Below are the 5 most recent journal entries recorded in davisdog's LiveJournal:

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
5:31 pm	Petrography, Eyestrain, Finals, Sports Injuries, Being in Over My Head, Cell Phones I guess I'm not such a good blogger, since I haven't updated my journal in forever. It's not my fault though. I'm a geologist and therefore supposed to be technologically incompetent. I'm just fulfilling my destiny. I have a new and profound appreciation for those who must look down microscopes all day. I've been working on the petrography portion of my Iceland hydrothermal research today. Usually I can only handle about 2 hours of microscope work at a time, but today I spent 7 hours. My head is sore and my eyes are tired. i don't even feel like reading now. weird. But I saw some cool stuff, none of which would make sense to those who read this journal without lots of explanation. I also made some thin sections today. Sean Logan asked me if I ever make thin sections. Well, today I made ten. That's not that many, actually. when I'm really cooking I'll do a run of 25 or 30. But it's something, right? I took my last final yesterday. I'm awfully glad to be done with last quarter. Unfortunately next quarter starts on Wednesday, and I have tonnes of research to accomplish before my adviser leaves in the beginning of April. So I'm working diligently, and trying to get as much done as possible. I'm also really tired though, I guess from the end-of-quarter craziness, so I'm trying to get rested as well. I seem to have injured one of my arches, I think it wasn't supported enough on our backpacking trip last weekend. So I've been icing it and wearing very supportive insoles. Under those conditions it feels fine, but barefootedness is a bit uncomfortable. Hmmm. Also, at long last I made another appoinment for my ailing wrist. It's been awfully sore with all the weightlifting I've been doing. I feel like my body is falling apart, even though it's also getting stronger. And, I'd like to ride my bicycle. None of that pansy stationary bike stuff I've been doing at the gym, but some real, bona-fide time in the saddle. yeah. My mobile phone (or "das handy" for all you speakers of "deutsh") seems to be crapping out in the most peculiar way. Every time I receive a phone call, it's suddenly out of batteries, even though previously it had had some charge left. This is a most frustrating problem. Finally, I'm feeling super in over my head, particularly with respect to all of the petrography that I'm supposed to be doing. I'm not confident that I'll ever know what I'm doing. Oh well. Do you think you actually have to know what you're doing to get a job? I'm sorry for the banality of this post. I guess this is why not everyone should have a blog... Current Mood: ennui infused with indifferenc Current Music: New Orleans Klezmer Allstars (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 9th, 2006
10:40 am	Procrastination Vacation On Tuesday I played hooky. I went on this super-cool field trip to Point Reyes (earthquake trail), Ring Mountain (blueschist, serpentinite, coolness), and then to Marin Headlands for some folded cherts, incredible views, and reflections on Michelle, who swam under the Golden Gate Bridge. Nutter. It was a terriffic trip. I especially liked visiting Ring Mountain because I used to hang out there in high school, but i never noticed the jaw-dropping-ly amazing geology. I guess I /was/mostly there in the dark. Being a teenager is cool... In the last couple of days I've been proofing/editing stuff for my housemate Kate and one of my former students Josh (nice kid, super motivated). I'm looking forward to getting back on track to work on my stuff. Yesterday I ran the electron microprobe solo for the first time. As an added bonus, I got to work on my new samples from Iceland (rather than on standards or my adviser's amphiboles). Very cool. I'm really getting the hang of it, and my adviser now regularly refers to me as a "probe jockey". If you do an image search for "probe jockey" you come up with some rather naughty material. I'm not sure how I feel about that, actually. I also did a mini-lecture for my teaching class on casting out nines. I think it went pretty well, since a couple of audience members said that I actually made math fun. I don't know though, since I think math is always fun. Hmm. Anyhow, I guess I should exit my procrastination vacation and get back to work now. ~n Current Mood: but cynical Current Music: Bela Fleck: Drive (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
8:32 am	Okay, right. I think I got it now. I'm hungry. I'm tired. I'm horny. I'm lonely. I'm also totally overwhelmed and sort-of depressed...Sigh, I guess that's just grad school though. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, January 23rd, 2006
11:03 am	Nico said I should try this... I don't really know how this thing works. I am so technologically backward. Oh well. I can't remember what I was supposed to be posting the first time. perhaps someone will remind me? ho hum, back to wok then... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, January 20th, 2006
8:17 pm	f1rst ps0t w00t!! (Comment on this)