Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Science Cafes
Forgot... I wanted to post this link. I would like to attend/participate/organize one of these... you know, in my free time.
Monthly, at best?
This is difficult to maintain. But, it's important. I want to put down on virtual paper what I am experiencing from day to day. It helps to go back and read what I wrote, back then...
I did go to west Texas with Lee. We did catch Mitoura. And, I will go back in about a week...
I've got an incubator and a half full of caterpillars (excuse me, larvae) hopefully feeding away happily on Juniperus. Or, not... that is what I will be recording.
I gave my first talk about my research last Friday in Junction, Texas. I was nervous as hell all the way up until I opened my mouth, then I just had to go with it. I was glad to do it. I don't know if I explained what I was doing well, or if it made sense, or if I talked too fast. Sometimes it's difficult to say "herbivorous insects" fluently. But, I thought that was easier than "phytophagous insects."
I don't know what's next. I shouldn't even think about that, now. I should just finish this Master's degree! Not that I'm in any particular hurry. I like it here, I like what I'm doing, I like being in school and stretching what I am capable of... of trying to be ambitious, to take, and to move forward. Or up. Some kind of progressive direction.
I did go to west Texas with Lee. We did catch Mitoura. And, I will go back in about a week...
I've got an incubator and a half full of caterpillars (excuse me, larvae) hopefully feeding away happily on Juniperus. Or, not... that is what I will be recording.
I gave my first talk about my research last Friday in Junction, Texas. I was nervous as hell all the way up until I opened my mouth, then I just had to go with it. I was glad to do it. I don't know if I explained what I was doing well, or if it made sense, or if I talked too fast. Sometimes it's difficult to say "herbivorous insects" fluently. But, I thought that was easier than "phytophagous insects."
I don't know what's next. I shouldn't even think about that, now. I should just finish this Master's degree! Not that I'm in any particular hurry. I like it here, I like what I'm doing, I like being in school and stretching what I am capable of... of trying to be ambitious, to take, and to move forward. Or up. Some kind of progressive direction.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
happiest new year ever (or, what are you afraid of)
... not sure where I am going with the title of this post. I'm trying to not over-edit or over-think how I write. Something that I was thinking about earlier: naming my fears. I live with a kind of low-level but fairly constant amount of anxiety. I worry. It's what I do. I think it's just enemy awareness, not letting your guard down, ready for a predator to swoop down at any moment. Fight or flight? Fight! And yet, the anxiety is there. What worries you so? Fear of... failing, forgetting, hurting, slighting, embarrassment, mistakes, coming up short.A long day. A full day. Time for sleep...
