Lilty! How be ye?
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
SailAweigh - Jan 25, 2005 2:47:11 pm PST #7217 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Strix - Jan 25, 2005 2:47:48 pm PST #7218 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, are we talking about obscenities falling from Keifer's pouty lips? He has a great mouth!
Hi, how is everyone? I skipped and skimmed, because, tired, and I have to come up with some scintillating writing project ideas for White Fang tonight.
But late start tomorrow! I don't have to be at school till 10:30!!! Woo and hoo!
Can I insert a mememe moment? All of you know about my Monster Depression (too much, I bet) but I have to say that these last couple of weeks teaching and getting up early? I am horribly tired, but I am more inspired and content than I have been for almost two years. It's really working out great for me so far, and I feel this burgeoning sense of RELIEF, like finally I'm seeing in color 75% of the time, instead of 10% (or 5%, or none).
It's like a full-body sigh.
Cass - Jan 25, 2005 2:53:46 pm PST #7219 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
It's like a full-body sigh.This is wonderful.
Oh, are we talking about obscenities falling from Keifer's pouty lips? He has a great mouth!t goes to a really really happy place
Beverly - Jan 25, 2005 2:54:41 pm PST #7220 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Erin, that's wonderful. I'm so happy for you!
Also happy for Hil--Yaaaayyyy, Hil!
Strix - Jan 25, 2005 2:54:58 pm PST #7221 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It's the upper lip. It makes me think of nefarious naughtiness.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2005 2:58:06 pm PST #7222 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I feel this burgeoning sense of RELIEF, like finally I'm seeing in color 75% of the time, instead of 10% (or 5%, or none).
Oh, honey, that is FANTASTIC!!!!!
Also, (official) CONGRATULATIONS, DR. HIL!!!!
Hil R. - Jan 25, 2005 2:59:13 pm PST #7223 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Also, (official) CONGRATULATIONS, DR. HIL!!!!
Hee. Not quite yet. Still at least two more years for that.
Thanks, everyone.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2005 3:03:38 pm PST #7224 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
So if you have 2 more years to be Dr. Hil, what does "Ph. D. Pass with Distinction" mean? I assumed it meant you got your PhD, but I'm missing something, aren't I?
Strix - Jan 25, 2005 3:09:52 pm PST #7225 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
GO, DR HIL!!!
So, you're what? ABD?
And thanks for the woo-hoos. I feel like I finally got the syllabus for a class I WAS getting an A in, but then started to flunk all the tests I'd studied for.
Hil R. - Jan 25, 2005 3:10:16 pm PST #7226 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So if you have 2 more years to be Dr. Hil, what does "Ph. D. Pass with Distinction" mean? I assumed it meant you got your PhD, but I'm missing something, aren't I?
It means that I've shown that I know enough to be allowed to go onto the next step toward getting a Ph. D. The other kind of pass is a Masters Pass, which would mean I'd have to graduate this year with just a masters. These exams test a few different fields of math, and it's supposed to be a "no matter what you concentrate in, you need to know at least a certain amount about other stuff, too," so it's pretty much testing a level of knowledge equivalent to a first-year graduate course.
After passing the qualifying exams (which is what I just did), I've got to spend this semester and probably fall semester of next year preparing for the specialty exam, which is pretty much where I decide (well, I've already decided) what field of math I want to concentrate in, then I study all kinds of different stuff within that field, at a more advanced level than the qualifying exams, and get tested on that. While I'm studying that stuff I'm supposed to be thinking about what in particular I want to focus on for my thesis. Then once I pass the specialty exam, I start working on my thesis. Then once that's written, there's the thesis defense, which is pretty much sheer terror. Then, if the thesis committee decides that my thesis and my defense was good enough, then I get to graduate with the doctorate.