to be fair… 31 October, 2006

I guess there’s a more profound reason I’m so resentful of my advisor essentially telling me my thesis is basically dead to him (see previous post–it is sort of a funny story, in my opinion), beyond that he doesn’t believe in me. Honestly, that’s fine. Looking at it objectively, I can’t criticize him for telling [...]

Yay, progress 30 October, 2006

This finally did end up being the weekend during which I got some long-term stuff done. The room? cleaned up, more open-feeling. Absentee ballot? filled out, looking good. Math thesis? off to a substantive start, finally have some tips on how to format stuff. Reading? not caught up, per se, but at least on top [...]

the last couple weeks have gone by really quickly 23 October, 2006

Part of which is a result of an extended school-related burnout. About a week after that last entry, I had the Watson interview, which really put me on edge–I missed a day of work at my internship so I could make it to the time slot, it really stressed me out, and I definitely felt [...]

my new internship, my 47th post(!) 5 October, 2006

So it took probably more than a year (I haven’t really kept track), but I’ve reached the magic number: 47 entries. Part of me says, “quit now! start a new blog! preserve this unto perpetuity!” But I’m probably not going to. Anyway, I thought a little celebration was in order, so: 47! largest prime less [...]