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24 March 2006

THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →[More:]THIS WEEK IS CRAZY! I HAVE A WEEK AND A HALF TO DO:
- 2 MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS
- 2 EXAMS
- 1 BIG GROUP PAPER (GROUPS, ARGH!)
- 2 REACTION PAPERS
- 1 TAKE-HOME EXAM

AND THEN THIS MORNING, I CHECKED MY GRADUATION STATUS, AND MY STUPIDDUMBUGLY UNIVERSITY TELLS ME THAT I'M NOT ELIGIBLE TO GRADUATE! I HAVE NO IDEA WHY, AND I MADE SURE TO PLAN MY COURSES PERFECTLY! AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEND ME A LETTER TO TELL ME WHY! AND THE GRADUATION IS IN 2 MONTHS! I WANT TO KNOW WHY NOW, FUCKERS!

AND MY FAVOURITE PROF'S MOTHER DIED AND NOW SHE'S IN ROMANIA FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER AND I WILL NEVER HAVE A CLASS WITH HER AGAIN! AND PEOPLE KEEP ASKING ME WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AFTER I GRADUATE, AND I HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA!

AND THAT EX THAT I WANTED TO TRY TO BE FRIENDS WITH? NOW I AM AFRAID! ARGH!

(BUT YOU GUYS MAKE ME LAUGH AND SUMMER WILL BE BETTER, AND OH, I NEEDED TO SHOUT!)

post by: heatherann at: 13:25 | 58 comments

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO TONIGHT BUT I REALLY NEED A HAIRCUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW I WANT MY HAIR CUT ANYWAY AND I'M SURE WHOEVER CUTS IT IS GOING TO MESS IT UP.

I THINK I'LL GET A PEDICURE TONIGHT.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 24 March | 13:27

MY STUPIDDUMBUGLY UNIVERSITY TELLS ME THAT I'M NOT ELIGIBLE TO GRADUATE!

POOR HEATHERANN! THAT IS MY WORST NIGHTMARE. I'VE COUNTED MY CREDITS OVER AND OVER AND I HAVE EXACTLY ENOUGH. BUT WHAT IF I FAIL A CLASS THIS SEMESTER? SURE, I NEVER HAVE BEFORE, AND I MADE DEAN'S LIST LAST SEMESTER, SO IT SEEMS UNLIKELY, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW... (HEART BEATING JUST A LITTLE BIT FASTER NOW.)

I HOPE IT WORKS OUT FOR YOU!

posted by amro 24 March | 13:35

I'M REALLY TIRED BUT I HAVE LOTS TO DO THIS WEEKEND AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO GO HOME AND GO TO SLEEP BUT INSTEAD I HAVE TO GO TO A MEETING NOW AND I HATE MEETINGS! AND THEN I HAVE TO DO LOTS OF OTHER STUFF AND I REALLY WANT TO SLEEP AND BE DONE WITH THIS STUPID JOB ALREADY!

I HOPE YOU CAN GO TO YOUR UNIVERSITY OFFICE AND DO SOME SHOUTING AT THEM WHICH MIGHT RELIEVE SOME OF YOUR FEELINGS AND ALSO MAKE THEM TELL YOU WHY THEY'RE BEING SUCH A BUNCH OF POOPYHEADS! AND YOU SHOULD CALL THEM POOPYHEADS! LOUDLY! POOPYHEADS!

posted by Fuzzbean 24 March | 13:39

AND I'M A STRAIGHT A STUDENT! I'M SURE THEY JUST MESSED UP SOME OF MY TRANSFER CREDITS. STUPID ADMINISTRATION! MAKING ME EVEN MORE STRESSED!

posted by heatherann 24 March | 13:40

I'VE CREATED A MONSTER!

posted by Hugh Janus 24 March | 13:41

CAN I PLAY WITH IT?

posted by jonmc 24 March | 13:43

MY STUPIDDUMBUGLY UNIVERSITY TELLS ME THAT I'M NOT ELIGIBLE TO GRADUATE!

THIS ALSO HAPPENED TO ME!! THEY TOLD ME I HAD TOO MANY FIRST YEAR CREDITS! IT WAS THE SAME FUCKER WHO LOOKED OVER MY PLAN FOR THE LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER AND TOLD ME IT LOOKED GREAT!! FUCK I WAS MAD!!

but then a ice physics prof helped me out with a half credit course and pretty much walked me through it. I graduated. With a history degree, not physics at all.

posted by richat 24 March | 13:43

I THINK IT'S A COLLEGE RULE TO TELL EVERYONE THEY CAN'T GRADUATE- AND THEN ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THAT GET TO GRADUATE. LIKE IT'S A TEST. IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE I KNOW (SELF INCLUDED).

