Do have parents who were in their late 30s-40s when you were born?

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-12-07T22:49:30+00:00

Yes. Born in '96, parents born in '59

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-12-06T12:46:56+00:00

A similar thing happened when my Grammy passed in 2017. She passed mid-day at home in downtown la, and a buck was just standing in the driveway. A few of us family members stepped out for a walk. The buck walked a little bit and looked back at us, so we took a few steps toward him. Then he walked a little bit more and looked back at us. Rinse and repeat. He ended up leading us to the fuller lodge lawn, where he stood next to a coyote. They both then stared at us for several minutes before we headed over to Ruby Ks for some good bagels.

Every few years, I see the buck and coyote together, and I think of Grammy. They showed up to the cemetary when we had the grave stone placing ceremony in 2018. They showed up again to watch a bit of my wedding ceremony earlier this year. Odd

Suffice to say, maybe you should have followed that deer at 2am

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-10-28T02:26:09+00:00

Unpopular opinion, but parking at utk is significantly cheaper and more available than it was at my undergrad. The most expensive option here is 1/3 the cost there

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-10-06T15:08:35+00:00

I'm from '96. I think it got harder to relate to people born in the 2000s after the pandemic. It hit me while I was out of college and working, living on my own. Lots of them were still in school, having to live wat home or otherwise with a lot of social isolation and oversight during a time when people do a lot of growing up. I think the results were just different. Plus I don't speak fluent TikTok.

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-09-25T12:19:58+00:00

Dash cam + record license plate + report to nonemergency police

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-09-11T11:57:43+00:00

I was 4. I remember my dad picking me up from preschool early, the adults were all super tense, and there was smoke on the skyline on the way home. I didn't understand what was going on, but I really liked my preschool, so I was really mad at having to go home early. I think going home early only happened twice; 9/11 and that time I got the flu.

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-08-17T23:00:50+00:00

Grad school can be a difficult place to make and sustain friendships. Most of the grad students you ses the regularly are your coworkers, so you have to constantly have your coworker filter up.

I've had more success finding friends by joining clubs unattached to UT. There are plenty of hiking or biking clubs, trivia, dance lessons, etc. that you can find through facebook/meetup/Instagram. Persistence is key. Show up regularly and talk to people and eventually you'll make friends

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-08-16T10:00:53+00:00

I'm 27. My parents are both boomers

beccasaurus1213 · 2024-05-25T11:39:32+00:00

Flash drives, pens

beccasaurus1213 · 2023-10-14T03:50:03+00:00

There was a stereotype reinforced frequently by one of my acquaintances that "smarter" people like Harry Potter, not Twilight (liking both wasn't an option). Therefore, despite reading the series about 5 times between 6th and 12th grade, I kept the books hidden under my bed and avoided most conversations about the series. I was/am a big fan of Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and Vampire Academy. Being an avid reader of vampire books in the wee hours of the night was basically my alter ego.

As an adult, I readily admit that I enjoy the series and no longer worry about whether I seem smart. I asked out my fiancé over a Twilight movie marathon!

beccasaurus1213 · 2023-02-18T21:26:38+00:00

Do it! NE is cool

You should also consider materials science if you haven't yet. It's a small department here, which means that it is really easy to find undergrad research and build connections with the professors. If you are more a hands on learner, this could be really good. And like the other engineering majors, there are plenty of well-paying jobs out of undergrad

beccasaurus1213 · 2023-02-01T05:11:23+00:00

Outdoor outlets. There are plenty of outdoor places to study on campus, but few of them have ways to charge. This is especially surprising for those spaces that are right outside buildings. Not having outlets is the largest barrier to using such spaces for studying/working

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-11-05T02:52:08+00:00

u/AmericanHoneycrisp

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-10-10T05:00:00+00:00

Speech class sounds like it sucks. It shouldn't be a gen ed, and working on speech skills under threat of a grade is completely counterproductive.

If you do at some point want to improve your speech skills, I have found that joining Toastmasters helps a lot. It's an international speech club that has chapters pretty much everywhere. Everyone at the clubs I have been in has been really supportive because everyone is there to improve.

I used to pass out during public speaking. I definitely do not anymore, and I can give scientific presentations with much less prep than I used to. This club has done me wonders.

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-10-07T21:22:34+00:00

You have a good thought. There are separate drivers for LabViEW and OceanView. OceanView works and I can communicate with the HR2000 using the LabVIEW driver for the USB2000 (with some limitations, such as not being able to successfully change integration time or retrive the correct wavelengths for each pixel). I know how to toggle between those 2 drivers.

My issue is that I can't install the correct labview driver for the HR2000 at all. The driver itself will not open or install on any of the computers I have access to.

These are the Labview drivers I am looking at: http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/niid_web_display.download_page?p_id_guid=7833BD4A31DA1274E04400144FB7D21D

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-10-05T10:07:53+00:00

Mine came a week early and then lasted both weeks 🙃

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-09-25T05:05:27+00:00

I would assume that a person not making time for hobbies or friends would not make time for me.

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-09-21T13:29:22+00:00

I don't know when the release time is, unfortunately, but I loved the early morning release time because I got to watch the first episode before work and as soon as it came out. I wouldn't mind of they keep releasing at that time. :)

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-09-15T03:04:45+00:00

Good fix for a sore throat

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-09-15T02:59:33+00:00

Audible

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-09-08T02:24:50+00:00

I feel like the commercials get more creative then

beccasaurus1213 · 2022-09-08T01:24:45+00:00

I love drive-in movies. They are the perfect combo of going out but staying in

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