olive81

School of Hard Knocks, Fort Knox, KY. Graduate degree in Watusi Dancing from Toledo U. Born with two fists, raised with two hands, died with nine fingers. Reppin' the universe and the Vienna Secession since 1848.

You are scary...are you an NSF mole?

04/04/11 - GRFP/FastLane will be unavailable from 11:00PM ET Monday, April 4th - 5:00AM ET Tuesday, April 5th for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.


And there it is folks....

04/04/11 - GRFP/FastLane will be unavailable from 11:00PM ET Monday, April 4th - 5:00AM ET Tuesday, April 5th for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.


And there it is folks....

Last night, Robert Boyle, Hugh of St. Victor, and an animated life size can of Ol' Glory energy drink let me know that the awards would be announced on Tuesday, April 5th at 1 AM, so I'm pretty sure that y'all can stop hittin' F5 and get back to work.

^^^ LOL. I think popping open a few homebrews will be how I celebrate regardless of whether or not I get the award. In fact, I think I'll start tonight in preparation of finding out next week.

Last year, my friend told me that whatever I do, do not visit this forum

lol

I am pretty confident that the emails come very late at night/early in the morning...like when normal people are sleeping

Um, I am going to go with April 6, 3:22am. I think they watch us on here and have fun.

Last year, my friend told me that whatever I do, do not visit this forum

lol

Last year, my friend told me that whatever I do, do not visit this forum

lol

Last year, my friend told me that whatever I do, do not visit this forum

lol

i should have figured out a good way to mention that i'm gay to up my chances then

Um, I am going to go with April 6, 3:22am. I think they watch us on here and have fun.

I can't believe no one has posted in over 12 hours...

I can't believe no one has posted in over 12 hours...

BAM, nail on the head

Also, can I just say how lame I am for the number of times a day I check Fastlane, hoping to see a "down for scheduled maintenance tonight" message like that which preceded the award announcement last year? I mean really. It's not April yet. We don't even know if they have money, but we know other federal fellowships (NDSEG) are not awarding when they said they would. I have incredibly huge amounts of coursework and research I should be doing. And what do I do with my time? Refresh Fastlane. I need a life. Or some self-control.

I swore up, down and sideways that I would not obsess about this silly fellowship. I thought I believed I had no chance: in fact when my advisor told me to apply, I outright laughed at him. Back in grad school after 5+ years, and at a masters college that has never had a GRFP fellow in CS. I do not believe I have a chance. I shouldn't.

But then WHY do I stalk this forum all the time??! Ugh. Hope can be so annoying. ;-)

I thought it was down earlier, but it seems to be back up..not sure what it could be...unless there are people who are constantly checking the site to slow it down, which of course none of us would ever do

I just like watching the chatter on here grow exponentially, reach a fever pitch and then die out in silence until 10 months later

It only says GRFP on the GRFP page. On the FastLane main page, it still says "FastLane will be unavailable... "