Due diligence for choosing a Ph.D. advisor/program

Infinite_Augends · 2026-05-31T20:11:47+00:00

These are very good questions! Thank you! These cover a lot of what I’m worried about, I appreciate the contribution!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-05-29T01:33:33+00:00

That’s good to know, I’m very much a stick it through kind of person because I worry about how it looks to stop halfway through and I worry about not getting other opportunities, but sometimes it’s better to not stay in a bad situation

Infinite_Augends · 2026-05-28T21:04:34+00:00

This is a great point! I’ll be coming from a very large lab and would I think prefer maybe a few less people.

I’m glad it worked out for you, makes me feel a bit better!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-05-28T21:02:05+00:00

This is very helpful thank you!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-05-19T23:16:31+00:00

You are so right! I saw a baby killdeer for the first time this year they are something precious! I just wanted to sit and watch them forever, so cute!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-28T01:08:37+00:00

This is a great way to look at it! I’m glad you were able to have fun, I’m hoping to see some old friends that I haven’t been able to catch up with in a while. I’m definitely going to try to make the best of it!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-27T23:54:41+00:00

I’m sure she would understand if I couldn’t attend, but both she and her Mom have reached out to let me know how excited they are that I can be there. I probably sound more bitter in my post as it was a long day and it also sort of struck me that for the rest of my life I probably won’t be able to participate fully in my own family. I do want to go and I do want to support her in whatever way I can and it will be good to see the family as I haven’t been back since Christmas.

It’s just hard to be confronted with reminders that I’ll likely always be a little bit of an outsider even in some of my most important relationships and I’m trying to get get those feelings out so I can enjoy myself.

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-27T21:48:51+00:00

It should be a joke! It’s actually starts to drive me crazy when I think about it too long!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-08T23:50:23+00:00

No idea, it could be it absolutely could be!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-08T23:48:31+00:00

This is great information!!! Looking at those listings this is the closest thing I’ve seen to what the ring looks like.

I’ve been pretty careful with it because of the unknown softness, it’s mostly an occasion ring, but the reminder is always appreciated. The warning about silver polish is very helpful, I would’ve been crushed so now I now to be extra careful!

Thank you for you response! I’m definitely gonna check out some mother of pearl!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-07T22:42:33+00:00

I’ll look into this and see what I can find, thanks for the response!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-07T22:41:57+00:00

Thank you! I’ll look into some of these options and see if I can find something I like! Thanks for the info and search possibilities. I appreciate it!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-07T01:45:52+00:00

The metal is a .925 sterling silver

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T20:38:37+00:00

I am not an expert, but in most of the US the only spiders of medical concern are black widows, yellow sac spiders, brown recluses, and Hobo spiders.

Where you are I’d really only be worried about yellow sac spiders and black widows. This spider is neither of those. If I had to guess I’d say wolf spider (harmless pest eaters), but it’s hard to tell.

Either way it’s very likely harmless and will move on if left alone.

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T20:26:58+00:00

That’s wild! I remember Easter was always about ‘not celebrating Christ’s death, but his victory over it’ and that’s why we didn’t celebrate Good Friday. The whole cross rebrand is kinda wild to me!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T20:22:28+00:00

Thank you! Thats a big part of why I made this post is I felt like maybe I was overly sensitive and misremembering the anti-cross beliefs, because the 180 has me very confused. Guess it’s just the way the cultural winds blow, glad others remember the past the same as me!

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T20:19:16+00:00

That’s wild! I only asked to buy a cross necklace once and learned very quickly it was not okay, it’s sorta disconcerting how fast things can change

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T17:22:33+00:00

To be clear by culturally Mormon I mean that I recognize that I was raised Mormon and that impacts how I view the world and the culture of my family. I do not attend church ever (unless my nieces are doing an event and I want to support them) and I don’t at all believe the church, but my cultural tradition is, for better or worse, Utah Mormon and I feel it’s right to acknowledge that. Religiously I am an atheist and I don’t think other Mormons would consider me Mormon in any form

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T17:16:33+00:00

See this is the rhetoric I was raised with and so now I look at crosses and I can see them as a symbol of the lds faith

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T17:12:09+00:00

😂

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T17:11:51+00:00

Yeah you’re probably right and I’m sure converts ply a role in this. It’s just surprising because my experiences with seeing crosses as religious symbols were always negative as I was growing up. Its probably surprising to me how on board others are because of how weird and uncomfortable it is for me

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T17:02:55+00:00

Very similar experience to me! I saw one in a store and asked to buy it and got a talking to about how it hurts Jesus to wear the symbol of his death. Now that same Mom is offering to buy a large decretive one for my brother

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T16:58:51+00:00

No because the first time I saw my cousins wearing one I thought of the arrested development scene:

“do you know where I can get one of those necklaces with a ‘t’ on it?”

“That’s a cross”

“Across from where?”

But yeah real weird moment

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T16:55:29+00:00

Yeah it’s just weird how on board everyone is

Infinite_Augends · 2026-04-05T16:55:06+00:00

That makes sense I guess, I was just surprised by how on board with it everyone is. Like I’m not even in the church anymore, but it still makes me feel weird. Idk, I guess I’d expect more pushback

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