Monday, March 21, 2011

Can't fight that nocturnal urge

I can't sleep, so I thought I would write on this blog that I've basically forgotten. This was originally intended as a space to chronicle the Big Life Decisions as I made them, and muse about the transition to graduated life. The thing about transitions and decisions is that they are fairly time-consuming; I didn't end up writing on this blog, even the posts that I had planned in my head. Perhaps I can still write those posts later, since I think it would be interesting to have a record for after life settles down. At the rate life is settling now, I should probably hurry up.

It is scary to think of how this year has shaped the course of my future. I am definitely going to graduate school, despite having hobbled together my applications at the last minute. Where I will go is yet to be decided; I've narrowed the selection to the genetics program at University of Pennsylvania, human genetics program at Johns Hopkins, and neurobiology program at Columbia. Grad school will probably get it's own post later on, but that is the last of the Big Life Decisions remaining.

I am planning to write more often here (seriously this time). I'm not sure who the intended audience is, or who would bother to read it. The content will cover stuff that is on my mind, including but not limited to: my experiences throughout the day/week, questions, musings, pop culture references, plans, stories, pictures, videos, and, if I can figure out how, imbedded songs. (I have seen it before! I know it can be done!) I can think of, like, five people who might find any of that interesting, but hey, oh well. I am still going to resuscitate this blog. This is more of a journal than a blog, but it's an open journal.

The blog is named "Posts from Underground" because I, in fact, live underground, in the basement of an old woman in Port Jefferson Station, NY. The majority of my posts will be written at my desk here, so I thought it was fitting. Hopefully that is the only tie my posts will have to the ramblings of Dostoevsky's underground soliloquist. Hopefully.

Okay! So, this is a second start. I'll even put a current picture up, while I'm at it:

I like this pic, even though I've been told I look very uncomfortable in it. I usually look uncomfortable or confused, though, so I figure it is true to life.

Anonymous reader, it is now four in the morning, so I am going to attempt to sleep. Goodnight!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Getting back into the blogging habit

I am on the train returning from Philadelphia after interviewing at the University of Pennsylvania. My thoughts are swirling like soup in my brain right now, but a few are more prominent than the others:


Man, I love to travel. I love the feeling that I am going somewhere, even if it is just to Kingston. Whatever I do in the future, it will have to include at least an element of travel. Luckily, traveling to conferences is part of being an academic.


Being an academic is really sweet. Yeah, you have to work long hours, and the stuff you do doesn't always work, but there are so many perks to living in the Ivory Tower.


I really liked Penn. I hope the other weekends are just as fun.


I hope Turhan doesn’t fire me...I haven’t been to work in five weeks, and I’m taking two days off every week in February to interview at universities. Hmm...


I really have to write about Walden and send it to Grady...


I wonder if the packet from Chicago has arrived...I wonder what I should do if it hasn’t yet...


Why would they make a Penn Station in Newark, too? Just to confuse tourists?


I don’t know.


Man, the iced coffees at McDonalds are really good. You wouldn’t think they would be that good, but they really are.