Category Archives: Grad School

Pressure

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Amanda

I tend to place a lot of pressure on myself. If I work 16 hours one day, then I should at least that amount of time working the next day. If I spend all day running around trying to juggle … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School, work habits | 6 Comments

Some cheese would be lovely, thanks

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Amanda

I don’t know how many times I’ve started a blog post with some variation of: I’m tired, I’m wiped, I’m burned out, etc. That just seems to be my perpetual state right now. The good news is that I’m being … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School, whining | 13 Comments

A Weekend Off

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Amanda

Eventually, I decided against D, but for A. (As an aside, it turned out that I hadn’t really lost any sample. Apparently, I can shave about two hours off of my protocol. So, yay!) By working last weekend, I decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School, work habits | 8 Comments

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Ice Machine

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Amanda

Scene:Interior. Sunday. Morning. Grad Student leaves lab proper to get ice from the communal ice machine. She uses the door-propping-open-function of the door to keep it open because she has no pockets in her running shorts for keys. She makes … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School, Stupidity | 8 Comments

Committee Meetings, Experiments, and Thesis-ing! Oh My!

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Amanda

I had a committee meeting on Monday. It actually went fairly well. I was very worried about it because I haven’t made much progress over the past 8 months (the meeting was delayed because of extenuating circumstances, see: the month … Continue reading →

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How To Pick an Advisor*

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Amanda

After my program had a bit of a kerfluffle concerning a poor Grad Student-Advisor match, I got to thinking about my Advisor. Once the kerfluffle had kerfluffed, I really wanted to get out my opinions about choosing an Advisor and … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School, Unsolicited Advice | 13 Comments

Almost only counts in Horseshoes

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Amanda

The GirlsTM and I get together on an almost-monthly basis. We usually have some sort of potluck and wine. We’ve all come to like our little group. It’s kind of like a graduate school support group. We formed during our … Continue reading →

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Confession

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Amanda

Bless me internet for I have sinned, I am a bad grad student. I took the entire past weekend off from the lab (I was here yesterday, though). Yep, I took two whole days off from lab work. I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School, work habits | 16 Comments

Territorial

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Amanda

Occasionally, I can be a bit territorial in the lab. I don’t walk around my bench urinating or anything like that. However, I do get rather annoyed at certain people when they take things off of my bench and do … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School | 14 Comments

Sick-ish

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Amanda

I’ve been sick-ish the past couple of days. Sick-ish in the sense that I haven’t been running a fever, but I’ve had the congested head, cough, sore throat, and general aches/pains of being sick. I freely admit that I’m a … Continue reading →

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