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Well my advisor hasn't had time to meet with me and my new committee member has gone AWOl and my thesis hasn't been up to spec so I won't be graduating until end of fall. BLAH.
Fortunately this doesn't really affect much except dragging it out, since none of my employment in fall is contingent on a diploma. And the goal is still to be mostly-done by end of summer anyway.
Ugh.
Here, have some cheering up, a link from the internets: the case of the 500-mile e-mail :)
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Date:08/02/10
Updates indeed
Been a while since an update I guess. Thesis, and then nothing. Now I'm really looking forward to and yet dreading getting my thesis back. It's due this Friday! Zomg.
Also it appears Sally Murphy needs me to teach the MW 8:40AM GS sections. Wah. Well, blah to waking up early, but after some careful analysis I realized I'm already supposed to get up really early on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, so if I also have super early wakeup on MW it should make things a bit more even. It still doesn't make it easy though, especially since going to bed at 11PM is annoying. But, it's worth it I guess. Every man has his price.
Let's see, here, have some little things, I have plenty lying around:
- The game is AWESOME. I added a feature where you may choose to specialize your research in a manner similar to Magic: the Gathering according to the five colors (e.g. if you like Necromancy you can choose Black, which increases your necromancy but blocks Beast and Minion research). Super fun.
- I played the game for many hours (my favorite color atm is Blue, which is Minion-strong and blocks powers and artifact research). Unfortunately I found a bug, and I tried poking it and it crashed the game. I fixed the bug but I am sad to lose the awesome game (I had a bunch of Blood Djinn, Power 4500 and Magic 19... yeah, awesome)
- I continue to be involved in Patricia's crazy life and dealing with her crazy mom. I seem to be in a unique position where I am the only person they both trust. It's a very weighty responsibility. I have the distinct impression I'm sort of one-handedly filling in for the father who passed away several years ago, as he was probably the only person who could handle them both. I really hope I don't make any lazy or tired mistakes...
- Man, I really do and don't want my thesis to come in the e-mail. Blagh.
- This week I am covering for Sharon in the micro lab. This means I go up there for some hours, set some stuff up, keep track of things, maybe pour some plates with the extra time, then she pays me. Basically I get vacation money and I get micro lab experience. I win TWICE! Woot.
- Oh yes vacation. Natalie and I are going on vacation after I turn in my thesis. That should be this Friday. Depending on when I get it back I intend to have it turned in by Friday morning, but we will see eh.
- I have been drinking Jarritos soda. It's delicious, plus it's caffeine freeand uses sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Plus it's cheap. Four wins in one!
- I am starting to think more seriously about getting a cat. I realized I can move my boxes of stuff into another closet or into storage, and put a litter box and food/water trays into my closet here, and keep a cat in my room. However, if I got one this Fall, it would be severely deprived of my presence during its formative months because I am not freaking going to be in my room at all, five days a week. So this fall I will talk with my roommates and sound out the potential for getting a cat over the winter break.
- I've fallen very behind on many of my hobbies and projects, since I have sunk so much energy into my thesis and the game. I haven't touched Zangband, attempted any art, or written anything except the epilogue to the 1v1 Exalted campaign in a very long time. I do intend to get back to them... but Fall will probably not be the time for it.
- Come to think of it, Fall is looking pretty vicious. Concord, CLP, and GS are all encroaching badly on my time, and getting up at 7AM may not be the only daily discomfort. Well, fortunately, I can handle it.
- They want me back at EXCEL. Haaaaa. Ha ha ha..... maybe in Winter.
- Man I really want to be done, like whoa
I will endure!
Date:07/14/10
Complexity
It seems the problem of my fall schedule may be NP-complete. I will lay it out here briefly:
Jobs, Tasks and Time Sinks:
- GS instructor (full year)
- Concord labtech (full year, but Micro in fall is largest time block)
- Academic coach for CLP(full year)
- Karate at CSUEB (full year but flexible)
- Karate at JKASV (full year, fixed times)
The GS timeslots so far seem unobtrusive, with the two sections I know I have on Friday morning and afternoon. I will probably have advising hours, but it sounds like I may be able to do those at night times when most other advisers aren't around.
Concord has basically eaten Tuesday and Thursday. If I want more time then, like late meetings with my CLP students, it will come at the expense of going to JKASV.
The CLP is the big unknown. It seems it will require many flexible hours of the week. Currently Monday and Wednesday have nothing except karate hours, but we will see how CLP hours fit into them. I will probably have timeslots on Friday and possibly the weekend for those.
I will continue puzzling as more information becomes available
Date:07/01/10
Fission Mailed!
I leave home for the airport for Nebraska in 12 hours. I have done all I currently can on my thesis, but unfortunately my first draft was missing a number of key elements. Combine that with my advisor being crazybusy and I still have more work to do while I am in Nebraska.
Fortunately, all is not lost, since I am mostly done, and the rest of the work can be accomplished at Nebraska and sent out by the end of the first week of July (probably sooner). Still, it burns a bit to be behind. Oh well. At least I have demonstrated I can work long and hard and get stuff done quickly.
Date:06/29/10
Crunch time has arrived
Yes my advisor got back to me with comments..... lots of comments.... but it's nothing I can't handle!
And also, announcing the new awesomest thing evar: the Jarritos float! (like your standard root beer float, but instead of root beer, use orange Mexican soda.... mmmmmmm ^_^)