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 24 March | 13:45

'ICE PHYSICS' SEEMS LIKE AN ODDLY SPECIFIC TOPIC, RICHAT! IT'S LIKE A MATH TEACHER THAT ONLY TEACHES THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM!

posted by mike9322 24 March | 13:49

WHAT OTHER INDUSTRY WOULD TELL ITS *CUSTOMERS* THAT AFTER HAVING PAID OVER $100,000 AND SPENT 4+ YEARS UNDER CONTRACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS S.O.L. "BECAUSE WE SAID SO"??

I HATE ACADEMIA! HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT!

posted by Triode 24 March | 13:52

I HATE ACADEMIA ALSO! THEY GIVE ME A CODE TO WORK I DEBUG IT LIKE CRAZY THEREFORE I CANNOT METACHAT AND THEN THEY SAY OOPS THIS IS THE WRONG VERSION OF THE CODE. MAJOR, MAJOR ASSHOLES. (thank you for bringing it up, Triode!)

posted by carmina 24 March | 13:55

I HAVE NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT! I'M AT HOME DRINKING BEER AND CLEANING THE TILE FLOORS! MY HANDS SMELL LIKE AMMONIA AND BORAX!

BUT I HAVE TO HANG WITH SOME PEOPLE I REALLY DON'T LIKE TOMORROW NIGHT, RAGING CONSERVATIVES WHO "DON'T VOTE BUT LOVE BUSH." SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD TIME.

posted by tr33hggr 24 March | 13:57

Not really, mike9322. 'ice physics' is a huge topic that encompasses modelling and analytic work and applications to environment, industry and whatnot. But then again most of science today is like that ---too specialized, too narrow audience.

Oh! the shouting part: I AM STILL ON METACHAT assholes! UNTIL YOU GIVE ME A WORKING CODE!

posted by carmina 24 March | 14:01

I'M FUCKING SICK AND TIRED OF GETTING MIGRAINE HEADACHES.

posted by deborah 24 March | 14:04

I MISS MY PDX MECHA BUDDIES!

posted by matildaben 24 March | 14:11

OH, SO ICE PHYSICS ACTUALLY IS A TOPIC? I JUST ASSUMED RICH MEANT TO TYPE 'NICE PHYSICS PROF'. HA. HAHA! HA.

posted by mike9322 24 March | 14:12

THANSKS CARMINA, BUT MIKE WAS RIGHT TO CATCH THAT! I MEANT TO SAY A "NICE" PHYSICS PROFESSOR! DAMN MY LAME PROOF-READING SKILLS!

posted by richat 24 March | 14:16

SEE ABOVE SPELLING OF "THANKS" FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE OF MY LAME PROOF-READING SKILLS!

posted by richat 24 March | 14:18

HA! A nice physics professor! Aren't they just all nice?

posted by carmina 24 March | 14:19

I didn't even know I had graduated from college until they sent me a letter. I thought I was safe for another semester since I never took History 102 but noooooooo, they made me leave AND I'VE NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE, ALSO, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED AFTER ABOUT 1750 OR THEREABOUTS. I HEARD THERE WAS THIS THING CALLED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; HOW DID THAT GO?

SO SEE? THEY WON'T LET YOU GRADUATE WHEN YOU WANT TO BUT THEY FORCE YOU TO GRADUATE IF YOU WANT TO STAY. THE BASTARDS WILL GET YOU SOME WAY OR ANOTHER!

posted by mygothlaundry 24 March | 14:21

THE PURPOSE OF THE PREVIEW BUTTON IS APPARENTLY LOST ON OUR GOOD FRIEND RICH!

METACHAT: WHERE NO TYPO GOES UNMOCKED!

posted by mike9322 24 March | 14:21

I BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR COFFEE
AND MUCH FILING.

posted by ethylene 24 March | 14:29

AND MY BOOBS ARE OUT OF CONTROL

posted by ethylene 24 March | 14:33

*wrangles eth's boobs*

posted by jonmc 24 March | 14:34

get the hell off me, freak
MOM!

posted by ethylene 24 March | 14:36

It's CONSIDERABLY HARDER TO TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE PHONE WHILE BEATING ON A random freak

posted by ethylene 24 March | 14:39

WE MISS YOU TOO, MATS!

