just reading this is making my head hurt.....

Then I suppose I won't start discussing orbital mechanics.

ok then lets all celebrate i just noticed my name changed to oldhand hip hip hooray and yet that is kinda weird and making me feel like i should be checking for premature greys or something then again if my hair is turning grey than what is in the air

Ok. I don't even know what that is but it sounds long and gives you headaches more than the average person should get.

my brain hurts already

Okay...in an effort to stop brains everywhere from hurting, I'll stow the academic talk. Oy...if you think it's bad now, just wait 'til I'm PsychFanCNY, Ph.D.

Of course, when that happens, I'll invite you all over for dinner. We'll have Black Forest ham. And pineapple upside-down cake. I promise it'll be upside down, and won't have been baked in an Easy-Bake oven.

LOL! You made my day... erm, night, with that joke. Easy bake oven???? LOL! Its almost midnight and I'm not even suppose to be up, but I must pass this project!

Ahhh....the all-nighter. I remember those well. And you're welcome. I've just been watching too much Psych today. No, wait...there's no such thing. But I just loved that in Psy vs. Psy...

"I think there's something wrong with this cake..."

well then i strongly reccomend that you get off this site and work on your project, mainly so i can win.

No! I can multi-task. I'm listing to music, working on my project, searching up facts about economy AND winning. See how it works?

Never mind. I should get some rest. Thanks for your help! Goodnight!

Okay, then...I'll take over and win.

...and crave Tootsie Rolls, since there's a big barrel of 'em right in the bottom-center of your signature picture. My eye just kinda went right to 'em.

I *love* Tootsie Rolls, seriously, best candy in the world. (Though the 'chocolate' Tootsie Pops are up there too, but just the brown ones... I don't like any of the other flavors)

I win againnnn.

See, I've got a severe addiction to all Tootsie Roll Pops...well 'cept when they decide to throw in freaky flavors, like pomegranate. Pomegranate? Seriously? Who thinks this is a good idea?

I've never heard of Pomegranate tootsie roll pops, but, again, because I'm so mono-flavor inclined, I tend not to buy them.

I'll start setting aside all the chocolate ones from bags I buy, and once I have like 5 pounds of them, I'll send them to you.

That'd be *awesome*

(On a different topic... I got an interview for my externship! A little bit closer to getting my AuD!)

I win I win!

I'm killing time before my next class. The beginning of the semester sucks lol.

First full week of classes/clinic for me, and we have a canceled class, so I'm chillin' as well, waiting for my next class

I'm taking a break from doing some research, so I figured I'd sneak in to steal the win.

It's the second day of classes and I think I'm stressed already lol.

I'm already a week into my semester. The stress isn't too bad....yet. lol

20 page syllabi's intimidate me though

Hi! Back from school!

You're lucky. I still have another class tonight.

Obviously not a class on editing and condensing!

I'm taking 2 classes the first 8 weeks of the semester, and 2 the second 8 weeks. It's the first time I've tried 8-week classes, so we'll see how well my brain makes the switch.

TV Production...so "editing" but not the type you're referring to unfortunately.

My brain has been on vacation for the last month so to be thrown back into a classroom has caught me off guard. Higher education cramps my style I like school, really I do, but there are just times when you're like...

Good luck!!

Oy...I have nightmares about my classes in TV production. I was a journalism major as an undergrad, and I took them as electives. But hey, if ya want, I'll trade ya my course in orbital mechanics.

Oh my goodness no! You keep that I'm a Communication w/ media studies emphasis major and Political Science minor. I have a feeling this class is going to be...challenging? Got any pointers for me though? LOL

I bet you'll actually have a lot of fun. I know for me, they kept throwing terms and how-tos at me, and it just didn't click very well until I actually started doing it. Then, it made sense. Same with audio production. I'm very much a hands-on learner, and if the TV production class is worth its salt, it'll be very hands-on, too.

