The last deluge of schoolwork
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tarigwaemirStanley Hall on the Feast of St. John the Silent
What I dislike more than feeling ashamed of handing in a shoddy assignment: not feeling ashamed of handing in a shoddy assignment. >_> Taking this genetics course was not actually a waste of time, but I treated it as if it was and set it very low on my priority list. Took a look at the final and already have sinking feeling that I'm going to also write it up at the last minute, gloss over details, and (at least for Prof. Cline's section) miss the point of the question. Speaking of Prof. Cline's section, one question (worth five points) asks: "What statement in the Perrimon paper betrays an ignorance of the literature as well as a failure to appreciate a potential pitfall of his experimental design?"
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Granted, grad school courses are supposed to teach you how to critique papers, but doesn't the wording of that question just highlight exactly why we all found his section of the course to be so frustrating?
Sorry for all the exasperation. I had a major assignment due yesterday and another one due today (though we got an extension to tomorrow morning). I also have the aforementioned final due next Monday, plus I (rather stupidly) scheduled my move to the new apartment for this weekend (actual move will probably take place Friday night, with clean-up and settling in on Saturday). Despite my grandiose plans to guess systematically for this round of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
blind_go, I suspect it's not going to happen. (Apologies to those of you who were looking forward to stumping me for this round.) I feel as if I ought to be more stressed out but judging from the way I overslept this morning after having gone to sleep early last night, I'm in some sort of avoidant phase.
How I've been procrastinating: using my Google Reader Shared Items page as a del.icio.us stand-in. I could never get the hang of remembering to bookmark pages with the del.icio.us Firefox toolbar extension, but for some reason I am quite happy to use the "Note in Reader" bookmarklet. I use my other Google Reader account for science-related feeds; ask me if you want the Shared Items page for that account. (You probably don't, unless you share my research interests.) I probably will end up reposting some of the Shared Items in linkblog posts here, but the page is there if you're bored and want interesting links right away.
I also finished reading Zelazny's Lord of Light, where the setup was brilliant and the ending a little disappointing. More on that once I remember to update my reading blog.
A brief hiatus until I'm all moved in and my final is finished. By which I mean, I will actually endeavour not to read my friends list. If you see me posting or commenting on anything that isn't related tobibliophages and blind_go, tell me to stop. >_< Of course, I suspect this self-imposed silence will only result in my updating Twitter more often.
Yours &c.
Post-script: Just to say, posted the full list of recommendations atbibliophages for the theme "Fantastic Voyages" here.
What I dislike more than feeling ashamed of handing in a shoddy assignment: not feeling ashamed of handing in a shoddy assignment. >_> Taking this genetics course was not actually a waste of time, but I treated it as if it was and set it very low on my priority list. Took a look at the final and already have sinking feeling that I'm going to also write it up at the last minute, gloss over details, and (at least for Prof. Cline's section) miss the point of the question. Speaking of Prof. Cline's section, one question (worth five points) asks: "What statement in the Perrimon paper betrays an ignorance of the literature as well as a failure to appreciate a potential pitfall of his experimental design?"
...
Granted, grad school courses are supposed to teach you how to critique papers, but doesn't the wording of that question just highlight exactly why we all found his section of the course to be so frustrating?
Sorry for all the exasperation. I had a major assignment due yesterday and another one due today (though we got an extension to tomorrow morning). I also have the aforementioned final due next Monday, plus I (rather stupidly) scheduled my move to the new apartment for this weekend (actual move will probably take place Friday night, with clean-up and settling in on Saturday). Despite my grandiose plans to guess systematically for this round of
blind_go, I suspect it's not going to happen. (Apologies to those of you who were looking forward to stumping me for this round.) I feel as if I ought to be more stressed out but judging from the way I overslept this morning after having gone to sleep early last night, I'm in some sort of avoidant phase. How I've been procrastinating: using my Google Reader Shared Items page as a del.icio.us stand-in. I could never get the hang of remembering to bookmark pages with the del.icio.us Firefox toolbar extension, but for some reason I am quite happy to use the "Note in Reader" bookmarklet. I use my other Google Reader account for science-related feeds; ask me if you want the Shared Items page for that account. (You probably don't, unless you share my research interests.) I probably will end up reposting some of the Shared Items in linkblog posts here, but the page is there if you're bored and want interesting links right away.
I also finished reading Zelazny's Lord of Light, where the setup was brilliant and the ending a little disappointing. More on that once I remember to update my reading blog.
A brief hiatus until I'm all moved in and my final is finished. By which I mean, I will actually endeavour not to read my friends list. If you see me posting or commenting on anything that isn't related to
bibliophages and blind_go, tell me to stop. >_< Of course, I suspect this self-imposed silence will only result in my updating Twitter more often.Yours &c.
Post-script: Just to say, posted the full list of recommendations at
bibliophages for the theme "Fantastic Voyages" here.
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Date: 2008-05-14 07:09 am (UTC)Good luck with the final!
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Date: 2008-05-21 03:00 am (UTC)A belated thanks for the good wishes!
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Date: 2008-05-14 01:51 pm (UTC)I'll be awaiting your entry on Lord of Light. A copy of it actually came through the interlibrary loans department a few weeks ago. Since I'm such a sci-fi fanatic, I was immediately interested. It's just that um....how should I put this? I've been picking some "not-so-hot" books lately, and it's really starting to grate on my nerves. I try to read the reviews/summaries of people that I know to prevent such a thing from happening. That usually helps when my personal selection skills take a nose dive >__>
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Date: 2008-05-21 03:04 am (UTC)(And thanks, the move went smoothly, much to my surprise. You're right, I needn't have stressed so much after all. ^_^)
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Date: 2008-05-14 03:49 pm (UTC)Good luck! <3<3<3
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Date: 2008-05-21 03:05 am (UTC)(By the way, caught up on Ugly Betty, oh my gosh, Gio! "I don't want to be the rebound guy, I want to be the guy." <3<3<3)
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Date: 2008-05-21 08:18 am (UTC)Will try to post soon, but I am rather busy all of a sudden and have a string of very early mornings coming up.