happy/sad/annoyed/etc...
i suppose i should technically replace 'sad' with 'angry/annoyed' but oh well. today was a good (but very tiring) day. i was up late last night working on research and therefore am not sure how much of my morning class i was actually conscious for. i had a direct line of sight to the prof as she was lecturing, and there are only about 20-some students in the class, so i'm sure it looked pretty good. ah well, such is life. so somewhere near the beginning of the day (probably while sleeping with my eyes open -could be closed, i don't know for certain- in class i started my list of things that made me happy vs. sad today...again, sad can be replaced with the aforementioned adjectives).
sad/angry/annoyed - james made it a point to wake me from my sleep state in lecture to point out a student a row or two ahead of me had a big coffee mug with a giant penguin on it. as you can guess this annoyed me in more than one way since not only was there the image of those hated avians in front of me, but i was also woken up from sleep state...and i HATE to leave that state! my sisters and i have something of a contest to wake each other up whenever our AIM away messages say nap, but over the years we've generally learned to leave each other alone.
happy - sticking with the animal theme, i was at pancheros (go figure) for lunch today and they had a commercial for georgia on the tv...it made me smile to see a shot of some little kid looking at the giant whale shark tank as the big fish swam by. i want to go back there. probably now.
annoyed - after running several tests on certain seasons of my field data, it looks like at least part of it is good evidence for the neutral effects model in ecology...for those of you who don't know what that is, it's basically an abstract and somewhat poorly supported theory that all things are essentially equal amongst species. well so far my data for summer 2001 support that AND the null hypothesis. did i mention that i really don't like statistics? this is why i would much rather teach than do research, although i can do the latter, i enjoy the former MUCH more, and that's why i'm here (at grad school...not necessarily in front of this blog) right now.
happy - it may seem corny, but going along with the teaching theme, i very much enjoy it when my students have that 'i actually get it' look on their faces, especially when it follows that 'i don't have a freaking clue' look. whether its understanding a complex life cycle or parasitological concept, or finally being able to ID a fish or just figuring out something that was previously completely foreign to them...it's actually pretty cool. i can only hope that that continues through to when i get a (gasp!) job and can teach the classes i want and have a bit more freedom with research (i.e. only take on students who are interested in gars...ok i'm not THAT serious about the last part). either way, today was the last teaching lab of the semester for parasitology...i don't know what next winter will bring, but for the past couple years i've been treating this particular lab as my last one to teach, i'll actually be kind of sad if this truly is my last for this class.
kind of sad - see last part of above.
envious - i got to hear from multiple parties belonging to SPH today that ALL of their classes had been canceled due to a water main breaking somewhere up in SPH-land (i.e. way the heck up the hill from SNRE and the rest of central campus). i would have LOVED for my class to be canceled...just the one...just for ONCE this semester. because of my massive amounts of work that need to be done for my meeting i may skip it on thursday, but i have a perfect record so far, and as many of you know, i like to keep things that are in perfect condition in that same state for as long as possible (that's why i leave the original stickers on computers, clear plastic on the phone screens -until they get frayed at the edges- and a lot of various and sundry items in the original packaging. yes, i'm a freak). that and even if there was a main that burst in SNRE, they would probably still hold classes...i could see it now "well the basement is flooded, but that should make things more comfortable for all those fish people down there." even sarah had most of her classes canceled yesterday. ok, i can see all of you doing that 'worlds tiniest violin' thing so i'll move on.
happy - my parents are coming up this tuesday so we can go to sarah's performance at EMU. she is part of a drama written by one of her friends (we saw a few scenes from it this past fall) who toured the country conducting interviews, etc about growing up 'desi' here in the united states. for those of you who don't know 'desi' is somewhat of a general term (sanskrit in origin, but more popularized now) referring to people of south-asian decent. anyway, what we saw of the play was really good back then, and the complete performance of 'the desi experience' should be even better. i have not seen the rents since sarah's 21st bday (for dinner...they were not out with us, haha), and am looking forward to it. i'll also be going home for Easter and that will be a nice departure since i have not been back since Christmas break. family, food, and sleep are the main themes for home, and that will be very nice.
worried - i think the lack of sleep system has been catching up with me as of late. i was wiped out all day (i always get a boost of energy for teaching, but then crash after that, especially when tired from the previous night) and am going to be going to bed soon in the hopes of getting up early and starting work then. perhaps a restructuring of my schedule will soon be in order. oh and i really hate deadlines too...i think jorge cham (creator of phd) put up some interesting quotes/stats about how deadlines and general pressure from work actually does stifle creativity. perhaps jeremy and i should revisit our previous idea to write movies...unfortunately i have bills to pay and about 40 mouths to feed (i'm figuring i may only have ralphie down the line when i have a family/kids/am 'grown-up' so that number will probably decrease).
happy - at this particular moment in time, the thought of a warm sunny day sitting with a bunch of my friends at dominick's seems just about perfect. i don't know how much of the 'warm' or the 'sunny' is coming up anytime soon, but we're definitely going to try.
it's been a crazy and eventful school year (understatement of course), and although the pressure is on from work/school/etc, i fully intend on enjoying things along the way (and probably planning them too...after all, as double D frequently says, "you're the cruise director").
