25 jul 2005
another *beep* day in New Jersey:
Angie: "Thursday, Dan; Friday, Chris; Saturday, I'm a whore!"
New Jersey doesn't all suck: roomie Rachel, Southern Boy Adam, and the NJites themselves Angie & Ali have been keeping me amused.
However.
i am positively bursting with frusteration. My poster isn't very good, and my data still isn't here yet. It's supposed to be here tonight. Around midnight. The posters are due tommorrow, but i got an extension till Wendesday.
The graphing in excel/pasting that into powerpoint sounds so easy, but it's not working. i suck.
WOCE stations, now where did you come from? i am so confused.
i did end up going to Manhattan on Saturday. Twas fun, but actually this poster is turning out to be more hassle than i expected. i should have worked on it this weekend.
As if it were some sort of evil consolation, most of the other interns are having final presentation problems also. A computre imploded: two months of work gone (i'm sad about this one, it was a neat-o project on fluid flow around hydrothermal vents). Some experiments aren't working; one intern is doing her experiment today; she's on the boat tommorrow (and her MatLab imploded too!). The list really could go on but this overview is already depressing me.
Just kidding. Adam is completely done.
RIOS 2005: sounds like an amazing idea; but a bit disorganized.
i got a great advisor; quite lucky.
Then i totally struck out in the C14 gamble.
Anyway.
Today i shall pack. i cannot-wait-to-get-home.
home home home... i am kind of a whimp when we get right down to it.
Ouuuuuh! Plans for August! August, baeby, August!
1. family fun time all over! including: NYC museums (AMNH, Moma), Sandy Hook, (Toledo) Ohio, and onto Wisconsin!
2. probable* Canadian Blast! with Anthony Endover, Bambi, and whatever Bryan's nickname is!
3. drive-by kidnapping of Elyse from Milwaukee!
4. (maybe) returning Elyse to Milwaukee (so Broadway paper doesn't get mad)
5. collaging with Donna!
6. drinking coffee with Donna!
7. knitting with my probable daughter! (hi MaRy, i recently learned howtoknit)
8. speaking of MaRy, CATASTROPHE
9. donate plasma twice a week: spending money
10. move from Eau Claire to Stanley and then to Madison, all without a car!
11. stealing RGE's car as often as possible as nicely as possible
12. biking around EC everyday because (11.) won't work
13.lounge about help out lots on the farm
14. camping trip to the UP with Nik, Ian, Kirk, Bekah & co.: August 22nd-??
15. a minimum of 22 theme parties cohosted with RGE
16. Bryan's 19th, Bekah's 21st, and associated activities
17. lots of quality time with Thomas! among life's chaos, i love my kitty the most
18. that's not nearly all, but i'm exhausted just looking at this list
19. and: start school.
*me: i, too, am impressed with our decision not to decide.
Bryan: I'll assume that sentence that I didn't understand was you saying how cool I am!
me: Oh, of course. i'd love to continue this; however, i should go... sleep....
Bryan: Why?
me: Can you fathom my time zone?
Bryan: No! I'm talking to the future! ¶ 15:29
Angie: "Thursday, Dan; Friday, Chris; Saturday, I'm a whore!"
New Jersey doesn't all suck: roomie Rachel, Southern Boy Adam, and the NJites themselves Angie & Ali have been keeping me amused.
However.
i am positively bursting with frusteration. My poster isn't very good, and my data still isn't here yet. It's supposed to be here tonight. Around midnight. The posters are due tommorrow, but i got an extension till Wendesday.
The graphing in excel/pasting that into powerpoint sounds so easy, but it's not working. i suck.
WOCE stations, now where did you come from? i am so confused.
i did end up going to Manhattan on Saturday. Twas fun, but actually this poster is turning out to be more hassle than i expected. i should have worked on it this weekend.
As if it were some sort of evil consolation, most of the other interns are having final presentation problems also. A computre imploded: two months of work gone (i'm sad about this one, it was a neat-o project on fluid flow around hydrothermal vents). Some experiments aren't working; one intern is doing her experiment today; she's on the boat tommorrow (and her MatLab imploded too!). The list really could go on but this overview is already depressing me.
Just kidding. Adam is completely done.
RIOS 2005: sounds like an amazing idea; but a bit disorganized.
i got a great advisor; quite lucky.
Then i totally struck out in the C14 gamble.
Anyway.
Today i shall pack. i cannot-wait-to-get-home.
home home home... i am kind of a whimp when we get right down to it.
Ouuuuuh! Plans for August! August, baeby, August!
1. family fun time all over! including: NYC museums (AMNH, Moma), Sandy Hook, (Toledo) Ohio, and onto Wisconsin!
2. probable* Canadian Blast! with Anthony Endover, Bambi, and whatever Bryan's nickname is!
3. drive-by kidnapping of Elyse from Milwaukee!
4. (maybe) returning Elyse to Milwaukee (so Broadway paper doesn't get mad)
5. collaging with Donna!
6. drinking coffee with Donna!
7. knitting with my probable daughter! (hi MaRy, i recently learned howtoknit)
8. speaking of MaRy, CATASTROPHE
9. donate plasma twice a week: spending money
10. move from Eau Claire to Stanley and then to Madison, all without a car!
11. stealing RGE's car as often as possible as nicely as possible
12. biking around EC everyday because (11.) won't work
13.
14. camping trip to the UP with Nik, Ian, Kirk, Bekah & co.: August 22nd-??
15. a minimum of 22 theme parties cohosted with RGE
16. Bryan's 19th, Bekah's 21st, and associated activities
17. lots of quality time with Thomas! among life's chaos, i love my kitty the most
18. that's not nearly all, but i'm exhausted just looking at this list
19. and: start school.
*me: i, too, am impressed with our decision not to decide.
Bryan: I'll assume that sentence that I didn't understand was you saying how cool I am!
me: Oh, of course. i'd love to continue this; however, i should go... sleep....
Bryan: Why?
me: Can you fathom my time zone?
Bryan: No! I'm talking to the future! ¶ 15:29
