my arctic environment professor on narwhals: “they’re pretty interesting creatures, I guess, even though they’re not birds.”
my arctic environment professor on a colleague: “this is [name], she used to study polar bears but has improved her life and works on birds now.”
classmate: okay so I know it’s ‘ibid’ when you repeat a citation in Chicago style, but what do you do in APA?
me: use Chicago.
I got invited by the director of my MA program to be on a panel for the first years’ ‘how to thesis’ class and I cannot WAIT to tell them how much fun I’m having
researching for this thesis is going to make me even more of a delight at parties than I already am
sometimes getting a master’s degree feels like the dollhouse version of getting a phd
it contains all same things as the real version, just in miniature
“there’s a lot to unpack here” is the academic equivalent of “yikes”
me, working my thesis project: the hardest part of interpretative writing is using accessible language to explain scientific concepts. trying to concisely describe what nurse logs do without just saying “ecological facilitation” is SO GODDAMN DIFFICULT
me, ten minutes later: god I love interpretative writing
my arctic environment professor on narwhals: “they’re pretty interesting creatures, I guess, even though they’re not birds.”
the professor in my executive leadership class asked us ‘what do you think is the type of organization that has been found to be the most passive-aggressive?’
all three museology grad students immediately said ‘non-profits!’ and then we looked at each other and burst out laughing, while the rest of the class looked on in confusion
the answer was, of course, non-profits.
oh man the client that I did illustration for last year contacted me about a really cool project for an exhibit…… that’s being revamped to open in may
……I defend my thesis in may.
A Pretty Taste for Paradox 