i shall return...
sad/angry/annoyed - james made it a point to wake me from my sleep state in lecture to point out a student a row or two ahead of me had a big coffee mug with a giant penguin on it. as you can guess this annoyed me in more than one way since not only was there the image of those hated avians in front of me, but i was also woken up from sleep state...and i HATE to leave that state! my sisters and i have something of a contest to wake each other up whenever our AIM away messages say nap, but over the years we've generally learned to leave each other alone.
happy - sticking with the animal theme, i was at pancheros (go figure) for lunch today and they had a commercial for georgia on the tv...it made me smile to see a shot of some little kid looking at the giant whale shark tank as the big fish swam by. i want to go back there. probably now.
annoyed - after running several tests on certain seasons of my field data, it looks like at least part of it is good evidence for the neutral effects model in ecology...for those of you who don't know what that is, it's basically an abstract and somewhat poorly supported theory that all things are essentially equal amongst species. well so far my data for summer 2001 support that AND the null hypothesis. did i mention that i really don't like statistics? this is why i would much rather teach than do research, although i can do the latter, i enjoy the former MUCH more, and that's why i'm here (at grad school...not necessarily in front of this blog) right now.
happy - it may seem corny, but going along with the teaching theme, i very much enjoy it when my students have that 'i actually get it' look on their faces, especially when it follows that 'i don't have a freaking clue' look. whether its understanding a complex life cycle or parasitological concept, or finally being able to ID a fish or just figuring out something that was previously completely foreign to them...it's actually pretty cool. i can only hope that that continues through to when i get a (gasp!) job and can teach the classes i want and have a bit more freedom with research (i.e. only take on students who are interested in gars...ok i'm not THAT serious about the last part). either way, today was the last teaching lab of the semester for parasitology...i don't know what next winter will bring, but for the past couple years i've been treating this particular lab as my last one to teach, i'll actually be kind of sad if this truly is my last for this class.
kind of sad - see last part of above.
envious - i got to hear from multiple parties belonging to SPH today that ALL of their classes had been canceled due to a water main breaking somewhere up in SPH-land (i.e. way the heck up the hill from SNRE and the rest of central campus). i would have LOVED for my class to be canceled...just the one...just for ONCE this semester. because of my massive amounts of work that need to be done for my meeting i may skip it on thursday, but i have a perfect record so far, and as many of you know, i like to keep things that are in perfect condition in that same state for as long as possible (that's why i leave the original stickers on computers, clear plastic on the phone screens -until they get frayed at the edges- and a lot of various and sundry items in the original packaging. yes, i'm a freak). that and even if there was a main that burst in SNRE, they would probably still hold classes...i could see it now "well the basement is flooded, but that should make things more comfortable for all those fish people down there." even sarah had most of her classes canceled yesterday. ok, i can see all of you doing that 'worlds tiniest violin' thing so i'll move on.
happy - my parents are coming up this tuesday so we can go to sarah's performance at EMU. she is part of a drama written by one of her friends (we saw a few scenes from it this past fall) who toured the country conducting interviews, etc about growing up 'desi' here in the united states. for those of you who don't know 'desi' is somewhat of a general term (sanskrit in origin, but more popularized now) referring to people of south-asian decent. anyway, what we saw of the play was really good back then, and the complete performance of 'the desi experience' should be even better. i have not seen the rents since sarah's 21st bday (for dinner...they were not out with us, haha), and am looking forward to it. i'll also be going home for Easter and that will be a nice departure since i have not been back since Christmas break. family, food, and sleep are the main themes for home, and that will be very nice.
worried - i think the lack of sleep system has been catching up with me as of late. i was wiped out all day (i always get a boost of energy for teaching, but then crash after that, especially when tired from the previous night) and am going to be going to bed soon in the hopes of getting up early and starting work then. perhaps a restructuring of my schedule will soon be in order. oh and i really hate deadlines too...i think jorge cham (creator of phd) put up some interesting quotes/stats about how deadlines and general pressure from work actually does stifle creativity. perhaps jeremy and i should revisit our previous idea to write movies...unfortunately i have bills to pay and about 40 mouths to feed (i'm figuring i may only have ralphie down the line when i have a family/kids/am 'grown-up' so that number will probably decrease).
happy - at this particular moment in time, the thought of a warm sunny day sitting with a bunch of my friends at dominick's seems just about perfect. i don't know how much of the 'warm' or the 'sunny' is coming up anytime soon, but we're definitely going to try.
it's been a crazy and eventful school year (understatement of course), and although the pressure is on from work/school/etc, i fully intend on enjoying things along the way (and probably planning them too...after all, as double D frequently says, "you're the cruise director").
good night! <:><
music: "Testify" - Rage Against the Machine
random pic:
music: "Testify" - Rage Against the Machine
random pic:
another pic from one of my favorite places...this from the mossman river in mossman gorge, Queensland, Australia. i'm apparently doing my impersonation of a crocodile...
another shot of the river itself
another shot of the river itself
i shall return...
posted by Solomon at 12:07 AM
1 Comments:
Yo! I want to come to your sister's play. She did invite me, so I am allowed to. :) Can you give me the details? By the way, I still have your table...it's in the minivan. Haha.
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