You can always tell when I'm "on my own" for a few days by the way my activity on this site jumps up just a little bit .... 
I'm so damn close to a dissertation proposal I can taste it. E. feels like he knows what the hell I'm talking about .... yesssss..... Of course, I have three other readers that I need to get...
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I'm so damn close to a dissertation proposal I can taste it. E. feels like he knows what the hell I'm talking about .... yesssss..... Of course, I have three other readers that I need to get...
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salome:
PhD, huh? Fuck, man, props to you. Getting my master's was pain enough.
toothpickmoe:
Meh, I worked. This is my "weekend" now. You?
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toothpickmoe:
How you holding up?
certhas:
Except it started out with softporn and didn't gradually slide into it.
Last night, I watched the best episode of Inside the Actor's Studio that I've *ever* seen.
It was the Dave Chapelle episode, and what made it brilliant was that I've rarely seen a famous person ever be quite so honest about their work or fame. For instance, Chapelle talked pretty openly about how his comedy works on a sociological/critical level *and* a "scatological" humor level...
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It was the Dave Chapelle episode, and what made it brilliant was that I've rarely seen a famous person ever be quite so honest about their work or fame. For instance, Chapelle talked pretty openly about how his comedy works on a sociological/critical level *and* a "scatological" humor level...
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bredoteau:
I really wanted to see that episode with Chapelle. I totally agree with you without seeing it that Dave is a smart, attuned guy. He's definitely socially conscious, and I think the gravity and import of his own humor weighs on him. I think it's part of what contributed to his meltdown (yes, I believe he had a real one).
salome:
I fucking love Chappelle. I want more seasons!
So, I didn't think ALL those conferences would accept my papers.... 
Which, I mean, is a *good* problem. But now I have to write those things I thought up months ago. Um. Huh. Luckily, both of the recent papers are much more *theoretical.* The other empirical project I have is just a poster, and relies mostly on maps. So, that's not too bad. But this...
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Which, I mean, is a *good* problem. But now I have to write those things I thought up months ago. Um. Huh. Luckily, both of the recent papers are much more *theoretical.* The other empirical project I have is just a poster, and relies mostly on maps. So, that's not too bad. But this...
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obd:
nice.
toothpickmoe:
Indeed...but not.
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salome:
Aw, thanks for the sweet comment!
doctashock:
thanks for the support man.
Do dissertations evolve? Maybe they die and are reborn, in a sort of phoenix motif? Or is that just the "positive spin" I'm putting on a project that has undergone massive changes in the past month?
The project started out as an examination of space as an influence on human behavior, looking at the interstate highway system in modern American cities as the test case....
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The project started out as an examination of space as an influence on human behavior, looking at the interstate highway system in modern American cities as the test case....
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aspasia:
What campus are you on? I was at UChicago shooting photos around 2ish and then again at 5:15sih.
aspasia:
Then you probably did see me. I was all in black yesterday. 
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roguelibrarian:
Yeah, you need some nails or a glue gun?
What's up?
What's up?
toothpickmoe:
Ups and downs, eh?
Minor Internet Pet Peeve:
It really bugs me when people show up to "appreciation threads" to knock whatever is being appreciated. Now, i'm not "anti-debate." So, if the thread is "what bands rock?" and there is disagreement - cool beans. I just don't get people who show up to say the "Scarlett Johanssen is a Goddess" thread to say that S.J. is not a hottie....
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It really bugs me when people show up to "appreciation threads" to knock whatever is being appreciated. Now, i'm not "anti-debate." So, if the thread is "what bands rock?" and there is disagreement - cool beans. I just don't get people who show up to say the "Scarlett Johanssen is a Goddess" thread to say that S.J. is not a hottie....
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akirali:
It was the wife wasn't it? No need to covber for her, she made you put your figures away didn't she? That's why I'm getting a curio cabnet to display mine in. I'll make em look like harmless nick-nacks and curios if it kills me.
Of course I would probably need to have a girl in my life to complain about them first...
Of course I would probably need to have a girl in my life to complain about them first...
akirali:
Not rubbermaid! It's airtight! They can't breathe! they'll die! 
Err... you should probably ignore that...
Err... you should probably ignore that...
Wringing an argument out of your data = Not always so much fun.
ojaeflo:
I hear you, Holmes. Every now and then, I like a comic, but ask me to come up with 4 paragraphs about WHY I liked and it's like "It was cool! What more do ya want??"
toothpickmoe:
School = for suckers. 
Is there a reason the pop machine in the basement of the library only takes dollar bills *sometimes?*
This weekend I went to the most awkward dinner party I've ever attended. The postdoc in the lab invited my wife and me, the PI, and the undergrad tech and his girlfriend all for dinner at his house. His wife cooked up a storm of Korean food,...
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This weekend I went to the most awkward dinner party I've ever attended. The postdoc in the lab invited my wife and me, the PI, and the undergrad tech and his girlfriend all for dinner at his house. His wife cooked up a storm of Korean food,...
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toothpickmoe:
Good to know. I'll hold it for you.
roguelibrarian:
because *sometimes* your money is good enough, and *sometimes* it's not
