Paper.

So I’m avoiding the second draft of my paper like the plague right now. Mostly because I can’t figure out what needs to be changed because I didn’t get any feedback on it. Oh, and there’s not really any new data to add to it because my counting skills apparently suck. As does my scientific vocabulary. So it’s a work in progress, and I’m avoiding it by writing in here.

So I’m about 2 weeks into classes and so far everything seems to be fantastic. Biochem doesn’t seem nearly as frightening as it did a year ago. I think having to think and interpret so quickly when talking to the Russians has paid off when trying to figure out what my biochem professor is talking about. It almost seems simpler for the sheer reason that there’s no accent to follow. Almost. We’re also still covering material that I sat through last year before failing the first test. Hopefully things keep going well and I can bust my ass enough to get a B. (Or in reality a C, but with the curve… Yeah.)

My first psych module? I swear if I don’t get an A I’m dropping out of grad school. Basics of neuroscience? Oh, you mean the stuff I just took a year’s worth of course work on? Yeah. And it’s with psych students who have not seen a lot of this so it’s watered down considerably. And it’s crammed into like a month and a half. So in effect I feel kind of bad for the other students in the class, but I don’t deserve to be in grad school anymore if I can’t ace this class. Seriously.

The new apartment is nice. I’m still moving, but I’ve been sleeping there for almost a week. There’s a lot that I need to vent about with the roommate situation, but I’ll leave that for another day. Hopefully I’ll get the last of my crap over there tonight. Yay.

I really need to start packing myself lunch. I’m starving and, as usual, I have no desire to walk anywhere to get food. I’d like a sandwhich from Which Which, but I don’t actually want to put in the effort to walk the 2 or 3 blocks to get there. Someone bring me a sandwhich.

Yeah. I guess I should go drop primary antibodies and then try to get this stupid paper going again.