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*waves from beneath a pile of japanese*
Feb. 17th, 2007 01:26 pmHi guys! I'm sorry, i've been ... utterly uncommenty, utterly unwriterly, and basically mute for the past couple of days ...
Not for lack of inattention, it's just getting to be that time again. That time when I have to make school a priority over everything else. (Gasp! No!)
This week was pretty frigging fabulous, because I was able to do one other thing - make Neil & Kate time a priority. We're not big Valetine's Day celebrators, but for some reason this year, we managed to do silly things. ( cut for those who don't want to hear it )
Other than that, school's been chugging away. I'm doing applications for Summer in Japan right now, trying to put together my statement of purpose (and lo, it's another one! And I still don't know what to put in this one, other than FUND ME!). Yesterday our profs did this great seminar where they talked to us about the three big things we should be concerned with as grad students: Publishing, Conferences and Funding. It was grim, but ... I feel better about the whole thing, regardless of how grim it is. I like to *know* things, ya know? Even if it's the worst news. And it's not quite so bad for me. The upshot of the whole thing really was: don't be a conference floozy, pick and choose, don't be a publication slut, because it matters where you get published as much as when... but, most master's thesis should be considered as things you can transform into publications. Oh, and funding... apparently the more you get, the more you'll get. Just like money everywhere.
Now we're off to look at tiles for the bathroom remodel. Yep, we're going to tear out our master bathroom and put a new one in. This is me giving y'all fair warning that although I adore you, it is doubtful I will be a commenter in the next months, because with school + remodel + applications + grad research.... yeah, i don't know how i'm gonna do it either.
Not for lack of inattention, it's just getting to be that time again. That time when I have to make school a priority over everything else. (Gasp! No!)
This week was pretty frigging fabulous, because I was able to do one other thing - make Neil & Kate time a priority. We're not big Valetine's Day celebrators, but for some reason this year, we managed to do silly things. ( cut for those who don't want to hear it )
Other than that, school's been chugging away. I'm doing applications for Summer in Japan right now, trying to put together my statement of purpose (and lo, it's another one! And I still don't know what to put in this one, other than FUND ME!). Yesterday our profs did this great seminar where they talked to us about the three big things we should be concerned with as grad students: Publishing, Conferences and Funding. It was grim, but ... I feel better about the whole thing, regardless of how grim it is. I like to *know* things, ya know? Even if it's the worst news. And it's not quite so bad for me. The upshot of the whole thing really was: don't be a conference floozy, pick and choose, don't be a publication slut, because it matters where you get published as much as when... but, most master's thesis should be considered as things you can transform into publications. Oh, and funding... apparently the more you get, the more you'll get. Just like money everywhere.
Now we're off to look at tiles for the bathroom remodel. Yep, we're going to tear out our master bathroom and put a new one in. This is me giving y'all fair warning that although I adore you, it is doubtful I will be a commenter in the next months, because with school + remodel + applications + grad research.... yeah, i don't know how i'm gonna do it either.