My orbital mechanics class will give me an excuse to play with a couple of simulators on my computer...you know, to try out some of the calculations and see them in action, so to speak.

..or maybe that's just what I'm telling myself to justify any time spent playing.

Oh I'm sure it'll be fun, time consuming but fun. I'm like that as well, show me once, then let me do it and I'll have it down.

Orbital mechanics...I commend you for that my friend. I stick to my media and poly sci courses

Well, most of my classes will be a lot of history and policy courses, but I've got a few techincal courses like Orbital Mechanics and Space Operations Structure and Design.

Not sure how I ended up where I am, what with being allergic to math and physics...

haha i hear you i hate math then again i'm taking a tecnonolgy class starting monday i supose the science involved was too tempting

Well, I figured it's never too late to challenge myself and really get into something I enjoy....

...plus, it'll so justify my trip to one of Space Camp's adult programs later this year.

Ah, I am allergic to math as well...

Want me to write a term paper? I can do it well and quickly. Math on the other hand...no thanks.

Yeah, I hear ya. Term papers don't phase me anymore. I've got a 20-page one and a 15-page one due in a few weeks, and they're not even phasing me.

Oh heck yeah, I've done two full term papers (18 and 20 pages), from start to finish--meaning research and everything--in five days.

Oh yeah. I love writing, research papers especially, which I guess that makes me kind of odd...or a dork Either way, they don't phase me lol.

haha i think math is boring and papers are always new intresting i supose but math yah definetly think i'm allergic

LOL... I miss math... esp. algebra and calculus. (Then again, I got 760 of 800 on the math portion of the GRE, so I was good at it too.)

Sweeeeet! I gots me a new math tutor!

*mutters* Freakin' GRE...I'm gonna have to take that for my Ph.D... or if I transfer to the University of the Tundra (otherwise known as the U. of North Dakota) to take a few courses.

Actually... the Math portion of the GRE is pretty similar to SAT math... not much more advanced than Algebra and Trig... so it's not so bad.

It's the GRE English section that's killer... tons of esoteric vocabulary used for analogies and the like. Seriously, get a GRE study guide just for the vocab (because it's one thing to have a barely there grip on the vocab... but then to need to apply that vocab to an obscure analogy... a bit more difficult). Not the fun stuff about English like grammar and getting information from reading.

Wow, I really commend both of you. Goodness, Winky, you're a genius! PsychFan, good luck on your Ph.D studies. I'm still working towards my BA, so I can only imagine some of the things you're having to do now.

Yeah, I know. I mean, my friends make fun of me all the time for dropping obscure words into my sentences, but I know that I'll be facing a challenge with the GRE. From what I hear, I think they have their own special dictionary. Not sure what we can't have words like "banana," "onion," and "Mitchum."





Well, I've gotta survive my MS, first...but so far, so good.

That's where I'm really lucky... in my field, we get to skip over the MS and go straight to the clinical doctorate

You don't say!

Actually, in this case, the MS is a nice intermediate step, because it really introduces me to important concepts, but it does it at a more in-depth level than you'd get on the BS level. Then, by the time I get to my Ph.D., I'm ready to dive into the hardcore research and applications of that research.

Apparently, some people really enjoy racking up master's degrees. I was reading an article today about the current administrator of NASA...he's got an MS in aerospace science, an MEng in electrical engineering, an MS in applied physics, an MEng in civil engineering, and an MBA. That's not even counting his BS in physics, his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, or the MS in computer science he was working on when he became the head of NASA.

In some ways, I'm just in awe....that's truly pursuing your love of knowledge.

Wow, talk about dedication. That's amazing though.

Hrm, I'm currently stuck at home because of the snow...

You must be *so* disappointed...

Hmm... I wondered what the temp is here, supposed to be 'cold' (for the South)... not as bad as I thought they predicted... its 37 (feels like 29). ::rolls her eyes:: Like that's actually cold.