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Seriously! I can't believe that six months ago I wasn't really even sure where I was going.

My sister (finishing up her PhD in atmospheric science) just sent me this: http://legogradstudent.tumblr.com/
 
You NEED to check out that tumblr as a grad student. You will laugh, you will cry...

My sister (finishing up her PhD in atmospheric science) just sent me this: http://legogradstudent.tumblr.com/
 
You NEED to check out that tumblr as a grad student. You will laugh, you will cry...

My sister (finishing up her PhD in atmospheric science) just sent me this: http://legogradstudent.tumblr.com/
 
You NEED to check out that tumblr as a grad student. You will laugh, you will cry...

I mean... I was too prepared. I had printed out my schedule in early June, not realizing that classes would switch rooms several times over the following few months. I sat in an algebra class instead of Calc II for two weeks because neither the professor nor the syllabus had said the course name on the first day of class, and the rooms had been switched. Life lessons!
Although I'm a stereotypical millennial I'm going to agree with @Neist. You haven't really lived until you've had your laundry scattered all over a major road because the garbage bag tore while crossing the street to carry it between car and dorm. Although I now think back and laugh at the memory of a car driving by and running over my bath towel, it sure would've been nice to be coddled a bit

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who feels this way. The busses are so jam-packed with undergrads and it annoys me to no end!

@rhombusbombus It's like the satisfying clickety clack of a keyboard... times A MILLION.

@Neist I'm sure you'll be a fine TA. If you actually care, it's pretty hard to flub it up!

Dude I feel you guys on the orientation events. Have TA training stuff 9am-7:30pm tomorrow and then 9am-4pm the next day... and I'm not even going to be a TA!

@jlt646 I actually will be hiking Mt. Nittany in the coming weeks as I have a friend who is a PSU alum who never got to climb it. Was it super crowded?

The Civil War ones with Shelby Foote!

Taking solid state and quantum mechanics. I'm also in a new subfield @eternallyephemeral, so we can definitely commiserate!

Oh yes, it was while I was at school, and the repairs are being paid for and I'm being given a rental car while mine is in the shop. Fortunately it all turned out okay so it's just a funny story!

Taking solid state and quantum mechanics. I'm also in a new subfield @eternallyephemeral, so we can definitely commiserate!

I have nothing to add to all of the relationship talk. I was in State College for the past few days, for all of you moving there, you need to go to the Saloon and order a monkey boy. It's the best way to not remember your entire weekend.

I'll admit, I thought all the talk on previous pages about finding the perfect writing utensil was a bit frivolous - I've just used pens from the dollar store for my entire life and had no issue. But then on Thursday my worldview changed when I had to borrow a pen from the guy behind me... I. NEED. TO. FIND. THAT. PEN.

Taking solid state and quantum mechanics. I'm also in a new subfield @eternallyephemeral, so we can definitely commiserate!

Working at the school I'm entering in the fall, which in hindsight was a great idea. Highly recommend for any future grad students reading this.

Working at the school I'm entering in the fall, which in hindsight was a great idea. Highly recommend for any future grad students reading this.

Working at the school I'm entering in the fall, which in hindsight was a great idea. Highly recommend for any future grad students reading this.

BEND AND SNAP
BEND AND SNAP

I'm with ya on the vacuum cleaners. Vacuum cleaners and printers, man. Neither have improved since like the 70s.

So it turns out I have an addiction to cats... here's kitty #2!

So it turns out I have an addiction to cats... here's kitty #2!

So it turns out I have an addiction to cats... here's kitty #2!