dear whomever,
please grant me the serenity to make it through this day with grace.
love, erik
Archive for the 'school' Category
prayer
13Dec07“Snakes do serve some good. They eat up bugs and things that can damage crops, which is bad if you like vegetables. And you should. Just giving a plug for good living here.”
And later…
“Growing up is hard. Your parents blame you for dropping the dishes, or you come home late and you [...]
Being a better researcher
14Sep07I just read a great post on the Feminist Law Professors blog about how to be a good Research Assistant, compiled from the notes of a number of professors. Â She asks, “what does (and does not) make for a successful professor-RA relationship.”
Most of the list applies not just to research assistants but graduate students [...]
(title courtesy of Robert Burns, and thanks Niamh for setting me straight on the proper wording of the phrase way back when…)
Here’s a first crack at a new research plan for my 2nd year project proposal. It’s entirely unedited and needs work. But I think it’s a step in a better direction, more [...]
Making plans
24Aug07I sent my 2nd year project proposal off to my potential committee for review, and got some good feedback back from Ed. One of the things he asked is that I describe a better research plan, stating clear procedure, a set of possible outcomes from the procedure, and describing how the different outcomes “will [...]
Proposition
19Aug07I just finished a very short, very drafty draft of my second year project proposal. I wanted to put it together before asking Rafael, Ed, and Jim to be my committee members. It’s rough, but I’m pretty excited about where it’s going. Here’s the introduction:
A small but convincing body of mounting evidence [...]
Non-Symbolic Programming
28Jul07I’m trying to start blogging more about the work that I’m doing. Here’s a short essay I wrote yesterday introducing the idea of non-symbolic programming. The essay is below the fold.
Dancing the time away
18Jul07I found this video recently (link), and have been really enjoying it. It was a favorite of Jillian Meyers, one of my new favorite dancers. Check her out in this video… what killer style!
The sad side of this story, is that I spent more time this week watching dance videos on YouTube than I [...]
Update 4
15Jun07I’ve cleared 15 pages, but I still want to include several more sources. I’ll just have to be quick about it. I want to be done by 5:00. The apartment isn’t too hot, but I’m going to drive up to campus at 4:00 anyway because I need to get into the lab, and [...]
Update 3
15Jun07Yawn! *stretch* type type type. Good morning gentlemen. Yes, I loved it. Chan Chan is my favorite. There’s a nice cool breeze through the apartment. Let’s get this thing finished this morning so I can get out of this place before the stifling afternoon heat sets in.
