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Dave and Brandon aren't in at work today, because they came in yesterday instead, so I am LONELY and it is QUIET. I foresee a long day ahead *pouts* It's only 10! 10!! It feels like it should be at least 11. Wah. I hope my prof spends a lot of time in his office so I can keep myself company by reading fic. Although I'm going to have to run a column which is boring but takes all my attention.... blah.

I am amused by the fact that my professor has a playlist that starts with Avril Lavigne's "Sk8ter Boi". Seriously. So sometimes he'll be sitting at the computer and suddenly the distinctive guitar riff of a punk-pop anthem fill the lab, and I have to try so hard not to crack up every time. The playlist's called "alternative" and has things like Ben Folds Five, Coldplay, Green Day, and VITAMIN C on it. His music taste is rather hilarious.

I actually got a start on my paper! I was so mentally blocked on it, but I finally sat down AT HOME and worked, and that was so important. Now I can actually pretend I know what I'm talking about when I spout off things like the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation and the Heisenberg spin exchange rate of fixed and diffusible nitroxide probes! \o/ And I really do mean pretend - I can regurgitate stuff about those things, but I don't really understand the science behind them. I haven't taken physical chem yet! It's kind of frustrating :-/ But what I really needed was quiet time, by myself, to read and process the material. I guess. Anyway, I'm galvanized, and that's good, since I have to make a presentation in three weeks! *meep*

Um, this post is pointless and boring, so I'm going to stop it right here. *trundles off*

ETA: Great, so not only do I lack the people who keep me company, but I tried to pick the music and my professor turned it off :( Jeff Buckley is great, man! At least he turned on the Beatles as the replacement.

Comments

[the5thmarauder.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, he sounds like me. I've got ridiculous clashes in my music taste, for example my playlist goes from Bad Company to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat major. :D

How's you pickle? I STILL haven't forgotten this letter!!!!! Oh dear! I'm USELESS. STILL. I'm trying, really I am. You wait. YOU WAIT. One day, when you least suspect it!

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[exsequar.livejournal.com]

It's less the clashes within his taste and more that he's a 40 year old geek who listens to AVRIL LAVIGNE. Hilarious.

Hi hi dahling! LOL. At this rate, you might as well hand it to me in person when we meet up while I'm over in good old Europa! *giggles* You so silly, baby *smooch* At the moment, I'm bored and mildly frustrated, but I'm on my way home for lunch and I plan to watch SGA and/or read Interview with the Vampire, so my mood should be looking up soon :) How's YOU? <3

[mona1347.livejournal.com]

Now I can actually pretend I know what I'm talking about when I spout off things like the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation and the Heisenberg spin exchange rate of fixed and diffusible nitroxide probes! \o/

HA! *laughs and rolls around* You've discovered the secret of academia! It's all about pretending to know what you're talking about and sounding convincing while you do it!