Um, this is for my dissertation. I got the comments from the referees. I got them on the day-before-yesterday. Oh, and if I wanna manage to get my degree at this year's ceremony, I have to hand in the already-corrected version by tomorrow

WOO HOO DOCTOR NILLY!!

You know what's annoying on Cash Cab? When people act like they really need the money. Dude, you're in a cab.

Someone should think up some FCM or BINAO

What's BINAO?

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WOO HOO DOCTOR NILLY

Jesse, you're great, but it's not yet! I need to hand the corrections, have everything approved, finish the bureaucracy - I'm not going to see it as a done deal until I have the proper piece of paper in my hand!]

Whoa. Lightning. And LOUD thunder! It feels so midwestern.

On afterthought, it was a bad day to wear a white shirt. And to forget to bring a coat.

So I tried to give blood today. Passed all the tests, got in the reclining chair. Needle went in, but somehow the tech's stethoscope got caught on the tubing and out popped the needle. Blood everywhere, only some made it into the blood bag.

I guess there's always next time?

Oh, my. That was hard interviewing. Hardest to date. Don't wanna deal.

I had to give up on giving blood, since they always have such a hard time finding my veins.

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear that, ita.

I had to give up on donating platelets and switch back to donating whole blood due to my thick blood clogging up the needle.

shrift, I'm sorry it was such a difficult experience (also, if you lost some blood, regardless of what happened with it, make sure to have a good lunch, OK?).

ita, I'm sorry to read that. But, the interviewing is behind you now, right? Because of the "was"? So could you just leave it behind you now and just think about something very much else? Not deal?

Sorry about the hard interview.

I really need to give blood again. It's been more than long enough. I've got easy to find veins and I bleed quickly.