honest, I have been tempted to since the first year because it's really just a bus ride away... but I am really shy when it comes to these things. The idea of going to a city and staying in a hotel with people I didn't know was just absurd. Except, then Gridlock NYE happened. And then this past summer. So when I was asked if I wanted to go, I decided that I might as well. :) I am excited. I got my friend to cover my Friday afternoon lab that week so I can leave Boston and be in Philly before dinner. \o/ I look forward to getting my fangirl on.
So, when I last updated, my car was giving me issues. That was fixed by throwing $500 at the people at Goodyear for new tires. When I went to pick up my car, they laughed at me because my tires were SO BAD when I gave them my car. I was just like, I know I know. Then they called me the day after to thank me. AND they sent me a photocopy of a thank you card in the mail. When I got the letter, I laughed and then hung it on the fridge.
Um.. what else has happened in my real life? I submitted an abstract for a conference next month and I got my email the other day with my presentation time-slot. Eek! First REAL presentation of my work. I did a poster last year at Benthics, but that hardly seems to count. It seems fitting though. This conference is at Woods Hole, which is where I spent a summer and gave my very first scientific talk. Full circle realness!
Other than that, I am just chugging along, trying to get shit done so that I'm not here for a million years. Lately I have been hearing most of my roommate's rants against academia (it sucks, all academics are arrogant jerks who don't think about other people, etc etc) and it's starting to be rather mentally taxing to separate her opinions from my own experiences. But I have to make myself keep it separate or I will get dragged into it too. And then I will be screwed for the rest of my schooling. I have a hard enough time with motivation as it is.
So yes, that is what I am up to.
SPEAKING OF FANDOM. I got talked into attending MiniMerlin! To be honest, I have been tempted to since the first year because it's really just a bus ride away... but I am really shy when it comes to these things. The idea of going to a city and staying in a hotel with people I didn't know was just absurd. Except, then Gridlock NYE happened. And then this past summer. So when I was asked if I wanted to go, I decided that I might as well. :) I am excited. I got my friend to cover my Friday afternoon lab that week so I can leave Boston and be in Philly before dinner. \o/ I look forward to getting my fangirl on.
So, when I last updated, my car was giving me issues. That was fixed by throwing $500 at the people at Goodyear for new tires. When I went to pick up my car, they laughed at me because my tires were SO BAD when I gave them my car. I was just like, I know I know. Then they called me the day after to thank me. AND they sent me a photocopy of a thank you card in the mail. When I got the letter, I laughed and then hung it on the fridge.
Um.. what else has happened in my real life? I submitted an abstract for a conference next month and I got my email the other day with my presentation time-slot. Eek! First REAL presentation of my work. I did a poster last year at Benthics, but that hardly seems to count. It seems fitting though. This conference is at Woods Hole, which is where I spent a summer and gave my very first scientific talk. Full circle realness!
Other than that, I am just chugging along, trying to get shit done so that I'm not here for a million years. Lately I have been hearing most of my roommate's rants against academia (it sucks, all academics are arrogant jerks who don't think about other people, etc etc) and it's starting to be rather mentally taxing to separate her opinions from my own experiences. But I have to make myself keep it separate or I will get dragged into it too. And then I will be screwed for the rest of my schooling. I have a hard enough time with motivation as it is.
So yes, that is what I am up to.