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Monday Dec 15, 2008

Dec 15, 2008
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I've had it up to here with self-pity. So let's get rid of that old post.

My wife has put my Christmas present under the tree. It's big and heavy. I have some ideas about what it might be, but she's mum on hints. This is because one year I guessed my present and tricked her into telling me what it was. So now she's a total pain in the ass about it. It drives me up the wall....

I'm gonna go poke on it somewhere, to gather data. I have a *hypothesis* about what it is ... but nothing concrete.
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_biblia_:
ugh! i'm a horrible christmas snoopaholic. have been since i was little and would re-tape my gifts.

i'm trying to be a good girl this year, though. TRYING.
Dec 15, 2008
madscience:
If your wife was smart, she put something lightweight in there with a bunch of heavy rocks or bricks. wink

Re: your previous journal entry . . . It's such a bad time to be looking for a job right now. Really sucks, I feel for you. And institutions are often sooooo bad about interviewing etiquette. When I was a post-doc, I applied to my former grad school when they advertised a position. They didn't even interview me, and what's worse, they never even gave me a courtesy phone call or email to say something like "thanks for applying but you're not quite what we're looking for right now." I mean hellllooooo, I was one of their best students. My research won this huge award for them, they have the plaque with my name on it hanging in the conference room. But I wasn't worth a courtesy phone call or email?? So bizarre.

I think it's an EXCELLENT idea to have a Plan B such as yours. Who knows, you might like the "real world" better. You'll likely get paid better. wink I always recommend post-docs these days, too. They just make you so much more competitive if you do want to stay in academia. Moving somewhere for a year or two does suck, but it opens up so many more possibilities for faculty jobs. Just food for thought. Hang in there. Something will work out, probably better than you could have guessed. kiss
Dec 15, 2008

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