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Status Updates posted by pears
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one classmate got their ideal job i helped set them up with, & another got a prestigious scholarship! i think i'm more excited about their funding than my own.
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may have helped a friend who was denied funding (total bs!) a perfect summer job! c'mooon universe, be nice to us!
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anyone else excited to take a work break with the true detective finale tonight?
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got a TAship (competitively awarded) next fall. tuition waiver, stipend, & teaching - oh my!
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2 small conferences, & a chance for chute/dirtside seats at a bullriding event on the same weekend.. in 2 totally different parts of the state. gah! decisions..
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applications for competitive funding are miserable! can i just write "give me monies pls" for 500 words?
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can't believe my winter break is almost over. time to stretch & flex the old noggin muscles again.
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first semester: 4.0! woohoo! i think i'll celebrate with a lazy day full of tea, pup cuddles, and painting my bear skull.
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last exam, grading students' last exam, & then i'm done with my first semester of grad school!
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dangit! of course the last exam for the class i TA couldn't go smoothly. professor wrote half their questions on the previous exam's content...
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I'm more nervous about the end of semester TA evals than I am to hand in & present on a chapter of my thesis. Brain: wut.
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looks like I have the data set for my thesis! & it's from my (eventual) top choice PhD program's dept. woo!!
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my top source of imposter syndrome: referencing MA theses as primary lit. & seminal works by 20-something grad students for a paper.... while drinking cheap wine straight from the bottle.
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epic work planned for summer 2014. woohoo!
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Does your plan resemble something like this: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1521
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attempting to write a 20-page paper for the first time in a while. oh boy, here we go
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made it to missoula! & i already have piles of reading. derp.
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summer field tech job landed. score! one step closer to paying off my loans, and a new adventure.
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this week is hurting my heart. a good part of my heart is always in boston, but today, my prayers & thoughts are with waco/west.