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MThanded

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How is everyone doing today?

Honestly I have been so busy with grad school I haven't even been keeping up with gaf for the last month.

I'm honestly interested in how everyone is doing.
 
terrisus said:
Bad. Thanks for asking though.
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that makes two of us. I'm not doing very well either.
FrostuTheNinja said:
Straight. Did some early spring cleaning today.

Besides all consuming, how's grad school?
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It's been better. My advisor is giving me serious issues. I'm a PhD student. Never had any problems up until this point now he is acting like ive been unsatisfactory when he has never said anything like that before. I'm trying to get a paper out to him tommorrow and then move on to my proposal. Honestly I feel pretty shitty currently.

Basically i got a letter from the department at the end of december implying they were going to kick me out if i didnt get this paper to him. He knew about it for a month and he didn't say anything. He is impossible to work with. Ive been here for nearly 5 years and have had no troubles with him or my classes. We had some research setbacks that were out of my control. Now i'm getting thrown under the bus basically.

I came here really interested in research and now i'm just ready to get this over with. Choose your advisor wisely. I made a mistake.
 
Pretty good I guess. Watching Ashe right now, and waiting for the Royal Rumble. Bummed at the lack of good albums recently.
 
Depressed and stupidly trying to restart a friendship with my ex.

Actually let me sound less upsetting. Watching the greatest tv show ever Scrubs so im great OP thanks for asking!
 
Pretty good! I saw myself a few times in tonight's episode of Banshee. Right now I am taking screenshots of all the background actors so they can have something to show friends and family. A week from now I'll be in Atlanta for two weeks filming a movie and will get to see a bunch of awesome people while I'm there.

I'm sick, but I should be better in a few days. I'm also thinking about how I need a bigger SSD.
 
Doing well, today was surprisingly lifelike.


I'm well-employed but I got picked for an interview at some well-accredited performing arts college in Hollywood.

For the first time since becoming single, I feel like I've met someone I genuinely like. Pretty astounded by our friendship so far and I have to pinch myself a little bit. Hope it turns out well. We're going on a Geocaching adventure Sunday and then headed to Disneyland on Monday. Double-dating with my recently-moved-to Pasadena brother. He got a job at ABC so Disneyland passes :D

Car got scratched from behind by some anonymous a-hole. Oh well.

Went frame shopping at Michael's after a long work day and only got 1/4 frames picked out. Still, bought some candles and came home for a lazy/DIY night.
 
Charles Alan Ratliff said:
Pretty good! I saw myself a few times in tonight's episode of Banshee. Right now I am taking screenshots of all the background actors so they can have something to show friends and family. A week from now I'll be in Atlanta for two weeks filming a movie and will get to see a bunch of awesome people while I'm there.

I'm sick, but I should be better in a few days. I'm also thinking about how I need a bigger SSD.
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Wow that is pretty cool.
 
MThanded said:
It's been better. My advisor is giving me serious issues. I'm a PhD student. Never had any problems up until this point now he is acting like ive been unsatisfactory when he has never said anything like that before. I'm trying to get a paper out to him tommorrow and then move on to my proposal. Honestly I feel pretty shitty currently.
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Chance that he sees potential in you and doesn't want to see you falter?

Edit:

Just saw the edit, the rabbit hole is deep...
 
Been sick all week, just coughing and sniffling not too many fevers, today's ok. I'm a little stressed about my homework and the work I missed on Thursday for my College classes but I know if I try I can finish it.
 
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MThanded said:
It's been better. My advisor is giving me serious issues. I'm a PhD student. Never had any problems up until this point now he is acting like ive been unsatisfactory when he has never said anything like that before. I'm trying to get a paper out to him tommorrow and then move on to my proposal. Honestly I feel pretty shitty currently.
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If it makes you feel any better, I'm also a PhD student, and had gotten up to my comprehensive exam in 2012, but didn't pass, and then while trying to get the opportunity for a retake, had that thrown off by having a stroke in 2013, and am still trying to piece things together.
 
Stressed and anxious. Last two semesters of college and I don't feel like a well adjusted adult. Oh and I added another class bringing my total to 6. It's a language class and it requires a textbook and an online pass thing for homework which is horseshit. The book 'required' is listed as published in 2014 which costs 250 dollars. I literally cannot afford that much and it's an actual requirement and I cannot get on without it.

I dont want to keep doing this. I want to move on with my life. I don't even think I have the same interest in my major that I once did, I'm only going through the motions because I'm 30 credits short of completing everything.

MThanded said:
that makes two of us. I'm not doing very well either.

