January 2011
20 posts
Everyone who didn't get puked on twice before 10...
Not so fast, me.
Anarchy & Scotch: Five things you should NEVER say... →
anarchyandscotch:
1. So when will you be finished?
(We don’t know.)
2. You know, I sometimes think about leaving my profession and going back to get a Ph.D.
(DON’T. DON’T. DON’T. TRUST US. STAY WHERE YOU ARE.)
3. What’s your dissertation about?
(Something so esoteric that it would take at least 15 minutes…
3 is very true. When I was in grad school, I tried explaining it a few times...
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So now we're telling everyone how tall we are? Ok.
6’3”
Are we going to do shoe size next?
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Truthful Tuesday
Another, less pensive, Truthful Tuesday:
I am a supertaster.* While that sounds funny, it really just means I have a higher than average number of taste buds, and it impacts a lot of things I eat and drink. I cannot stand to drink coffee or anything with more than just a tiny amount of coffee in it. Melissa will often get drinks that are only vaguely coffee-related, but no matter what she says...
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Truthful Tuesday
I allow entirely too much of my self worth to be determined by other people’s opinions and perceptions of me.
I’m not sure what bothers me more: that it’s wrong and illogical or that the fact that I am by nature an introvert (and a borderline extreme one at that) means that I will never have many people who perceive me the way I want.
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WatchGiggling girl
Someone in our house decided that it would be a good idea to start DVRing and watching Sesame Street recently. This means that someone else in our house has been going around singing “We love you vegetables. Oh yes, we do. We love you vegetables. Oh yes, it’s true. When you’re not on our plate, we’re bluuuuuueeeee. Oh vegetables, we love you.” for days, no matter...
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I went to the allergist yesterday. My allergies are annoying and constant and are only partially controlled despite my use of two prescription medicines, but they aren’t life-threatening or even life-altering. I had some allergy tests and got some advice on how to make things better as well as a change in medicine which should help based on the specific symptoms I have. Before I left the...