The adventure begins
Today I start at Plum Island. Even though I feel like this first week is going to be paperwork, training courses, and safety seminars I am still really excited.
Life is not easy
Why do professor have to be so off putting. I want someone to tell that what I want to do is a good idea and that I should follow my dreams. What the hell happened to support from mentor and advisors.
I get laughed at when I tell them what I want to do. That is miserable. Have you ever had someone you respected laugh at you when you tell them in all earnest what your plans and interest are? Crushed, that is the best word for this situation.
I have people tell me i am crazy and laugh in my face. Why is this happening? If I tell people that I am working for research labs that are advancing the world of chemical weapons mitigation that are impressed. But when I tell them I want to study black holes and the Big Bang they criticize me.Which one sounds more crazy. Chemical weapons development or finding out where How the universe actually began?
People are so ignorant of the world around them. I do not want to be one of those people. Next time someone has an idea that may sound out there, Support them.
Auto-Tune The Science of the Day: Symphony of Science #5 — “The Poetry of Science (An Anthem for Science)”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “If you’re scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you. And that understanding empowers you.”
Go Team Empirical Evidence!
[melodysheep / sos.]
Earlier: “A Glorious Dawn”; “We Are All Connected”; “Our Place in the Cosmos”; “The Unbroken Thread”.
DUDEEEEE
Couldn’t say it better. Always keep learning, always keep looking, always be curious.
High Fidelity on TV. +10
What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?
Such a good movie. That is such a great scene when he is on that bridge.
GRE practice take two
I signed up to take a practice GRE for today. I took one last year and it was helpful, so I though what the hell I’ll do another one…
It was the same exact test from last year. An hour and a half I will never get back.
Life is too short to retake exams that do not mean anything.
Tiffany puts up with so much shit from me I cannot believe she has not flat out dropped my ass. I give her a hard time, but its all give and take. Each thanksgiving, my high school has an alumni rugby game. I have gone to 2 outta the three (not to bad for the 17th rugby player in the stating list, there are only 15 positions on the field. I did get to go to Utah and play on the national platform which was pretty cool in retrospect.). Anyway, after 70 minutes of sweating and being pushed in the mud, I went over and gave her a big hug. I’m so sweet. She is too good to me sometimes.
I would also like you to see how many roosters you can find in the second picture? The answer when we return…
This is why you’re one of my best friends. I can’t wait to see you again!what’s your most vivid/favorite memory of the old days?
geeze this is hard steve. There are so many and they kinda just meld into a lot of fun.
I’d say scaring Stanley with the mustard that said I see you after his shower was a good one.
Or the one night where you guys where playing the…
Nick Johnson has Good Taste in Music
(This is over when I say it’s over.)
This is a lesson in procrastination.
I kill myself because I’m so frustrated.
Every single second that I put it off
Means another lonely night I got to race the clock.
(I ignore it and it ignores me too.)
What say we go and crash your car?
And every time I leave you go and lock the door.
So I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder.
I’m another day late and one year older.
It’s failure by design.
I finally bought some Brand New after years of denying them.
Scariest Environment Imaginable
I received more information today about my summer job…I need to get paperwork filled out that takes 90 days to go through. I contacted them 3 weeks ago, this is the first time they mentioned anything like this. So I have to wait until they mail me the information and then I have to fill it out then mail it back. so I have 16 weeks until I am supposed to start. it take 12.8 weeks for the paperwork to go through (15-12.8=2.2). It has to travel through the mail so take off at least another week with this terrible weather. So I have just over a week to official documents and forms filled out and request other information. Awesome!
I also found out I will be working in the most terrifying environment imaginable with the most terrifying things imaginable.
I have to censor what I write because it may jeopardize future career opportunities. I cannot tell you everything that I am doing anymore sadly.
