Everyday Grad Student: A Weblog of Academics, Poverty and Procrastination.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Has anyone else realized the great tragedy that exists when someone's work isn't realized until after they are dead? Fuck. How absolutely awful.

Why stay in college. Why go to nightschool.

This ain't no party. This ain't no disco.

posted by Corinne at 6:47 PM

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The Delicious Dish

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

You guys, check it out you guys. Everyone's favorite farmer/gardener/chef is trying her hand at an everything-related-to-food blog. She grows it, picks it, cans it, cooks it and eats it! (I help with that last part...) And now she writes about it. Follow Christie's food adventures and pick up some tips on gardening, canning and cooking.

The Delicious Dish

Eating at our favorite southern/midwestern restaurant, Waffle House.

posted by Corinne at 1:50 PM

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Hiatus

Monday, June 16, 2008

I try and I try to be an interesting, responsible participant in teh internets and consistently maintain a boring blog that no one but maybe five of my friends read, but you know what? Sometimes life gets in the way of even such a noble endeavor as this.

A couple of months ago, my grandmother had a pretty severe stroke. The details aren't pretty and they're neither necessary nor interesting in this venue. Suffice it to say, it has impinged upon my ambition to achieve internet stardom.

On top of this, a couple of weeks ago, Christie and I started battling a flea infestation in our house. This is obviously a much less serious event in my life, but nearly, if not more, time consuming. The details of this thread of my life probably are interesting (read: amusing) here. Maybe I'll document the saga when I'm feeling more motivated.

So yes. I am sorry I have again failed you, internet! Things will be different this time, I promise! I've changed, I've grown! I am a new person, totally prepared to make this commitment. I- I love you, internet. ...whew, I said it. Can we try again?

posted by Corinne at 9:19 PM

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Stuff White People Like April Fools

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Ok, so clearly you have the internet if you're reading this. So you've probably heard of the new blog Stuff White People Like. If you haven't, it is funny and (if you are white, college-educated, and liberal) will probably make you feel vaguely uncomfortable and then feel uncomfortable about feeling uncomfortable.

Anyway, their April Fools joke is hilarious.

Ha! I have a meeting with my advisor today. Maybe I'll show up and tell him all about the progress I've been making with my thesis and he'll look so pleased and then I'll shout, "APRIL FOOLS!" Oh he'd just love it!

posted by Corinne at 8:23 AM

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Web Comic April Fools!

Yay! Oh this made me smile at 7:30am, which truly is a fantastic feat!

All my favorite comics are bookmarked in a folder on my bookmark bar and every morning I open the folder in tabs. (Sidebar: I've yet to find a need for rss feeds. I think they are silly.) The first tab is always Dinosaur Comics, but this morning, what did I see there? xkcd! And in place of xkcd, was Questionable content! And in place of Questionable Content, was Dinosaur Comics! Oh the hilarity!

(Ok, maybe it's not that funny. Maybe it's 7:30 in the morning and I've only had a couple sips of coffee so far. I sure love whimsy though. And all these comics.)

Are other comics doing this as well? Tip me off!

PS - Last year on this day, I said I was gonna drop out of grad school. And now it's true! Last year's joke is this year's reality. Whoo.

posted by Corinne at 7:40 AM

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First the Real ID, and Now This?

Friday, March 21, 2008

A company called Lamperd is proposing a new aviation safety measure that is, uh, a bit x-treme. It's a bracelet that can debilitate it's wearer through electric shocks. Who would have control of this incapacitating weaponry, you ask? Why, the folks who serve you a third of a diet coke in those little ice-filled cups, of course! So if you start acting like a Terrorist, or perhaps you are too pretty to fly, or perhaps you press the call button too many times, the flight attendant can zap you into oblivion.

Commentary by Everyone's Favorite Couple:

Corinne

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/20/air-safety-proposal.html

Christie

oh my

Corinne

i know right?

kRaZy

Christie

that would make me much MORE afraid to baord a plane

"excuse me, if it's not too much trouble, could I possibly...have another bag of peanuts....ahhhh!"

Corinne

hahah

posted by Corinne at 11:41 AM

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Back to Reality

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Spring Break, whoo! Whoo.

I'm back in Oxford now; I'm back to life. I wish I could say I feel rejuvenated by my time away, but actually this place and the work I'm doing feels even crappier by contrast to Seattle and its possibilities. I envy Stephen his freedom. Sure, that same freedom will be mine too, but that's a year and a completed thesis away.

Alright then. Back to work with me.

PS - Can I just say how much I loathe the Chicago airport? The thing is massive, which is fine, whatever, but there are absolutely no outlets anywhere. Ok, fine, they do exist, but they are few and far between and placed oddly so that people using them often have to sit on the floor. I had a long layover there yesterday and spent over an hour hunting down an outlet for my laptop. I came across other scavengers, walking slowly and scanning the walls. We exchanged expressions of exasperation; we knew each other's pain.

Furthermore, there's no free WiFi. Which is just absurd. If tiny airports like Dayton can offer this service for free, surely Chicago can. Ugh.

/rant.

posted by Corinne at 2:30 PM

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