Grad school update!

So, for those of you who I haven't talked to, I should probably sum up my recent visit to Washington University.  Long story short, I didn't get in.

I interviewed with three people based on my research interests, and those three interviews went very well.  We talked about science and it was very interesting.  The other person I interviewed with was less helpful.  She was actually pretty unpleasant.

I don't want to go into a lot of detail here, but she seems to have formed her judgment of me before I walked in, and just looked for justification for her stance rather than trying to make a decision based on the visit itself.  Oh well.

The rest of the visit was pretty fun.  We went on a great tour or St. Louis, saw some very nice apartments that the grad students lived in, and ate some great food.  All in all, if I somehow get accepted and they can promise me that I will never have to interact with that hostile professor, I would seriously consider going there.

Merry Christmas to all!

Right now I'm at my parents' house in East Texas, enjoying the Christmas vacation from school.  It's been rainy and cold, but I guess that's Christmas in a place that's too warm to snow.  Moist and cold is as close to a white Christmas as I'm going to get, I think.

Well, that's enough holiday blogging for me.  Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

What a world...

The sickness is deep.

Ringo!!

It's really one of life's great questions.  When we get tired of seeing Mary all over the place, whose image will show up in burned toast, doors, and other weird places?

Now we have the answer: Ringo Starr.  Yes, the lovable drummer has gone from cult victim to complete loser to deity.  You know, when I think about it, that doesn't sound too bad.

Non contact...sort of

Yesterday at my frisbee game I got my very first concussion.  At least the first one I remember (ha ha).

All I can say is I hope this was my last concussion.  I had a headache for hours.

Publication time!

So, back by popular demand!

I actually don't have much to say here, but thought I should take a moment out of my busy day to let everybody know that Joe (my mentor in Houston) just called for my permission to put me down as an author on a paper he's submitting.  Take that, everyone who's not me!

Blocking access

Hey, friends.

As most of you know, I'm applying for grad schools in the next few weeks. Also as my long time readers/people who've talked to me for more than 5 minutes know, I am an opinionated man. Someone mentioned to me that it was often a good idea to scrub the internet of any information you don't want admission boards to see. I can't do that completely, but I am going to restrict access to this blog for a while.

What that means is that if you are currently reading this, I am totally OK with you continuing to do so. I just need to know who you are. So, send me an email or just leave your address as a comment on this thread. I'll add you to an approved list.

Access will be blocked to anybody not on that list at the end of this month. Thanks, guys!