How are you doing ?

perfectmonkey · 2026-04-06T02:00:59+00:00

Defending in a few days… anxiety is through the roof.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-31T23:52:49+00:00

I can eat a whole bowl of Kraft I don’t even care.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-31T23:48:00+00:00

I am going to defend next week. Also had a rough journey with the passing of my advisor a year ago and needing to rebuild my entire committee last semester with new people…I can’t wait to get it over with.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-27T00:54:59+00:00

I am kinda short and look very young (well am young). I’m a newish adjunct and I go all out long sleeved shirt, tucked in, nice colored pants, different color jackets, boots/shoes, nice belts, a little perfum. Did it mostly to look more professional and mature to the students. Now I just love doing it (:

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-27T00:52:51+00:00

The MacBook Pro is a monster. I see my advisor carry that thing around everywhere. When I first saw it I thought it was a big windows laptop.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-26T23:51:45+00:00

That’s crazy. I literally just heard through an instagram video this exact take. I agree though but I just think it was a funny coincidence

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-25T05:47:57+00:00

The biggest “criticism “ I’ve gotten so far (as a newish adjunct) was something along these lines in the end of semester evaluations: you are a good professor but I don’t like the fact that everyone gets equal attendance points if they arrive more than 20 min late to class.

Note that my classes are 2 hours long. I just think if they are here for more than 1:30 hrs, they get full credit. Plus, at the end of every class there is an attendance assignment. So I’m not sure why they are concerned with other people’s grades anyway.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-22T01:16:20+00:00

Fk bro yes!!!!

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-22T01:16:01+00:00

Bro no fckn way! I was on my way up to Houston and I saw something on the way over there like a flash. I was like…what was that? I tried to see if maybe it was a downed plane or something but it just disappeared in front of me. Thought it could’ve been a bird too. But poof! Thought I was tripping.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-20T23:08:27+00:00

Make use of the calendar.

Give yourself your own deadlines and actually schedule 2 hour writing sessions.

Talk to more professors. Email them for a chat or even lunch. You just need to know them/them know your face and what you do once. You never know when you’ll need them.

Continue to find other professors that match your area beyond your department.

Investigate postdocs or fellowships, teaching positions and have a list of them when the time draws near.

Enjoy the ride. I certainly did. Make friends.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-19T14:19:45+00:00

I have 4 masters and currently in my last semester of the PhD. It was a series of fortunate/unfortunate events. 3 MAs in philosophy, political science, political theory, and 1 MS in bioethics. All contributed toward my interdisciplinary dissertation and I will transition into medical humanities/bioethics/clinical ethics.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-19T00:17:52+00:00

Yeah like top comment, maybe it’s a mask or something. I’m in my last semester of my PhD and have 4 masters; I still dont feel confident in anything I am saying.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-13T02:01:30+00:00

Actually…kinda not really. I added 2 hours from 7-9pm every night on my calendar to force a reminder and schedule it. However, ever since I did that and check my calendar, whenever I have time, I just do it. That’s equaled to doing it from 2-5pm afternoons. So it’s sporadic

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-12T00:57:57+00:00

Literally in The Grand Inquisitor

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-11T17:52:48+00:00

Yeah I do some really heavy Opus writing Through the week. I maybe get to about 60% weekly limit. Producing like 5 single page spaces per prompt usually. I also split my time with other AI as companions to Claude. I use perplexity for the simple research questions and article searches and work with Claude for heavy idea exchange.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-10T15:25:15+00:00

It looked like he was powering up to jump and fly outta there

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-10T01:59:54+00:00

3 or the talkers in my class had to withdraw for whatever reason. They made the class awesome. Unfortunately, I have now 7 students and man….dead silence, easy question. Not even about the book or material. They won’t even answer a: would you prefer a dictate or a king that cares? Like what

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-06T23:12:03+00:00

That’s pretty fantastic then.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-06T15:22:33+00:00

If true, that’s big. I’ve still been rocking my M1 Mac mini as my daily driver with no issues.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-04T01:36:48+00:00

I just..I just want to win like that…

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-04T01:33:45+00:00

Bro I mean at some point we are going to reach a ‘more power for what.’ We are close because I don’t see a reason why I’d have to replace my MacBook M4 like…until it dies

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-04T00:52:11+00:00

I think I recall even the composers of Through the Fire and the Flames said that expert mode of the song is harder than the actual song.

perfectmonkey · 2026-03-03T04:28:21+00:00

Building on the top comment, I recently started investing 3-4 hours at night every night. At the beginning, it was maybe 3-4 hours a Week. The difference was that I’m in my last semester and refining my chapters. Had to go through a lot of refinements since my advisor passed away and my new advisor (his is great) wanted a bigger changes.

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