You can keep voting for Steve & Kel until March 20th (not the 17th as we previously thought)!
So please VOTE VOTE VOTE!
10 times per day per internet connection!
They are in the "random top 12", so we must be doing pretty good!
And if you have a blog or facebook or myspace, please urge your friends to vote too!
My lil' bro recently proposed to his long-time girlfriend Kel! And we are all very excited about their wedding!!!
Kel has entered them to win a FREE wedding at Buffalobrides.com!
Dear Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
The next time it snows, do you think you could possibly plow the roads, especially the major interstate?? Maybe even throw down some salt? Only if it's not too much trouble!
That'd be super!
Thanks!
Cheers!
Sneks
Ah, Lent.
It is upon us!
While I have many issues with religion (which I won't share, because no one really cares), the idea of Lent is OK. Sacrificing for 40 days is probably something everyone could benefit from. I think the "no meat on Fridays" thing is stupid, but, overall, I think everyone should give this Lent a try!
So, you may wonder, what am I giving up for Lent?
I reflected on it all day yesterday (as it was Ash Wednesday).
Here's what I came up with:
1) BEER. While I enjoy it, I know I should not drink it so often or so much! Giving it up will save me money and calories, so all-in-all, it seems a very beneficial sacrifice (But why is St. Patty's Day always during Lent? Sigh.)
2) SLEEPING IN. As a 4th-year non-teaching grad student, my schedule is pretty flexible. As in, I have a lot of work and I usually have to work everyday, but I never have to be anywhere at any certain time. I used to be at my desk by 7am during my first two years here. Last year I started to slip towards 8 or 8:30. This year, I have even come in to work as late as 11am!! Crazy! (Not that I slept till 11am, but I did sleep till 9am, then did computer stuff for a while at home) So, I am getting back on schedule. Gym at 7:00, work by 9:00. No more sleeping in till 10am on weekend either (Sorry RY!!)!
3) LAB STRESS. I am not going to be angered or annoyed by anything at work.***
I think giving up these 3 things will make me a healthier, happier person. Decrease calories, decrease laziness, decrease stress and anger. All sound like good things to me!
*** Edited to protect my life.
Today, while I was supposed to be actually writing, I was looking up papers and such. And I came across a paper written by someone who used to teach where I got my Masters degree and is now at a close-by University. The title had caught my eye (as the guy works on a "weird" animal) and I thought "I wonder if that guy is the author of that paper" and he was.
Then I wondered "If I ever saw him again (at a conference or some other science thing), would he even know me?"
I mean, the guy was actually on my Thesis committee. And I took a seminar that he taught. And we had actual conversations.
But I haven't spoken to/emailed/thought about him since the day I graduated. And, he likely has not thought about me much either, as he left that university when I did and our research interests don't overlap much, so he probably doesn't wonder how my new work is going.
So ... I am guessing he probably wouldn't remember me. Or he would remember me, but in that way that I now remember students whom I taught 4 years ago. Like ... I know I taught them, but I don't actually know their names anymore ... or when exactly I taught them ... or what class they were in ... or if I really had them as a student or if they just look really familiar because they dated someone that maybe worked for Ry's lab. Or something.
Isn't that weird? Like my life is really just a whole bunch of disconnected lives that all just happen to be mine.
I know ... too deep. Maybe I need a diet coke?
Today, regardless of whatever crap goes on at work and after work (at a STUPID forced-social event), I will have a good day!
Because today I received new photos of my awesome Nephew! And he sent me a letter too! It is written all in green marker (my favorite), with lots of green fish (all facing the same way ... they are schooling), and the following:
Dear Aunt [Sneks]
You are a very good Aunt [Sneks].
I love you.
[Nephew]
So, even if I suck at being a grad student and a forced-social coordinator, I feel confident that I am a good Aunt [Sneks].
Which reminds me ... I need to send Nephew the perfect book I found for him ... Scuba Bunnies!
Of course, the list of things I did NOT do is much, much longer!
But I am going to bed anyway! I hope you go to bed soon too!
I just HAD to blog about Joe flooding our lab today. Because he didn't want me to tell the world that he let a tank overflow. All over the lab. Into the hallway.
As for showers, we have another one this weekend! Matty (whom I started grad school with) and his wife Em are having a baby girl in a few months! And we're excited to celebrate!
This is the first "couples" shower I've ever been in charge of! I am thinking the typical baby shower games might not be appropriate! Maybe just some baby trivia? And lots of champagne punch??
I hope Matty & Em have a good time!
