Not Done Yet
Apr 26, 2007
I can't come back yet- I've still got a lot of work to do.
But I figured I'd let you know that I'm winning the battle.
According to the job offer that I got today, I am a productive member of society. 
Of course, the job is in San Francisco- three time zones away from everything that's familiar. The metro stop is a few blocks away, so I'll be able to commute. If the map is right, I'll be able to see the Bay Bridge from the office windows. Benefits, living wage, full deal. This could be the best decision I ever made.
Of course, if this is a mistake, it's going to be the biggest mistake I ever made. Ever. Getting stuck on the cliff will have nothing on this. They will have to invent new words for the level of fail that I will achieve if this is a mistake.
But then if it's not, the inverse is true: every day that I live I will regret not making this "mistake." My parents, hopefully, will come around. I have no doubt that we'll fight about it, but they'll come around once they figure out that I'm not going to turn into my uncles or make any mistakes that I haven't made in the six years I've lived away from home.
For the first time in a long time, I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm sure it's not a train.
See you again soon!
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Taking a vacation
Mar 9, 2007
You might notice that I haven't been posting as much lately- and what I have been posting is riddled with snark.
There is a reason for this.
I am nervous. I am frustrated. I am standing at the edge of a very large cliff, and I'm slowly losing my footing; half of me wants to jump to see if I can fly, and the other half just wants to turn around and run back as fast as I can.
I am in the final stages of analysis of my thesis.
I graduate in August.
And I haven't even started writing!
I consider all of you my friends, and I don't want to hurt your feelings with some caffiene and frustration fueled meaningless sniping. However, if I stay on hootoo while I'm in these last few months, the chance of that happening is going to become very high. So, I figure this is as good a time as any to announce that I am taking a little vacation- actually probably closer to a sabbatical, because I'm going to be working like a  - but in any case a break for your safety and mine (because I don't want to get banned)!
I expect to be posting regulary, and even writing again, around the end of April. Trust me- you won't want to be anywhere around the stressed-out monster that I'll become in the next few weeks. But if you do feel the need to get in contact with me, pass Reefgirl or Rev. Jack Russell a message- they'll make sure I get to it. Or you could always visit me and read my rants on LiveJournal. I'm angry_geologist.
So long for now, and thanks for all the  !
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Waiting on a job
Nov 29, 2006
*Looks at the calendar.*
*Looks at watch*
*sigh*
*Looks at still empty mailbox*
Waiting on news about job applications you filled out months ago is no fun.
Remember all those interviews I had? Most of them seemed to be duds. Even Devon was a dud. I'm still waiting back from BP and Conoco Phillips, but I'm not expecting too much. I'm fourteenth in line for the state geological survey position, and I don't even know where my other government applications are. I'm starting to get worried.
I sent an email to one of the government people I whos agency I applied for. He sent one to me a while back asking about information- dangit! They seemed interested! What is it? Am I failing my background checks because of that petition I signed two years ago to get the Libertarians on the ballot in Ohio? Is it because I don't want to drill in ANWR? Is there another person out there with my name that is some kind of terrorist?!? What the ?!? 
*sigh*
*Looks at empty mailbox again*
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Quote of the Day- also in LJ
Nov 20, 2006
So, tomorrow in class, we're going to watch "An Inconvenient Truth." If you don't know that it was the documentary that Al Gore made about global climate change, you've been living under a rock for the past year.
Anyway, it comes out tonight at midnight, so Newbie Prof and I looked up the opening times of Circuit City and Best Buy so that we could get it when it first hits the shelves. The following conversation took place:
Me: "You know, you're going to be the only one in line waiting for this movie... people will be asking you if you're there for the Wii."
NP: "Yeah, it'll be me and Al Gore's mom!"
Try using that sentence again in polite conversation.
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Exam grading
Nov 19, 2006
So, I hate to brag, but I gave a very well recieved guest lecture in the class I'm TAing. One of the questions are on the topic of the lecture, plate tectonics and earthquakes.
I'm going through these marking them, and I'm pleased to see that no one has gotten lower than a 15 out of 20 points. This makes me feel great, becuase it was my lecture, and that shows they got the concepts. After about 10 of these in a row, I'm feeling like teh awsome.
Then I come across this one: "Oceanic-continental plate boundaries occur when the water help move the continental plate boundary a little fast causing underwater volcanoes to form."
Nooooooo! 
I hope there's no more like this.
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