I NEED SNUGGLES REAL BAD! REALLY REALLY BAD!!! WHY CAN'T SOMEONE JUST SNUGGLE ME, FOR GOD'S SAKE?! I'D EVEN SETTLE FOR A NICE HAND-HOLDING SESSION!

posted by Specklet 24 March | 14:56

TWO JOBS THAT I HAD PHONE SCREENINGS THAT I THOUGHT WENT WELL ENOUGH HAVE STILL NOT GOTTEN BACK TO ME YET! I AM SICK OF WAITING AND BEING IN LIMBO! (and these were through recruiters, and i have contacted them, and they don't know anything either.)

posted by wens 24 March | 14:58

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SPECKLET, JUST FLY OUT HERE ALREADY! I'LL PAY THE AIRFARE. SNUGGLES WILL BE HAD IN DROVES! DROVES!

posted by mike9322 24 March | 14:59

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEND YOU A POSTCARD MATILDABEN BUT I MISS YOU TOO REGARDLESS SO DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME

posted by cmonkey 24 March | 15:00

*sent matildaben a postcard*

DO YOU LIKE ME BETTER THAN CMONKEY, MATILDABEN?? DO YOU? DO YOU? I HOPE SO!!!!

heh.

THERE IS STILL 90ISH MINUTES OF WORK TO GO AND I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO TODAY!
ANOTHER ONE OF MY RESEARCH PAPERS JUST WENT UP ONLINE TODAY! YAY!!!
ALL I WANT TO DO IS DRINK MARGARITAS, DAMMIT!!

posted by gaspode 24 March | 15:28

YOU'RE TOO DAMN SMART, GASPODE!

MEANWHILE, MY TAXES ARE OUT OF CONTROL AND I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THEM AND I PROBABLY HAVE TO HIRE AN ACCOUTANT AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 24 March | 15:31

gaspode, seriously now. can you translate this abstract to a language we all speak? and can you tell us what does this do for the average people? also, could you please try not to be so certain about things? God made amygdala (=almonds in greek)!

posted by carmina 24 March | 15:38

perhaps, I need to add a smiley so that I don't get hammered....
oh! the fears of the eternal n00b!

posted by carmina 24 March | 15:40

carmina, you should have no fear of getting hammered here. Especially not from me, given I read everyone's comments assuming they are taking the piss, somehow.

It's basically outlining that the hamster brain reconfigures its connections between brain cells during puberty. Which we already knew, but this is showing some new and interesting things that happen. also, amygdala = very cool part of the brain (yes, shaped like an almond) that is important for social behaviours. (and fear and stuff)

Zillions of experiments later we may be able to extrapolate to humans.

/geek. but you asked! you asked!

posted by gaspode 24 March | 15:54

gaspode, I asked indeed. I love geeks. I am a major geek, you know. But I was (trying to) tease you. This is what I get for my abstracts too.

posted by carmina 24 March | 15:57

I WANNA HOLD CMONKEY AGAINST ME! AND SNUGGLE SPECKLET! I GOT MY HAND HELD THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT WAS NICE. I LIKED GASPODE'S POSTCARD AND I WOULD SNUGGLE HER TOO IF I COULD. ESPECIALLY SINCE HER RESEARCH PAPER IS ABOUT MOUNTING!

AMYGDALAS ARE COOL AND I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE! ALSO I HEARD ELIZABETH KOLBERT TALK ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING SCIENCE LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS INTERESTING BUT SCARY!

posted by matildaben 24 March | 15:58

I DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WATCHING RATS HAVE SEX, MATILDABEN! I HAVE VIDEOS AND ALL! I CAN TALK KNOWLEDGEABLY (AND HAVE DONE IN SEMINARS) ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOUNTS, INTROMISSIONS AND EJACULATIONS OF THE MALE RAT! AND MOUNTING AND THRUSTING BEHAVIOR OF THE FEMALE RAT! AAAAAAH KNOWLEDGE, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING!

don't worry carmina, I got that you were teasing :)

posted by gaspode 24 March | 16:04

DAMN GASPODE! *FANS SELF*

posted by matildaben 24 March | 16:06

HEY GASPODE DO YOU EVER GET GAY OR LESBIAN RATS?

posted by matildaben 24 March | 16:09

Take heart heatherann. They did the same thing to me. I opted out of the ceremony and headed to Europe for one last romp before adulthood. A few months later I wrote to ask for my diploma to be told I was ONE F-ING CREDIT SHORT! I stressed over it for almost a year and then wrote back to ask what I needed to do to graduate. I got an immediate response that they had made a mistake, and got my diploma a week later.

