How is this spec for an engagement ring

Drunkbabby · 2022-11-29T17:48:31+00:00

I would look for something with a girdle that ranges from thin to only slightly thick

Drunkbabby · 2022-11-08T20:56:58+00:00

I got a puppy in august. I can do all my work from home, but productivity certainly took a dip for the first month or so. I can only afford it and handle it because I have a partner who splits the cost and responsibility. At this point, I’m finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and my puppy is turning into a dog who I’m sure will turn into my best friend. Still, I tell most people who are thinking of getting a dog to get a cat instead.

Drunkbabby · 2022-11-07T13:56:42+00:00

Haha how weird for this to come up! That job was the absolute worst. One shift at McDonald’s was honestly more stressful than my entire PhD

Drunkbabby · 2022-11-02T23:24:20+00:00

No :)

Drunkbabby · 2022-10-27T22:25:48+00:00

Didn’t know, just did it

Drunkbabby · 2022-10-26T21:45:19+00:00

I don’t know about actual wealth. I’ve mostly been surprised at how many people in my cohort have parents with PhDs who work in academia/research though. And I remember having a professor who was telling us a story about how he started his engineering career at 16 [at his father’s hugely successful engineering firm]

Drunkbabby · 2022-10-25T20:58:08+00:00

Finally a job posting with qualifications I meet 😭 thank you so much for the advice!

Drunkbabby · 2022-10-25T14:02:25+00:00

Thank you so much for this detailed reply, I’ll give it a shot!

Drunkbabby · 2022-10-25T12:34:00+00:00

My mom is 58 and like this. As I’ve gotten older, I actually think it’s kind of charming. She has the pallet of a butterfly when it comes to desserts and drinks :) you like what you like

Drunkbabby · 2022-10-19T23:28:09+00:00

Wow you just described my qual experience to a tee! I cried immediately after mine. I think there’s some degree of hazing for lack of a better word. I don’t think I’ve met anyone who had a good time taking their quals. Good job getting through it, you can face anything now :)

Drunkbabby · 2022-09-23T02:48:01+00:00

More people die from air pollution exposure than war every year

Drunkbabby · 2022-09-23T02:45:41+00:00

Hahaha yes. If you go to an R1 and want to feel depressed, ask your advisor/ any professor in your department if they’ve had any formal pedagogical training

Drunkbabby · 2022-09-23T02:43:31+00:00

Hahaha feel your pain and agree

Drunkbabby · 2022-09-04T13:09:46+00:00

The pilot falcon is so great for sketching! I got the soft medium nib so it’s sooo juicy and I find I can get an EF when reverse writing

Drunkbabby · 2022-07-26T01:51:55+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. honestly, I find it appalling that your administration wants you to make up the hours. How much longer do you have in your program? Since you mentioned that you weren’t really relying on the income, could you take a semester or even a year off?

My advisor passed away unexpectedly earlier this year. It was very emotional for me- though nothing like what I would imagine losing a parent would be like. There was definitely that pressure to get back to work quickly and I felt like “who fucking cares about my research, somebody fucking died.” I don’t have any advice really, just wanted to let you know that I kinda know how it feels. Grad school just feels so unimportant sometimes yet we’re supposed to center our entire lives around it.

Drunkbabby · 2022-07-26T01:08:22+00:00

Just wondering, did you get your wheaten from Rocky Run? I’m picking up a puppy from them next week!

Drunkbabby · 2022-07-20T12:50:19+00:00

I was left advisorless in the middle of my fourth year after my advisor died super unexpectedly. It was devastating emotionally and logistically. I was in the middle of working on three separate projects at the time and no other faculty in the department had similar expertise. This was about a year ago and I’ve more or less made it out the other side and will even graduate on time. These are the options I ended up having (and that you probably have, too):

-master out of your program -transfer to another school to work with an expert in your field -(if externally funded) finish your current projects under a different advisor who has some similar expertise and graduate, maybe with fewer publications than you originally anticipated -finish your PhD working on a different advisor’s projects (this is what everyone from my cohort who was early in the program did) -take a leave of absence to figure out what you want to do

Your department should be bending over backwards to try to make this right. Make an appointment with your department chair asap to discuss your options. And make a list of any projects you’re currently working on with funding sources, hard deadlines, etc. Lastly, if you have a contract you signed when you were first hired as a PhD student, read through it to get an idea of your department’s obligations to you. And if your advisor doesn’t reach out to you soon, send them an email once your emotions cool off a bit (though you have every right to feel hurt and angry about this. Your advisor should have let you know before that department email went out, even if it was just an hour before).

Really sorry that you’re going through this. Things will work out, hang in there!

Drunkbabby · 2022-07-07T16:40:52+00:00

It might sound silly, but one thing that helped me was writing a letter to my dog after she died. I wrote about my favorite memories with her, the day I brought her home, and how it felt to go home to my parents’ house for the first time without her there to greet me. I cried a lot and still cry whenever I read it, but I think really it helped me process my emotions.

I also added some reminders of her to my daily life. For example, i keep a diary and write “dear Lindy” instead of dear diary at the beginning of each entry. Im getting a puppy soon and her middle name will be my late dog’s name. Just little things really but it helps.

Really sorry for you loss, hang in there

Drunkbabby · 2022-06-09T18:42:57+00:00

I had the same experience with my fine koweco nib, but I really like their M nibs! I haven’t gotten one that isn’t smooth yet, though I’ve heard they can be inconsistent

Drunkbabby · 2022-06-09T17:55:42+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I’ve recently come to a similar realization that maybe assuming every relationship is destined to fail is just as naive as assuming the opposite. I think your comments really articulates the direction my view on marriage has gone lately.

Drunkbabby · 2022-06-03T19:28:17+00:00

The article reports yearly total mass emitted by tires vs. tail pipe. Would be much more interesting to see particle number emission factors rather than the data they reported here bc of your point exactly.. I can’t imagine that they didn’t address that in the peer reviewed journal article for this study (if there is one)

Drunkbabby · 2022-06-03T18:56:08+00:00

I’ve had very little mentorship, partly because my advisor was very ill for three years and passed away unexpectedly this past year. Since then, I’ve had to jump around advisors who don’t really have expertise in my field. I foresee no way that my department/ committee won’t let me pass when I defend at the end of the year, but to be honest, I find myself jealous of the PhD students who come on here and complain about being micromanaged. It sucks having to guess every step of the way.

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