I might have a problem with productivity.
Today started out quite well, working efficiently to get a PCR in first thing, then starting to work on the letter of informed consent that will go with my ethics application. Until 10:30 I was doing well... and then was invited to grab a coffee. And I did. And except for pouring a gel, the last hour has been a wasteland of productivity. I've skimmed an index of a book, checked the news, checked the blogs I read, searched for a blog on academic productivity which led me to another site to download a podcast on productivity and am now writing a blog on the subject.
Whoops - lunchtime!
(You see my problem?)
Monday, March 10, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
this may explain many things....
So I was speaking with the mater this evening and talking about dogs. As many know, I adore tiny little dogs and want one badly (sorry Twigs and Angel!) though I know right now is not the best time. We were discussing my adoration of chocolate brown Pomeranians (that I would call Starbucks because they're coffee coloured! So I could call it Bucky for short! Like the geodosic domes! From a name based on BOTH coffee and Battlestar Galactica! Yes, I know I'm a dork....) and my mother pointed out that terrier are much cuter in her eyes.
To which I responded : 'Yes they are cute but they are very expensive, almost $1000 sometimes.'
My mother : 'What?! That's crazy, you could buy a whole bag full of hamsters for that!'
My mother ladies and gentleman...
To which I responded : 'Yes they are cute but they are very expensive, almost $1000 sometimes.'
My mother : 'What?! That's crazy, you could buy a whole bag full of hamsters for that!'
My mother ladies and gentleman...
Friday, February 29, 2008
The dangers of working from home....
...getting teary thanks for Dr. Phil.
...deciding that I do need a 5th cup of tea.
...being able to debate my outfit for a relaxed concert for hours at end.
...starting on Wikipedia to learn about Stephen Jay Gould and ending up on YouTube. Dammit.
...deciding that I do need a 5th cup of tea.
...being able to debate my outfit for a relaxed concert for hours at end.
...starting on Wikipedia to learn about Stephen Jay Gould and ending up on YouTube. Dammit.
Growing up
So yesterday I felt I had a very 'adult' moment that despite my banana being fully ripe, kind of squishy and with several bruises, I forced myself to eat it all so that I could get some fruit with my lunch. Not too long ago I would have pitched it, or turned it into some kind of baked good or pancake. So I do feel as though I am maturing with time.
I also had a very civilized evening last night, dinner at my friend Jess's where we had delish mac and cheese, salad with a homemade vinaigrette, garlic bread and cookies, and ate in her very grown up (coordinated! painted! with surround sound!) living room. We discussed work and watched a movie, although the maturity did drop for a bit when she called her boyfriend to swear at him for messing up the entertainment system as he had just installed a brand new Xbox.
I'm at the point in my life where other people perceive me as an adult. I know several people who are engaged, married and even a few with children. I live myself in an apartment many would call civilized purely due to the fact that we have a china cabinet within which different kinds of glasses and tea cups are lined up in a row. But I still don't consider myself an adult. This is partly due to the fact that I'm still in school, the grad school life being one that still encourages sleeping in when you can, and taking long lunches whenever possible, especially if the food is free. I am essentially financially independent, but its not with a whole lot of finances. I probably will not consider myself to be properly an adult until I have a 'real', well paying job, or even until I buy a house or something similarly scary. But that brings us to another child like moment - I still have no real idea of what I want to be when I grow up. A big point right now is ideally not having to go back to school after I finish this degree. I'm frankly getting sick of having to work in the evenings and weekends, and would like a job where I can wear cute outfits, and that will ideally give me a blackberry ;). I think I want to save the world, and one day be elected to Parliament but the details of which are still hazy. Le sigh.
So as I sit here surrounded by papers and a sleeping kitty, trying to keep the tv turned off so I have a fighting chance at productivity, I feel both buoyed by the good results I had yesterday and discouraged that I need about 300 more of those before I can graduate. But once I graduate, I have to stop hitting the snooze button on life, so maybe I shouldn't be in such a rush..... ;)
I also had a very civilized evening last night, dinner at my friend Jess's where we had delish mac and cheese, salad with a homemade vinaigrette, garlic bread and cookies, and ate in her very grown up (coordinated! painted! with surround sound!) living room. We discussed work and watched a movie, although the maturity did drop for a bit when she called her boyfriend to swear at him for messing up the entertainment system as he had just installed a brand new Xbox.
I'm at the point in my life where other people perceive me as an adult. I know several people who are engaged, married and even a few with children. I live myself in an apartment many would call civilized purely due to the fact that we have a china cabinet within which different kinds of glasses and tea cups are lined up in a row. But I still don't consider myself an adult. This is partly due to the fact that I'm still in school, the grad school life being one that still encourages sleeping in when you can, and taking long lunches whenever possible, especially if the food is free. I am essentially financially independent, but its not with a whole lot of finances. I probably will not consider myself to be properly an adult until I have a 'real', well paying job, or even until I buy a house or something similarly scary. But that brings us to another child like moment - I still have no real idea of what I want to be when I grow up. A big point right now is ideally not having to go back to school after I finish this degree. I'm frankly getting sick of having to work in the evenings and weekends, and would like a job where I can wear cute outfits, and that will ideally give me a blackberry ;). I think I want to save the world, and one day be elected to Parliament but the details of which are still hazy. Le sigh.
So as I sit here surrounded by papers and a sleeping kitty, trying to keep the tv turned off so I have a fighting chance at productivity, I feel both buoyed by the good results I had yesterday and discouraged that I need about 300 more of those before I can graduate. But once I graduate, I have to stop hitting the snooze button on life, so maybe I shouldn't be in such a rush..... ;)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Spare the cute ones!
Prince Harry serving on Afghanistan front lines
Why do they have to send the one with non-thinning hair to the front lines? This says that the fact that he was serving was supposed to be on a media blackout, but was recently broken by the Drudge Report. I have a love/hate relationship with the Drudge report, it does serve a valuable purpose in making a lot of stuff known that might otherwise be. However, it cannot pretend its not part of the news media and there are a few things which should not be reported on. This will have an impact on Harry's safety (if he's not being pulled back in response) and so I hope they considered carefully the impact of this report.
Why do they have to send the one with non-thinning hair to the front lines? This says that the fact that he was serving was supposed to be on a media blackout, but was recently broken by the Drudge Report. I have a love/hate relationship with the Drudge report, it does serve a valuable purpose in making a lot of stuff known that might otherwise be. However, it cannot pretend its not part of the news media and there are a few things which should not be reported on. This will have an impact on Harry's safety (if he's not being pulled back in response) and so I hope they considered carefully the impact of this report.
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