Category Archives: Life

Etiquette Question

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Amanda

I have a question for all you out on the internets. But first let me give you a ramble-y set up for this question. I’ve got a religious bent. I think I’ve talked about this particular quirk before. I try … Continue reading →

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Morality Tale

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Amanda

I had the opportunity to go to Public U.’s football game this past weekend. I like football, Dr. Man likes football. It was a win all around. We bundled up and headed to the game. The seats we had were … Continue reading →

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The Ties that (loosely) Bind

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Amanda

Many of my female friends have gotten married recently. These events always involve a variety of events and amongst these events is the Bachelorette Party. The locale of these have varied (from a night out on the town to a … Continue reading →

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On the other hand

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Amanda

I try not to be overly consumerist, but, alas, I am. I want things. Some of my wants are to replace things I currently own with a newer, prettier replacement (see: the couch we inherited from Dr. Man’s best friend– … Continue reading →

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Holidays?

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Amanda

Hahahahaha! At least that’s what I did when someone asked me the other day how I was planning on spending Memorial Day. “But don’t you have the day off?” I was asked, “After all you’re still in school!” Ummm… yeah, … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School, Life | 24 Comments

I can has a house!

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Amanda

I’m officially a homeowner. I had to sign my name and an entire phrase for Dr. Man about 5 x 10^6 times (I blatantly stole that from DrdrA). The phrase was because we went the power of attorney route for … Continue reading →

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How I handle depression

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Amanda

As I stated way back when, I’m tapering off of my antidepressant. First, I have something I’d like to say to the world at large (anonymously apparently): I have depression and it is a disease. Just because I have chosen … Continue reading →

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Perspective Changes

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Amanda

A short while ago the department decided to allow some students to meet with an invited speaker and to take him out to dinner (on the department’s dime!). I’m shy around people I don’t know very well (I know this … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Interactions, Life | 15 Comments

Rolling

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Amanda

Things are moving along with the house. Our mortgage company is working on giving us the Final Approval. All we’re waiting on is the underwriter for the student loans and the appraisal report. Until then I have plenty of things … Continue reading →

Posted in Grad School, Life | 9 Comments

What hot, molten crazy will get you at times

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Amanda

I’ve been taking some time off from Science (does this make me a bad scientist?). As I’ve previously mentioned, I decided to take a week off commemorating the end of the semester and visit Dr. Man. In fact I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, rambling | 5 Comments