Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Week 2 post-defense

I'm trying to let my personal life take charge for a little while. Work is still challenging and confusing, but the point of all this madness is that I've paid my dues now, so I'm try to enjoy it a little. Manuscript #2 came back with requests for MAJOR revisions almost immediately, but I'm not going to let that get to me- I imagine the reviewer as some old curmudgeon with nothing to do but act as gatekeeper to the archives of science. We'll sort him soon enough. I've finished making changes to my dissertation and sent a draft of the 220page PDF to the formatting bureaucrats for their approval. In the mean time, ...

Beer club is having regular meetings again, I've been to the farmer's market and watched the the last Harry Potter movie. This is a good idea, because I am going to watch the next one at midnight tomorrow! Matt and I have been playing Little Big Planet like it's 2007, which is both fun, and sign of the fact we actually get to hang out now. I really like that, Matt is pretty cool.

The need to find a job is starting to feel pressing again. I'm trying to be open to opportunity, flexible about my requirements and proactive. So far, no interviews since June- and that job didn't get funded. Hearing the latest economic reports about the state of the economy is not encouraging, so keep and ear out for me people!

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