Category Archives: Rant

slow days..

Posted on November 12, 2008 by meg

I’m having a bad week for research.  At least it feels that way.   I guess I made a little progress today, but everything feels so slow… Also, it gets dark too early now.  It’s depressing.

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Research, Politics, Halloween, and Theater

Posted on October 30, 2008 by meg

I’ve kind of forgotten to write things here, so I have a lot to catch up on.  I’ve been having a hard time getting back into a steady work schedule, but I’m finally starting to feel better about it.  There’s … Continue reading →

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My 1-year anniversary in Pasadena

Posted on August 10, 2008 by meg

Yup, one year ago today I arrived here with my parents and a lot of luggage.  It still doesn’t really feel like that long, and I think I miss the east coast more than I realize. In other news, my … Continue reading →

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Words again

Posted on May 29, 2008 by meg

Apparently ‘upliftment’ is a word – sorry. I’m still not entirely convinced, though. The OED lists about 6 references to it throughout the 20th century, each in a magazine: 1926 Brit. Weekly 15 Apr. 46/3 Native women of the educated … Continue reading →

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Office politics

Posted on May 28, 2008 by meg

With the last day of class this year approaching, changes for next year are already being planned.  One of them involves me moving out of my office into the office next door, which I’m not happy about, since I’ve already … Continue reading →

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Made-up words

Posted on May 22, 2008 by meg

Tonight I heard three different made-up words used on TV as if they were real words: “efforting” as a verb, “protectify” being cute in a commercial (I guess), and “upliftment” (I don’t remember the context).  What’s going on?  Also, I … Continue reading →

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Happy is what happens

Posted on May 18, 2008 by meg

when all your dreams come true…right?  I think lately I’ve been making myself more unhappy than I actually am, and I need to stop.  There’s kind of a collective culture of stress among first years at the moment, and it’s … Continue reading →

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PIGWAD

Posted on May 15, 2008 by meg

That has to be one of the worst acronyms I’ve ever heard of.  It stands for “Planetary Interactive GIS-on-the-Web Analyzable Database.”  Just throwing it out there.

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Prospective student weekend

Posted on March 5, 2008 by meg

Ahh the new admitted grad students arrive today and tomorrow – so weird! It doesn’t feel like a whole year since I was doing that…not at all.  Too bad they put it right at the end of the term like … Continue reading →

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Incommunicado

Posted on January 28, 2008 by meg

A little bit of water, and my phone goes into “Car Kit” mode, which means I can’t hear anything that comes out of it because it thinks it’s plugged into a headset or something.  Hopefully it will start working again … Continue reading →

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