DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009!

[metroid composite]

Insane math geniuses need NOT apply here.  *Launches MC*

Oh, make no mistake, I nearly failed a course in grad school (two things I discovered: first, UBC does not teach Number Theory.  Second: thinking prime numbers are cool does not make me a good candidate to do graduate work in Number Theory).

I also spent much longer than I expected rewriting my thesis (I got a seriously hardass external reviewer, so went through about six revisions--was still sending back modified versions like...two years after I expected to graduate, and well after I started my job).

I'm not implying I breezed through grad school.  Just...on the insanity scale there's stuff that's much higher than it...like the job you get with that grad degree.

[Luther Lansfeld]

Oh, grad school has actually been less stressful than undergrad this semester. I have just been much less focused than I've been in ages. It's terrible, actually, except for the fact I am having a ridiculous amount of fun.

[metroid composite]

I have just been much less focused than I've been in ages. It's terrible, actually, except for the fact I am having a ridiculous amount of fun.

Another typical grad school experience.

[NotMiki]

Oh, grad school has actually been less stressful than undergrad this semester. I have just been much less focused than I've been in ages. It's terrible, actually, except for the fact I am having a ridiculous amount of fun.

Wow, that's about the polar opposite of law school.

[metroid composite]

Wow, that's about the polar opposite of law school.

Law school is not grad school in the typical sense.  For starters, you pay them instead of them paying you.

[Magetastic]

You get payed to take Grad School? Or am I just reading that wrong?

[Shale]

No, you're reading it right.

If you're in a major that focuses on research, you generally work out an arrangement where you get a salary to assist a professor with whatever long-term project s/he is on in addition to your classes. This doesn't happen with med school, law school, or some of the other professional programs - MLS, MBA, journalism, etc.

[NotMiki]

yep, they print my paycheck in reverse.

Quote from: Grefter on December 07, 2009, 03:30:49 AM
I fail to see how a kettle that produces only Lapsang Souchong is a bad thing, you can always use multiple kettles.

Lapsang Souchong is tea for people without taste buds.  I can't imagine why anyone drinks that stuff.  In any case, the tea I try to brew in my kettle starts out fine but turns black after a few hours.  doesn't happen with hot water, just tea, like all that blackness needs some particulate matter to latch onto.  Not smoked so much as sooted.  Can't be healthy.

[Grefter]

It is a fantastic taste, you come out of it smelling and tasting it for a good 10 or so minutes.  You just be careful not to let your first brew sit for to long or yeah it becomes almost impossible (Also only make it in a pot big enough for a cup or two/one cup for as many people as you can convince to drink it).  Lapsang Souchong that has drawn for longer than it should is absolutely brutal and if you are going for that kind of taste you may as well be drinking straight black with like 3 or 4 teabags worth in there, because the only time you do that is when you badly need the caffeine and think the insanely bitter taste is worth it (Totally worth it)

[NotMiki]

My sister would pleased to see such an impassioned plea for the stuff, Gref.  End of the day, though, I just don't like the taste.  Lightly smoked is nice, but lapsang souchong is just too heavy comparative to the flavor of the tea.

[Grefter]

I can understand it, it certainly isn't for everyone and it is a very touchy tea, probably more so than a White even.  Sure overly hot water on a white is pretty much sacrelige and ruins a fantastic tea, but it is still drinkable at the end of the day.  If you fuck up Lapsang Souchong it is pretty much just fucked.  You can drink it weak I guess, but if you are drinking it weak then you are kind of missing the point.

[Clear Tranquil]

All my mom wants for Christmas is a CT safely returned for New Year >.>

Also Snow ... Awwwwwwwwwwwww ^_^

[metroid composite]

All my mom wants for Christmas is a CT safely returned for New Year >.>

Also Snow ... Awwwwwwwwwwwww ^_^

Just to clarify, you are talking about the white fluffy stuff and NOT Jo'ou Ranbu, right?  'Cause I'd be a bit weirded out if your mom wanted Jo'ou Ranbu for Christmas.

[Shale]

I think she's awwwwwwww'ing at Snow's date.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I think she hasn't realized the apocalyptic implications it has yet.

[Taishyr]

See, you keep claiming the apocalyptic indicator, but I'm pretty sure that'd only occur if half the DL suddenly developed a social life outside the DL.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Depends on whether you really mean "half of the entire DL" or "CK".

[Bardiche]

Depends on whether you really mean "half of the entire DL" or "CK".

... Is that a fat joke?

[Luther Lansfeld]

T-7 until final and all I want to do is read articles about sports. BISON!!

[NotMiki]

Sure overly hot water on a white is pretty much sacrelige and ruins a fantastic tea, but it is still drinkable at the end of the day.

Invest in a thermometer and this will never be an issue.

[Lady Door]

Crap. Another giant company meeting today, ostensibly about "discussing decisions made and plans for 2010." Last two last-minute company meetings we had resulted in lay offs. And my manager came by to make sure I was done/almost done doing my project for this week.

Losing my job now would be bad juju.

[Cotigo]

T-7 until final and all I want to do is read articles about sports. BISON!!

SPORTS, AAAAH, SPORTS.  Run as fast as KENYANS.

Sleep deprivation is great.

[Yoshiken]

Ack. Bus back from college today:
Friend of a friend (to me and girl I like): "So, are you two going out?"
Me & Chrissy: "No."
Friend: "You wouldn't complain, though, right?"

...seriously. I can't help wondering what my friend was thinking, but I would've probably slapped him if I wasn't too busy covering for myself.
Wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't already planning to ask her our tomorrow, since we've got a sort-of date thing going on - a comedy film festival, apparently! Really looking forward to that.


...Also, when my internet crashes, it produces a search page upon reconnecting. Apparently, 'rpgdl' results in a search for 'mongoose'.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Crap. Another giant company meeting today, ostensibly about "discussing decisions made and plans for 2010." Last two last-minute company meetings we had resulted in lay offs. And my manager came by to make sure I was done/almost done doing my project for this week.

Losing my job now would be bad juju.

Man, just hold on tight there. =(

[Cmdr_King]

Depends on whether you really mean "half of the entire DL" or "CK".

... Is that a fat joke?

While it easily could be, I'd assume it's a "CK is half the emo content of the DL" joke.