Thursday, September 26, 2002
*whine*
I should be working on the paper/homework/quiz that's due tomorrow. I've justified my not doing so by the fact I only have ten minutes before I have to go teach. This depresses me, though, as I haven't worked on it all day and I won't have time to until *after* my plate-pouring adventure this afternoon. And I'm hot and tired and slackerly and the people in my office are TOO LOUD. On top of it all I've got rotations to do and it all sucks, sucks, sucks.
Ahem. Sorry about that. In other news, it's a glorious day outside, and only two days until the weekend! Whee! Admittedly, I probably won't be doing much more than cleaning house and doing homework this weekend, but at least I'll finally get to watch my Buffy tape. :-)
Despite the rant above, things are looking up. Admittedly, they couldln't possibly get much worse than the beginning of this week, but it's nice to have a change for the better. At least I'm not bursting into tears every second hour. Though tonight, when I have all that homework to finish, might be a different story. :-P
*laughs* My fellow grad students have branded me a crazy lunatic slacker. All because I don't get all worked up about the shafting Dr.(sic) Mount's giving us. That's one good thing about Tech - it inures you to such things. A little shafting never hurt anyone. A lot of people would be a lot better off if they realized that sometimes life isn't just going to be fair, and in fact, you shouldn't expect it to be.
Maybe I should take my own advice.
posted by Kecia 11:31 AM
Saturday, September 21, 2002
Eee! Apparently there are lots of MD/DC/VA Quillers about! How nifty! Now, if only I weren't too shy to meet some of them . . .
Yeah, so I've been doing a lot of quiz posts lately. I haven't felt much like typing the not-so-profound thoughts I've been having lately. We'll see if that changes(hopefully soon and for the better.)
posted by Kecia 10:17 AM
Friday, September 20, 2002
posted by Kecia 3:51 PM
I'm getting there. I don't suck, but I've got a ways to go.
*snickers*
posted by Kecia 3:17 PM
Thursday, September 19, 2002
what sort of weirdo are you?
this quiz by belle
posted by Kecia 5:05 PM
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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!
posted by Kecia 4:46 PM
Apocalypse Last Night
All I can say is I'm glad my gte account will be expiring within the month, so I won't have to hear about what happens. What I do hear will be filtered through Aaron and Kevin, and I can handle that. No more. After this month, besides the friendships and emotional scars, my one connection to DT will be a small brass key on my Georgia keychain.
It's actually kind of sad. Between Matthew and I, we put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears in that place, and now it's disintegrating.
In other news, I got my gradebook today. I have the power!!! This power comes at a price, however: stacks and stacks of lab reports to grade. Bleh.
current mood:
posted by Kecia 3:43 PM
Monday, September 16, 2002
Long time passing . . .
Where have all the posts gone? I don't know, but this is starting to worry me a tad . . . I tried to look at my blog this morning, and instead of mine, discantus.blogspot.com pulled up some other chick's website. Admittedly hers is much prettier than mine, but it's not, well, mine.
*goes off in a corner to pout*
posted by Kecia 8:44 AM
Sunday, September 15, 2002
Ginny's in the trailer! Whoohoo!!!
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2002/09/COSTrailer2-7.html
Edited to say: This image is no longer there, because naughty people have been stealing bandwidth. Whether I am one of those naughty people would be a lot easier to determine if I knew what, exactly, constituted stealing bandwidth.
posted by Kecia 10:01 AM
Saturday, September 14, 2002
my teeth hurt, and i am tired
so i was pondering tonight my near-constant feeling of unwantedness, primarily among groups of friends, and came to no real conclusion. alas, such is life. i suppose everyone has this many psychological issues, but just doesn't gripe about them as much as i do. just like my job-indecision. i spent one whole evening this past week sniffling into my pillow because i didn't know what i wanted to do with my life, and the next day i heard people discussing in the TA office that they had the exact same problem. at least if i'm dysfunctional, i'm not alone.
posted by Kecia 12:58 AM
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi . . . Kyrie eleison
So I feel like I should be posting here some profound thoughts about the meaning of this day, the changes in my life because of it, where I was when it happened, that sort of thing.
But I'm not.
It's already a little too much. Here in DC, you can't escape it. And there's good reason for that. But I need to distance myself from it - I can't let myself feel all that again.
So . . . Humorous stories from Micro Lab! makes its initial appearance on this page. This was my first week of teaching, and it was . . . humorous, to say the least.
1) Never admit to the class you don't know what the hell's going on. I didn't say so in as many words, but I was pretty clueless today. Who knew filamentous fungi was supposed to look like that? Damn intro labs. (and they all knew I was clueless, too, which was the worst part.)
2)TAing makes you swear a lot. More, even, because you can't say any of it aloud. "Damn fucking moron kids" is strongly discouraged as a term to use to your class to explain to them how really stupid you think they are.
3) There will always be N number of kids, where N>half, that know more than you about the subject you're trying to teach them. This especially applies if you're teaching a subject you haven't taken in the last five years.
4) What is up with the hair-braiders and the flirters? Case A, the hair braiders, sit in the back of the class and calmly fix and refix each other's copious amounts of hair throughout the entire class. They always have the best results, so I feel like I can't say anything to them about it. Maybe that's the secret - annoy your instructor to death, and your results will be wonderful. It seems to work with the flirter too. Now, he seems to be quite the ladies' man, so at least it's not just me that he's CONTINUALLY HITTING ON, but it's annoying all the same. And his results are always perfect. If I were just a tad bit more vindictive, some people's plates would "accidentally" get left out of the incubator next week.
Really, it's not that bad. And in my T-Th labs, when I've already practiced on the hapless M-W folks, it's quite enjoyable.
Just not on three hours' sleep.
posted by Kecia 5:13 PM
Sunday, September 01, 2002
You are Kermit!
Though you're technically the star, you're pretty mellow and don't mind letting others share the spotlight. You are also something of a dreamer.
posted by Kecia 10:21 AM
