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oshimuwriwe

sciencewoman | July 27, 2009

Plagiarizing from Profgrrrrl, the translation would be "Oh Shit, I must write! week." In a week and a half, I'm going out of town for a week and a half. In between now and when I get back, there are a number of important things with external deadlines that must be met. Write and submit invited abstract Submit paperwork to university compliance office Write letter of intent for a big grant (and make progress on the grant app itself) Write volunteered abstract, get co-author input, revise and submit Get student working on hir abstract, revise as necessary, make sure zie submits Write draft of…

What keeps me moving forward?

sciencewoman | May 30, 2009

Despite being the one to pick the topic for the upcoming Scientiae, I have struggled and struggled to come up with anything to post for this month's Carnival. As Alice alluded to earlier, I'm having a particularly tough month, feeling like I am treading water most of the time, and not making any headway against the current. I tried to write a post in which I listed the things I had gotten done this month, but it was just too damn depressing. Especially when I compared that list to the optimistic list written on the whiteboard in my office. And even more depressing when compared to the list…