Where's the emission of my galaxy?? Either I'm really bad at cleaning, or there's just nothing there... so all of you who have waited for so long - the wait is not over yet.
Winnipeg is still snowless. sweet. and fairly warm. (+6 today). I am happy. busy but happy.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
intermediate november update
No, I didn't stay down for long, just a little while. One can be pretty hard on oneself. Things are just too good to be annoyed, that would be a waste of precious time. And after weeks of cloudiness, I've seen the sun two days in a row! With strong winds from south, it's actually rather pleasant just now (i.e. just above zero). I might even take out my bike later!
Most common state: Rotting away in the office. Feeling hunger. Was jsut about to wander my way through the not-so-uplifting catacombs towards some place with food (or edible substance at least), when some faculty came with a brick of fruit and juices to starving grad students. Sweet.
Good things now: Making a new Aeggost again tonight, 5 weeks till D-day (dec 19), so need find birdwatcher before then, christmas concert practicing (funfun!), dancing (took a break in October, but missed it a LOT), work going forwards, and TA-ed a class this morning for a lab about galaxies. A very nice reminder on why I am doing what I do. Galaxies are just SO COOL. I don't know how to emphasize that enough, and people don't seem to realise it, but seriously! Is there anything cooler? Us being here observing them is rather awesome too... But just LOOK at one... (NGC 2903, one of the cuties I am working on, here in optical, with a Hubble image overlaid). It instills the same feeling as flying.
Annoying thing for the moment: Where did I put my calculator?
Most common state: Rotting away in the office. Feeling hunger. Was jsut about to wander my way through the not-so-uplifting catacombs towards some place with food (or edible substance at least), when some faculty came with a brick of fruit and juices to starving grad students. Sweet.
Good things now: Making a new Aeggost again tonight, 5 weeks till D-day (dec 19), so need find birdwatcher before then, christmas concert practicing (funfun!), dancing (took a break in October, but missed it a LOT), work going forwards, and TA-ed a class this morning for a lab about galaxies. A very nice reminder on why I am doing what I do. Galaxies are just SO COOL. I don't know how to emphasize that enough, and people don't seem to realise it, but seriously! Is there anything cooler? Us being here observing them is rather awesome too... But just LOOK at one... (NGC 2903, one of the cuties I am working on, here in optical, with a Hubble image overlaid). It instills the same feeling as flying.
Annoying thing for the moment: Where did I put my calculator?
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Up and down
Urgh. After having had an awesome up for a while (the climax being flying in darkness, using the stars for navigation, after a sushi meal and a dance class, on saturday evening), I decided to go dooown this afternoon. Well, it wasn't a conscious decision, I was happily preparing the lecture I was going to give in my advisor's absence (she had to leave for the airport), when I realised rather abruptly that the lecture didn't start at 2.30 as I by some odd reason had assumed the entire time (last one I did started 1.30...), but yeah, 1.30. By then it was 1:50, so it was no use rushing over. Oh, I felt so bad... I was looking forward to it a lot, and now the students wouldn't have all the info they needed. So, in short, feeling pretty much like a loser right now. On the good side of it, this will definitely never happen again, and I get to work a bit on how to not dig myself deep into regret about something I can't do anything about (or, rather, do everything I can about it, and then leave it). Anyways. First snow came a few days ago, and yesterday was halloween. Saw Shaun of the Dead, an awesome film.
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