One of my roommates just disappeared. He owed me some money — not a big deal; I’m glad to be rid of him, honestly, so it’s worth the 40 bucks — but tomorrow is April 1, and our rent is due, and his 400$ *is* a big deal, even split between two of us.
Shit.
Caveat Lector: Reader Beware!
Well, who knew it. Thank you, Dorothea, but a quick pronoun fix? I’m a girl.
How funny. I always figured it was obvious. Apparently not. And it’s startling how *weird* it is to hear the wrong pronoun attached to you. (Which reminds me of transgendered naming conventions — it’s hard to use a […]
I have told the general advisor I am leaving.
I did not tell the person I am mostly working with. Why? I don’t know. Fear, probably.
I get back to this email:
Hi. I was disappointed to hear from [advisor] that you have decided to leave with a terminal masters. I have always considered you a very […]
Frogs and Ravens: How Many Data Points Make a Trend?
Blogging — I started this blog (though I had ones before) before I was seriously thinking of leaving. Or maybe not: I had decided last year to give it one more year because I wouldn’t feel content with giving it just the firt year, but was […]
Mexico — Tulum, specifically, about 130km south of Cancun — was lovely. The sea was blue and warm, the sand was soft, the ruins were stone (adjectives aren’t my thing tonight), we got to bribe a police officer and had to beg for help when our car stalled . . . what else could you […]
Off to the beaches for a long weekend. Indecision can be ignored entirely while I bask in sun and warmth until some time Tuesday.
A recent story of the day, from StoryPeople, called indecision:
torn between wanting to stay & wanting to go & worried it will be the wrong decision either way
(Brian Andreas who, alas, has yet to make the story I want into a print)
I spoke to a friend who had also left the program. It was — he seems a lot less conflicted about leaving than I am.
Now, he left a year ago, and I’m still disentangling. So I am still reconciling to the loss of a dream. Because this is certainly what it is. I am a […]
Wow. I just got 42 comment spams in the space of no time. Wonder what happened.
A huge thank you to Dorothea, both for her recent comments and her story and straight talk.
I now told the general advisor. This is the person who you go to about all the stupid arcane rules and regulations, etc. I have not told my research advisor yet; I hope to look for him tomorrow. […]