Random Nerd Rants

Category: Introspection

  • Driving Permission in a week

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    fmneto
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    Now it’s official. I’m a licensed driver. I passed the exam almost flawlessly, the only mistake I made was forgetting to use the flasher once. All in all, it was pretty easy, actually. Easier than I expected, though, to be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Anyway I was very calm and relaxed and,…

  • I wanna have Time 5.

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    fmneto
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    Man, I can’t believe two weeks have already passed since my last post. Time is running fast this year. To think that in about two months I’ll be defending my masters is a bit frightening, to be honest. I’m not sure I’m prepared for that, and there is still a lot to do. At least…

  • Happy, but a bit frustrated

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    fmneto
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    As previously mentioned, I passed the theoretical examination last thursday. No surprises there. As predicted, it was pathetic. The only question (out of thirty) I missed concerned knowing by heart the seriousness of “not updating the register of vehicle or driver’s license”. Honestly, how would that be useful in traffic? Certainly it’s desirable to know…

  • Not… screwed?

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    fmneto
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    Ok, I may have overreacted in my last post. Turns out, I’m not as screwed as I thought I was. Electron density mapping is a very complicated thing to do, and my advisor decided to leave it out of the work for now. But she did want to do it when we first talked about…

  • Oh fuck.

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    fmneto
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    I’m screwed. Big time. I had MONTHS do to something, and I didn’t. The only excuse I have is that I don’t even know where to begin to do something like what I had to do. Anyway, I’m screwed. Big time.

  • Six more months

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    fmneto
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    I have received an extension in my funding. I am in the process of renewing it until the end of July. I can’t say this is what I’ve been hoping for. I actually would prefer receiving word about my PhD – I need to be sure it is going to happen. This actually worries me…

  • Learn less, do more

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    fmneto
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    I don’t really have an idea for this post. I suppose this time of the year it should be about evaluating the year, pondering good and bad things that happened. I made a lot of progress with my work. Not the amount I would consider ideal, though – I’ve procrastinated an awful lot this year.…