#getting a PhD but doing it for the bit

[chicago-geniza]

Re-enrolling in my PhD program and defending my Fake Thesis as a Real Thesis purely to see the looks on my committee members' faces when they realize each chapter's argument is an elaborate setup to a capital-punishment-worthy Title Pun

[somewhereincairparavel]

I'm so immersed in my jason grace new rome uni fic that I'm studying ancient roman law terms using this as an excuse. help.

[jakeperalta]

every time I remember I'll never be a student again

[macdenlover]

watching this play out over the last couple of years has been incredible

[communistkenobi]

there are valid reasons to have an antagonistic relationship to academic scholarship, but those reasons are overwhelmingly not raised in graduate classrooms, where students instead bitch about theory in general, jargon in general, making them sound ultimately like conservatives, who view any attempt to systematically account for social phenomena as a form of useless intellectual degeneracy

[foxscarf]

13 - 14.11.23

Work was pretty easygoing today and yesterday, I've been retrying a troublesome cloning process several times but not feeling overly frustrated about it; and I think we might be getting to the bottom of the problem now. The main thing is my boyfriend has been visiting over the weekend and until this morning, so I wasn't feeling very bothered about work! I think that's probably a good thing actually. Being in a new city means my life outside of work can feel a bit small still, so it's so good to have someone familiar around to energise me and fill up all my free time so it counterbalances the work, and make me extra motivated to get home and get on with what feels like the best/more important way to spend time! ❤️

27/100 days of productivity

[kakusu-shipping]

Because I'm clearly so very normal about the Cosplay Pikachu I've also decided to drag them into Pokemon Horizons and make my Horizon's S/I also very normal about them.

But in order to do that I had to think of backstories, personalities, professions, and character details about all of them. Because I'm so normal. About them. So here's all that.

Rock Star

Lead singer of an all Electric type rock band known as as The Asteroids, originally from Galar. The band consists of her, Toxtricity High-Key and Low-Key on Guitar and Bass respectively, Electivier on Keyboard/Synth, and Alex the human on Drums. Alex is also their manager and stage hand, he is not any of the band member's trainer. The band is currently looking for a Pokemon drummer. None of the band members have nicknames, though for some reason Kantonese fans commonly call Pikachu "Comet".

Belle

Also know as Lady Pikablue, Belle serves as the Master of Kalos' Battle Chateau and one of if not it's strongest residing Pokemon. Lady Pikablue may appear frail and sweet, but she is rather the force to be reckoned with. She is famous for her regal battling style and careful movements, she's never once torn a dress or even so much as lost her hat during a battle. Her calm gracious exterior has earned her many suitors, but she has famously turned them all down cold.

Pop Star

Previously a member of the idol group Chuu <3, Chu-Chu has sense started a solo career out of her home region of Hoenn. It's unclear if she simply had a falling out with her previous group or just got tired of sharing the spot light, but sense taking center stage Chu-Chu has been The Poke Idol of the moment, selling out venues and winning contests, all without a trainer at her side. She's still rather new on the idol scene, but it doesn't seem her fame will be petering out anytime soon.

PhD

In Kanto there is a famous Doctor who's work and study far exceeds what many other professionals would see as possible. Despite her Brutal honestly and Antisocial tendencies, this doctor has cracked case after case of medical mystery. This famously brilliant professor... Is a Pikachu?! Professor Pikachu is a hit Medical Drama television show staring famous Pikachu Actress, Terry Volt! Catch it live, New Episodes Wednesday night at 7pm!

Libre

Pika Libre appeared at the Battle Dome just a year after it's construction in the Alola region and challenged the Masked Royal directly in the middle of an on going match, and sense then has returned regularly to battle and climb the ranks to face the Masked Royal for the championship again and again. She's become a fan favorite amongst the locals, earning a larger, more dedicated crowed then any other challenger. She's best known for her extra flair and showmanship. No one knows where she goes when the match ends.

[vanity-complex]

Lol, presented at a conference last year for my company who let me go two months ago because I called out their poor management and that same conference found out I had been let go, canceled their contract with my former employer, and sought me out because they liked me so much. I also never signed a non-compete clause so 🥰

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[the-sea-anemone]

well i may be working on these applications extremely slowly but at least i'm working on them extremely slowly far(ish) in advance 👍

[linguenuvolose]

I applied for a new job today 😩

[thebirdandhersong]

oh yeah remembered something let me mentally scream into a pillow real quick

[unganseylike]

bad news: i have to work like every weekend this month

good news: i’ll be a coauthor on a paper and thus have a publication before i submit grad school applications

mediocre news: it wont be my project’s paper

[cqcandchill]

actually the worst part about the desire to leave this house is that i feel homesick for vancouver more than anything... it's just not feasible and won't be for the foreseeable future - certainly not on a grad student stipend - but god if i don't feel intense longing about it 😔

[crazy-fruit]

So close to snap at my flatmate for her complaining about her "PhD struggles" right now.

By today she has one PhD position for sure (she doesn't really want it), was asked to apply for two other ones (one which she really wants and has good chances of getting) and could apply for a fourth one which she'd get as well.

[guinevereslancelot]

why do i have an almost date tomorrow 😬