So hang on, they have been wrong before.

posted by kgn2507 24 March | 16:11

hey gaspode! Is this better than watching pr0n on cable? 'cause I am fed up with that!

posted by carmina 24 March | 16:11

matildaben, global warming is scary -- but more scary is what the people we vote for believe and do!

posted by carmina 24 March | 16:14

MATILDABEN: I CAN'T STRICTLY SPEAK TO GAY OR LESBIAN RATS, BUT DEFINITELY THERE WILL BE A SMALL NO. OF RATS THAT TEST HOMOSEXUALLY IN CONTROLLED PARTNER PREFERENCE BEHVAIORAL TESTING. I DON'T THINK THAT'S TO THE EXCLUSION OF MOUNTING A RECEPTIVE FEMALE (IF MALE) OR SHOWING PROCEPTIVE/RECEPTIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR (IF FEMALE) THOUGH. SO MAYBE BISEXUAL RATS?

FEMALE RAT PROCEPTIVE BEHAVIOR IS THE MOST AWESOME RAT BEHAVIOR: TO GET THE BOY'S INTEREST SHE DOES ALL THESE HOPS AND DARTS. BUT THE BEST THING IS THE EAR WIGGLING. THAT'S WHAT REALLY TURNS THE BOYS ON!!!

maybe it is better than cable pr0n...

posted by gaspode 24 March | 16:18

see? you can market that! and fund your research (or mine if you want!). who cares about NSF then?

posted by carmina 24 March | 16:22

SO IF I WIGGLE MY EARS AT CMONKEY WILL HE SEND ME A POSTCARD?!?!

posted by matildaben 24 March | 16:28

YES.

I SAY THAT WITH THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BEHIND ME!

posted by gaspode 24 March | 16:31

STOP PULLING ON THE COMMUNITY!

posted by ethylene 24 March | 16:32

*pulls some more*
==community lets go==
*slips, falls down hill*

posted by gaspode 24 March | 16:37

I'LL SEND YOU A POSTCARD, MATILDABEN

posted by cmonkey 24 March | 16:45

I WANT A POST CARD
AND THE PULLEY

posted by ethylene 24 March | 16:48

WHAT WILL YOU SEND ME IF I WIGGLE LIKE THIS:
(_|_) (_/_) (_\_) (_|_)
?
shamelessly stolen from agropyron

posted by matildaben 24 March | 16:52

I WILL SEND ANYONE WHO E-MAILS ME THEIR MAILING ADDRESS A POSTCARD

I WILL SEND YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING VIA THE POSTAL SYSTEM IN EXCHANGE FOR WIGGLING, MATILDABEN

posted by cmonkey 24 March | 17:16

WHAT ABOUT THE THRUSTAL SYSTEM?

posted by matildaben 24 March | 17:23

THE ONLY THING I CAN DELIVER VIA THE THRUSTAL SYSTEM IS A MORNING OF SHAME, REGRET AND AWKWARD SMALL TALK :(

posted by cmonkey 24 March | 17:29

*backs out of thread, leaving it to the single people*

posted by gaspode 24 March | 18:45

IN SOCIAL ECOLOGY CLASS I LEARNED THAT IF YOU OVERCROWD RATS THEY BECOME PANSEXUAL. WHAT DOES PANSEXUAL MEAN, YOU SAY? IN THE WORDS OF MY PROFESSOR: "IT'S THE DARNDEST THING. THEY START HAVING SEX WITH POTS AND PANS, KITCHEN TOOLS."

IT WAS AN 8AM SEMINAR AND THAT SURE WOKE US UP!

OTHERWISE, I HAVE JUST SPENT ALL OF SPRING BREAK BEING BURNED OUT AND WORKING ON LATE FINAL PAPERS AND TWO AREN'T EVEN FINISHED YET! I COULD SCREAM OR DROP OUT OR RUN AWAY OR SOMETHING!!!

posted by halonine 24 March | 18:49

WHAT WILL YOU SEND ME IF I WIGGLE LIKE THIS:
(_|_) (_/_) (_\_) (_|_)

My undying love.

posted by jonmc 24 March | 18:52

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