Grad Life in a Nutshell

For those of you who have chosen to make enough money to live on, or maintain some semblance of sanity, and actually join "the real world" (in one way or another), you may wonder what grad school is like. Full of interesting new ideas? Incredible epiphanies? Freedom of thought, action, and intelligence? hehehe. Maybe in retrospect. :)

This is one of my favorite comic strips, and just as I was feeling like a failure, and the worst grad student ever, I came across this comic. If it is in a comic, it has to be normal, right?

So, without further ado, this is how it feels to be a grad student... Enjoy!

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=312


ps - Just a clarifying remark, this doesn't mean that I am planning on leaving grad school... and no, that is not something I can explain... or really anyone can, lol! :)

A really interesting Video

I actually saw the first of these videos on a friend's facebook page. I really liked his argument for action, and realized he had an updated video and many, many "bonus feature" videos as well! This is an argument for action to counter Global Climate Change... Even if you aren't a person who "watches that type of stuff" I think you should still watch it. I found it very interesting! Who knows, maybe he has even already addressed questions you have! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_anaVcCXg

A lesson Re-Learned

Oh Dear! Did I really miss the ENTIRE month of October somehow? Well, I am not sure that I find it that unbelievable, it was a crazy month. Nothing special, just school, work, school, school, work. :-D One of these days I will get through my "back blog" of posts about it. (I know that was pretty bad wasn't it. lol).

For the moment though, I just thought I would share a lesson I just learned, or probably relearned. I just realized that the reason people (or at least myself) put off cleaning their closet(s) is not because of the amount of work, which is substantial, but because it not only cleans the closet, it messes up the rest of the house that WAS clean. Now, admittedly, this is an extreme case because my closet was (this being the operative word) full of boxes I had not yet unpacked*. The contents of which are know located in the "room they belong in"... all of which are already full. lol. The other things in my closet can best be classified as "uhh, what am I supposed to do with THAT". A notable example would be my english riding saddle. It is a faithful companion I am just not prepared to sell, but does need to be stored in a fairly climate controlled environment (since it isn't being used), but it does takes up a noteworthy amount of space... Not a problem when you have a spare room/finished attic/craft room/etc. but when you are already leveraging "living in a one bedroom" for all it is worth this becomes a quandary I am, quite frankly, not sure I am up for solving... For the moment it is sitting in the middle of my living room. So, if you come visit me soon (and you absolutely should) just enjoy the ambiance of the saddle, and just smile. :)

I hope everyone is taking their allergy medicine and enjoying the Autumn! I know I certainly am!!! :)

*Yes I realized I moved over a year ago, I still have a storage closet full of unpacked boxes to go through as well. Any help would be decidedly welcome! Especially if you are a person who is good at sorting what should be kept, and get excited about throwing things out! :)