Ok! Well I just finished my last day of the semester and I am graduating Sunday with my Master's of Science Degree in Engineering! I'm planning on taking a week off from the lab to rest a bit, I haven't had much time to recuperate and my brain needs a major reboot. All in all, I'm pretty pleased with the experience of graduate student life, (I'm probably staying for my PhD but I am looking for viable options outside of that to) and I am very satisfied with my thesis (If I do say so myself).
Now this summer my goal is to look for possible jobs with perhaps the USCG as an Engineer, or other companies looking for materials engineers in a R&D capacity. I also want to co-author some papers related to my research and want to get cracking on that as soon as possible.
I'm also hoping to return to some stained glass panels I have been working on incrementally over a long period of time. Maybe I cna finish something by the end of this week! Finally!
Now this summer my goal is to look for possible jobs with perhaps the USCG as an Engineer, or other companies looking for materials engineers in a R&D capacity. I also want to co-author some papers related to my research and want to get cracking on that as soon as possible.
I'm also hoping to return to some stained glass panels I have been working on incrementally over a long period of time. Maybe I cna finish something by the end of this week! Finally!
Its kind of funny, after your comment on the other forum suggesting me not to make creepy comments on peoples photosets I had to check back here because I know I had made a comment on blisss photoset, and was paranoid that maybe the comment could be interpreted in a less than charming stalker way. I dont think that that is the case, at least not in comparison to other people who have posted.
Leaving set comments can be difficult for me, because sometimes I'm practically swooning over the girl and I say goofy things. My biggest embarrassment on SG are the comments I left in Flux's sets (the one I have a crush on as my name suggests). I worry that I was creepy enough for her to put me on ignore. I may never know. I've since edited all the comments, but that might look creepy in itself. I'd like the chance to apologize actually, but I'm afraid to push it.
I definitely agree about Siv by the way. She seems to have a very interesting outlook on things; at least from what Ive seen and read, she has a very unique personality and is very intelligent. I saw her video and she said something that I found very interesting (and I am paraphrasing heavily): What is unique about SG is that when you meet someone here and you talk to them, you will know that that person is interested in your intellect, as they have already seen you naked and already know what to expect. Heh heh, I suppose that is true to some degree.
Yes, I remember her saying that in the video. It was really well put. Siv just melts my brain with her intelligence. Some of her journal entries and posts are pure brilliance, at least I think so. If you have some time, read the Ask Drunk Siv thread she started a while back. You've gotta see some of the stuff she posted. The alcohol didn't dumb her down in the slightest, if anything it made her even more sharp (if a little off the wall). I still remember "too ligit to quigit". I think my jaw dropped when I read that
That would be cool if you ran into her, I would be jealous! Take pictures and tell me about your conversation if that ever comes to be!
Well, I perhaps came close tonight! I went to the local SG Washington D.C. party tonight (SG Dierdre was there, I met her at the last party briefly). Before the party, many of the partygoers went to see the Dresden Dolls in concert (I didn't join them for that). I hear Siv went to that concert as well, but I'm not sure. She said in the regional group that she could maybe join us, but that there was another party she had already planned to go to. So in the end she didn't show up.
Interestingly, I heard that SG Morgan also almost came. I didn't realize she was local enough to have been able to make it. She's pretty popular here and is definitely a "big name", so it would have been something to meet her.
One thing I find discouraging is the fact that I'll leave comments in the journals of SGs, and I hear nothing back. Now, I know they get a bazillion comments because, well, they're SGs. But I know they reply to some comments from people they know. I have a hard time figuring out how to "make myself known" to people, so I don't know how to get an "in" with the people I'm interested in here. Some girls are good about replying, like Fenchurch. She's since friended me
I don't know, I'm rambling. I guess these are the ins and outs of SG.
That's an interesting quote... despite my having burnt so much of my work, I still can't fathom anyone wanting to destroy their art that way. I wish I felt the same way back then, but what's done is done.
I'd LOVE mp3s of Carmina Burana! That is so cool, thank you! Hopefully I can think of some cool stuff to send with your letter. I should spend all day tomorrow on you guys' letters, and maybe Tuesday as well.
Oh hey, I could send you some SG stickers, if you'd like! Let me know