It's been better. My advisor is giving me serious issues. I'm a PhD student. Never had any problems up until this point now he is acting like ive been unsatisfactory when he has never said anything like that before. I'm trying to get a paper out to him tommorrow and then move on to my proposal. Honestly I feel pretty shitty currently.

Basically i got a letter from the department at the end of december implying they were going to kick me out if i didnt get this paper to him. He knew about it for a month and he didn't say anything. He is impossible to work with. Ive been here for nearly 5 years and have had no troubles with him or my classes. We had some research setbacks that were out of my control. Now i'm getting thrown under the bus basically.

I came here really interested in research and now i'm just ready to get this over with. Choose your advisor wisely. I made a mistake.
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Ouch... What's your field if you don't mind me asking.
 
terrisus said:
If it makes you feel any better, I'm also a PhD student, and had gotten up to my comprehensive exam in 2012, but didn't pass, and then while trying to get the opportunity for a retake, had that thrown off by having a stroke in 2013, and am still trying to piece things together.
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I'm sorry to hear that. If you need to talk to someone about grad school feel free to pm me.

The phd process has been a lot different than I expected. I also know it really depends on department, school, advisor and a bunch of other things. You having medical issues surely didn't help. I hope you are doing better now.
Notrollious said:
Stressed and anxious. Last two semesters of college and I don't feel like a well adjusted adult. Oh and I added another class bringing my total to 6. It's a language class and it requires a textbook and an online pass thing for homework which is horseshit. The book 'required' is listed as published in 2014 which costs 250 dollars. I literally cannot afford that much and it's an actual requirement and I cannot get on without it.

I dont want to keep doing this. I want to move on with my life. I don't even think I have the same interest in my major that I once did, I'm only going through the motions because I'm 30 credits short of completing everything.



Ouch... What's your field if you don't mind me asking.
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Computer engineering. Specifically I work with low cost safety critical embedded systems.
 
So so, just got over the flu but some other medical problems have cropped up recently. However today I also caught up with a few friends and we went to the Devils (NHL) game together and I think I aced my calculus test.
 
Fucking amazing, thanks for asking.

I recommend everyone to take some good yoga classes or something. Shit's changed my life, yo. I've never been happier.
 
PsychoWARD23 said:
So so, just got over the flu but some other medical problems have cropped up recently. However today I also caught up with a few friends and we went to the Devils (NHL) game together and I think I aced my calculus test.
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Good stuff.
 
MThanded said:
I'm sorry to hear that. If you need to talk to someone about grad school feel free to pm me.

The phd process has been a lot different than I expected. I also know it really depends on department, school, advisor and a bunch of other things. You having medical issues surely didn't help. I hope you are doing better now.
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Yeah, I started the PhD in 2010, and was able to make it through having cancer in 2011 and keep things on track, but the stroke happening while all the comprehensive exam stuff was going on really messed things up, and I'm still trying to figure out what I can do.

The coursework wasn't really that bad - after having like a 3.7 GPA through my Master's, I was doing a 3.9 through my PhD - but, just got stuck at the comps the first time, and then all this chaos with the stroke stuff.

Doing better (relative to last year when I spent a month and a half in the hospital), but still just a whole variety of stresses.
 
starting to get a handle on my job

right now I'm drunk and not really entirely enjoying Armored Core Verdict Day.

I think I'll figure it out though.

I also ate a Chipotle burrito for the first time in like a year and it was delicious. But my hunger is not satisfied.

And I am lonely right now.
 
I've had a toothache that's been getting worse over the past couple weeks. I was supposed to see the dentist today, but I live in Houston and the city was shut down today. Hopefully they can fit me into their schedule next week.

Other then that, pretty good!
 
Today I went through graduation clearance and am pretty much done finally with my associates technical program which lasted 2 years.

Thinking about where to move. Lived here in west Texas whole life. Staying here isn't an option, military is last resort.
 
I found out that paying your debt off is one of the worst things you could do your credit score but aside from that bump, I'm doing well. Thank you.
 
Stressed about work and school but nothing I can't deal with. This weeks been a crazy week but I'm doing ok at the end of it.
 
Honestly, not good. Lost my job a couple weeks ago and now I'm having to confront the fact that I no longer want to work in the field in went to school for (game design). I knew this at the tail end of my college days, but I couldn't think to do anything about it. So my future is pretty uncertain right now, and my self-esteem isn't great either.

After spending almost all of last year looking for work, I'm not looking forward to doing that again.

God this sounds depressing. On the plus side, I've been playing the new Fire Emblem and that's hot.
 
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