i was helping av make beanbags last week and i was using a ruler to make the pattern. and it hit me that both sides of the ruler had centimeters. not one side for inches and one for cm. because they wouldn't need or use weird, non-metric measurements.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
phd in october
as experienced via emails (going backwards in time):
21 october
08 october
03 october
03 october
21 october
got a rejection letter on friday. one of those sad ones where the reviewers were split. and since it had actually gone to reviewers in like may, it's been a long time waiting on that. bummer news on top of my mess of a statistics nightmare. so frustrated. trying today to do analysis for the project i have to present in a couple weeks - gotta get something to type up on a poster... fearing the complex stats on this one. taking 5+ minutes to run the thing which i'm not entirely sure i've correctly inputted syntax for. fun times over here i'll tell you.16 october
i just want one project's process to go smoothly. seems to much to ask. fearing i'll have to give up on my hope to do my thesis by publication too as time's running down on that clock. still have something out under review, but the hope is fading against the clock.
been waiting on my copy of PoM to show up at my door? i've given up waiting and figure i won't actually get to see my name on paper... rather disappointed about that actually.
i don't think i'll ever really have a 9-5 job. although i was thinking about data stuff and stupid menial task work the other day..and decided that having undergrad minions is definitely something that goes in the "pro USA" job list. i mean, for real, i'd love to have a research assistant to give stupid work to. and that's totally how things work in the US...
been getting angrier and angrier on the data analysis front this week (and last). as i actually have a deadline of getting data analyzed and figured out within the next two weeks. feeling really angry today. need help from the stats dude. saw him yesterday and reaffirmed what i was doing. only to go back to my office and discover another (new) problem. stupid output not showing me the post hoc comparison test thingys. wish it was an analysis procedure i understood, but i can't solve it. and i've spent all day basically waiting for an email response to help which i haven't gotten. losing days because of other people drives me batty. if it's because of me, i'm okay with it - i mean not happy necessarily but if it's my fault then it's on me. but this is aggravating beyond belief. can't understand what's happened to october - was supposed to be my month.12 october
can't wait to turn [my thesis] in. can't really fathom that point yet...seeing as i technically haven't really started my thesis. but i'm trying not to think about that. more worried about the confusion that is some data analysis at the moment. hoping/needing to get some help on that asap.10 october
feeling a bit over the whole thing yesterday and today. worrisome, but maybe if i manage to pin down the stats guy to help me (rough to do) i'll feel better. ... yeah i just want to ignore [my entire phd] for awhile.
realized that time is moving real quick for october. got big plans of finishing off two other projects. but these social media [manuscripts] have been sucking the life out of me. have spent the last hour doing random things with the thought being that i'll just start my whole day tomorrow on the other project. hoping my brain is ready for that. ...
08 october
the revisions i'm needing to have been making for the past few days are above my brain power i think. tried to take a break away from it yesterday. will see if i can get somewhere today. also have other analyses for a different project to do but really just want to get the social media paper revisions done so i can attempt to send it off to a journal and commence the waiting/rejection.
i'm still waiting until christmas to decide how i'm going to (have to) write my thesis. it's been long enough since i last submitted manuscripts to a journal for publication attempts that i've been anxiously waiting to hear SOMEthing. if i can get something positive, then i'm hoping my thesis writing will be a bit along the lines of publication. ...
spent most of yesterday re-running some analyses because i realized i somehow had two participants named the same participant number in my file which was affecting the analyses. was not happy about that. i mean i should be in the sense that i caught the mistake so that now it's correct. ... so many numbers...
03 october
i just hate that i spent like an hour trying to deal with whether i need to use single or double quotation marks and just stupid stuff like that today. got really frustrated with conference proceeding versus papers presented at conferences. especially because i think i'm going to have to change the style from apa to something else anyway. ugh.
03 october
yo, random (yet not) question for you-- have you cited the IFPI report in something you're aiming to publish. and if so, have you done so in an apa style? and if yes, how?
:) i hate fiddly apa rules...
october 2013
01 october
--mtg with bob.
--mtg. with pam (mentor)
--3 minute thesis competition (which i had signed up to do, but then never received any information. but that's okay)
02 october
--mtg. with adrian
--dinner
03 october
--physio appointment
04 october
--kiana did some special effects makeup on my arm
05 october
--cycled to the gym for body balance
--had marking to do
--dinner with av.
Zac, Av, and i were hanging out. Beau came home. with some more, new fish. and a bunny.
Consuela bunny: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/consuela-bunny.html
06 october
--music
07 october
08 october
--mtg. with brody
--bodypump at the gym
09 october
--tutored
--went to a mentor tea with my mentee emily. was a nice chat.
