Archive for May, 2009

Refraction

May 19th, 2009

Refraction
Noun
Physics
1. the change in direction of a wave, such as light or sound, in passing from one medium to another in which it has a different velocity

After a few days of pondering life in general, I have gathered a good idea of what is going on and it relates to the word above.  I have never been good at metaphors, but I am at least going to try.

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Reflections

May 17th, 2009

UPDATE:  As was stated in the post after this one (Refraction), this post was taken too personally.  I have updated it a bit to help show that we didn’t mean to offend anyone.

Now that Katie has finished up school and graduated (Yay Katie!), we’ve had a chance to step back and take a look at our life and the direction it is going.  No one is truly ever sure of what their future holds for them, but I think we can influence it by the actions we take and the people we interact with.

Truthfully, if there has ever been a time for me to question the direction on which my life is going and whether I’m at the right place, doing the right things, surrounded by the right people now is it.  Really I shouldn’t just say my life, since I have to have Katie’s best interests in mind too.  We are one now. . .we are the Chatie!  Anyway, this has all stemmed from a particularly nasty email Katie and I found in our inboxes this morning from a “friend.”  The details of this message are going to remain only with the people who it concerns, but it is the main reason for all of our reflections this morning.  This isn’t going to be a rant attempting to chastise this person or anyone else,  I am better than that.

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Corrections – check

May 8th, 2009

Well I finished up the last few corrections yesterday and I go the School of Pharmacy and the Graduate School Deans’ signatures. Converted it to a pdf file and uploaded. Once I turned in my signature sheet I’m done. Now just to make sure my grades get put up (for my research seminar and research).

Defense – check

May 1st, 2009

Phew! After my advisor informing me at 8:30 this morning that I needed a copy of my thesis for my defense subsequently followed by my computer’s battery dying (unknown reason), printer jam, printer being schizo, crashing PrimoPDF (twice), then finally converting it to a pdf (my ChemDraw structures didn’t show up) and getting onto another computer connected to a local printer (which only prints 10 pages/min) and nearly having a panic attack I finally showed up for my defense a few minutes late. All went well, I gave my brief synopsis of my research. Which was followed by a round of questions, then a break, then another round of questions. But at the end of it all, everyone enjoyed my thesis and I passed with flying colors.

Now if only I could convice everyone to STOP bugging me to consider getting my PhD. As of right now, I want to be out of school and be a member of society and get some experience.