Life as of today
Mar. 18th, 2004 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
I'm extremely upset because there's this nasty little IRC Internet worm that keeps copying itself to a safe location whenever I try to run McAfee and get rid of it. Either that, or McAfee tells me it can't clean, delete or quarantine the damn thing because of write-protection issues. Write-protection issues?! That folder is public! I'm really, really mad.
It doesn't look like a harmful virus, but it's evading all my attempts to squash it, so it's earned my neverending hatred already.
In other news, well, apparently Jenny's decided not to go to the formal, and I realized that it means I probably can't go either. Mother told me, don't go alone, and since I'd intended to go after kendo practice, I don't think anyone in the dorm is going to be around that late anyway. Honestly though, I don't care anymore because (1) I've all my attention focused on my stupid virus-ridden computer, (2) I'd hate to go alone anyway, (3) I was too lazy to go outside and buy the ticket and (4) I have more time to sleep now. Oh, and maybe I'll end up going to the KA cultural show on Saturday night instead, and get to eat Korean food for free. ^_^
I had my two interviews for the CGR internship today, and the second PI seems really enthusiastic. She asked if I'd be willing to do my honors thesis in her lab, and me, the wet-behind-the-ears freshman, looked at her with wide-open eyes and said, "Of course!" (Who the heck would say no to that?) The research is very exciting, although it'll take me in a slightly different direction from my pet interest (origin-of-life), and if I do my honors thesis on it, then I definitely will probably end up in this field when I apply to graduate school. It's slightly frightening to realize that my career could quite possibly be dictated by the internship I get this summer, but it's not all that far off from my original research interests (well, obviously, or else I wouldn't have applied), so while I'm disturbed by this whole system, I'm not unduly upset by it.
(What I am upset about is that this computer won't get rid of the worm after the fiftieth scan today. -_-)
I'm going to find out whether I got the internship in a few weeks. I've decided that I probably will take the CGR internship if I get it (a very big "if", mind you) because the possibility of continuation is pretty important. Also, I realized today that I'll be able to handle these projects better than the Columbia internship, cool as the latter may be. Of course, considering my chances of actually getting the internship, I probably will end up in Columbia anyway...
Oh, and I've just realized that I'm in desperate need of chemistry studying. I don't remember these reactions at all, much less their stereochemistry.
Yesterday,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aetherangelette and I created a four-season K-drama plotline that is officially on crack. Or, rather, acid, since I think LSD is more hallucinogenic. Will have my Falsificatio site up for it by the end of spring break, hopefully. ^_^ I'm looking forward to this--it's a combination of our neurotic temperaments and terrible drama clichés.
...Tari
I'm extremely upset because there's this nasty little IRC Internet worm that keeps copying itself to a safe location whenever I try to run McAfee and get rid of it. Either that, or McAfee tells me it can't clean, delete or quarantine the damn thing because of write-protection issues. Write-protection issues?! That folder is public! I'm really, really mad.
It doesn't look like a harmful virus, but it's evading all my attempts to squash it, so it's earned my neverending hatred already.
In other news, well, apparently Jenny's decided not to go to the formal, and I realized that it means I probably can't go either. Mother told me, don't go alone, and since I'd intended to go after kendo practice, I don't think anyone in the dorm is going to be around that late anyway. Honestly though, I don't care anymore because (1) I've all my attention focused on my stupid virus-ridden computer, (2) I'd hate to go alone anyway, (3) I was too lazy to go outside and buy the ticket and (4) I have more time to sleep now. Oh, and maybe I'll end up going to the KA cultural show on Saturday night instead, and get to eat Korean food for free. ^_^
I had my two interviews for the CGR internship today, and the second PI seems really enthusiastic. She asked if I'd be willing to do my honors thesis in her lab, and me, the wet-behind-the-ears freshman, looked at her with wide-open eyes and said, "Of course!" (Who the heck would say no to that?) The research is very exciting, although it'll take me in a slightly different direction from my pet interest (origin-of-life), and if I do my honors thesis on it, then I definitely will probably end up in this field when I apply to graduate school. It's slightly frightening to realize that my career could quite possibly be dictated by the internship I get this summer, but it's not all that far off from my original research interests (well, obviously, or else I wouldn't have applied), so while I'm disturbed by this whole system, I'm not unduly upset by it.
(What I am upset about is that this computer won't get rid of the worm after the fiftieth scan today. -_-)
I'm going to find out whether I got the internship in a few weeks. I've decided that I probably will take the CGR internship if I get it (a very big "if", mind you) because the possibility of continuation is pretty important. Also, I realized today that I'll be able to handle these projects better than the Columbia internship, cool as the latter may be. Of course, considering my chances of actually getting the internship, I probably will end up in Columbia anyway...
Oh, and I've just realized that I'm in desperate need of chemistry studying. I don't remember these reactions at all, much less their stereochemistry.
Yesterday,
aetherangelette and I created a four-season K-drama plotline that is officially on crack. Or, rather, acid, since I think LSD is more hallucinogenic. Will have my Falsificatio site up for it by the end of spring break, hopefully. ^_^ I'm looking forward to this--it's a combination of our neurotic temperaments and terrible drama clichés....Tari
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Date: 2004-03-18 05:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-18 07:01 pm (UTC)Anyway, it's gone now.
...Tari
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Date: 2004-03-18 10:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-18 11:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-18 11:59 pm (UTC)I mean...I was planning to go stag anyway, just not...completely alone, you know? -_-;;
...Tari