10 october
--bodybalance at the gym
11 october
--submitted the Facebook uses and gratifications manuscript for a publication attempt
--cards against humanity gathering ( i think)
12 october
--bodybalance at the gym
13 october
--picnic
14 october
15 october
had a data analysis meeting to clear up the process. it did, except that shortly after i discovered a new problem. still have that problem. don't like that problem.
went with petra to a storybattle (poetry kind of thing) in the city. was cool. should go to more and find other slam poetry type events to attend. was nice to do something like that. was a bit of a rush to get there though because i went to bodypump at the gym with kate and then the bus driver decided to ignore the fact that 3 of us wanted to get off at the stop. but it worked out in the end.
16 october
new term of ceramics started. yay ceramics. a new teacher - super aussie looking surfer dude. picked up the stuff that i made last time. was hoping to get straight back into it, but clearly the in between time was evident. still excited to be doing pottery again.
17 october
18 october
went over to Petra's to hang out. then we went out in Leederville to have burritos and a beer. it was grand. plus as a bonus, zac picked me up from the train station in the city so i didn't even have a ridiculous commute home. we then picked up av and hung out.
19 october
20 october
failed attempt at data analysis things. went to MANNA to cook. not much to do, left early. went to av's and helped her sort out her kitchen. as compensation, i got a delicious meal. mmm. but burned my tongue on the soup.
21 october
yup, that's today.
attempting to run analyses. some are being run. some are taking many many many minutes to run.
22 october
--mtg with adrian
--submitted the social media manuscript for publication attempt
23 october
--tutored
--had ceramics
24 october
--went to the tav
25 october
--had a mtg with brody
--went to pasar malam (night food market on campus)… mmmm
--went out to the tiki bar with ashley and erin -- good fun
26 october
-the day that is my name day
--karaoke outing. super fun. veggie dinner and then karaoke in our own little room. followed by good dancing at the court.
27 october
--kings park adventure with av
--assisting av with house clean up
--adventure to freo for fireworks (w. brent, zac, and av) (4d fireworks with av's shaking)
28 october
--bodypump at the gym
29 october
--location manuscript submitted
--mtg with adrian
--assignment moderation mtg for tutoring
--bodypump at the gym
30 october
--tutor
--ceramics
31 october
--physio
--mtg with adrian
--halloween at the hub.
september 2013
01 september
02 september
03 september
04 september
05 september
06 september
joel's birthday
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/joels-birthday.html
07 september
08 september
09 september
trip into the country with my mentor
=lots of driving, pretty scenery, delicious lunch in a small town
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/country-trip.html
10 september
11 september
12 september
13 september
14 september
15 september
16 september
17 september
18 september
19 september
20 september
21 september
22 september
23 september
24 september
25 september
26 september
trip to the ballet with avila. we saw onegin. it was great.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/ballet.html
27 september
28 september
29 september
30 september
august 2013
01 august
02 august
03 august
MN half marathon & afternoon with missi & delicious italian dinner
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/mn-half-marathon.html
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/missi.html
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/st-paul.html
04 august
dinner at the sheas
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/dinner-at-sheas.html
05 august
06 august
flight to Toronto
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/toronto.html
07 august
CogMIR conference & trip to the art museum
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/toronto2.html
08 august
SMPC conference day 1
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/toronto3.html
09 august
SMPC conference - presentation day
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/toronto4.html
10 august
SMPC conference & dinner cruise
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/toronto5.html
11 august
SMPC closing conference day & sundayfunday walk around toronto
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/toronto6.html
12 august
brunch & baseball game; plus the start of the journey back to perth
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/toronto7.html
13 august
14 august
15 august
16 august
17 august
18 august
19 august
photos:
20 august
21 august
22 august
23 august
24 august
25 august
26 august
27 august
28 august
29 august
30 august
31 august
dolphin cruise
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/dolphin-cruise.html
july 2013
01 july
02 july
03 july
04 july
05 july
06 july
07 july
08 july
09 july
10 july
11 july
12 july
13 july
14 july
while out skating - photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/skate-views.html
15 july
16 july
17 july
phd folks went to hoopla for my birthday
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/birthday-hoopla.html
18 july
19 july
flight journey from perth>sydney>san francisco>chicago
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/flying-home.html
20 july
chicago day with jt and steph
21 july
Birthday, Chicagoland marathon
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/chicagoland-marathon.html
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/birthday.html
22 july
23 july
24 july
25 july
26 july
27 july
28 july
29 july
30 july
31 july
trip to the zoo
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/zoo.html
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