Not As Dumb As Ya Look

I consider myself to be a recent graduate school graduate (one year in December). I was by no means the worst grad student but I wasn't the best either. I became very indignant about grad school not taking over my life. I feared a whole life commitment to academia and ending up being one of those female national geographic scientist who spends their whole life trekking the desert looking for specimen of some random plant species that lives in a remote crevass of a rock in the middle of Nevada. She does this alone. She is isolated and alone. While I am cool with being alone and I love being outdoors, I do enjoy having a boyfriend, two cats, and a dog. I like having a home to return to every night and I like being able to wash my hair every day. The point being, I never wanted to get too engrossed in academia and forget the important/simple things in life. The result was a graduate career that I am very proud of but no desire to publish, go to conferences, etc. Not SUPER GRAD STUDENT. I basically did grad school for a personal accomplishment. Yesterday, I met a girl for coffee who works in a spatial analysis/GIS lab on campus. They are working on a project and using my lil' ol' thesis as the basis for their methodology! I am sort of excited and very proud of myself. I don't gloat very often so please let me have my moment.......

Listening to: Archers of Loaf