Hey guys, how has everyone been?

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Woke up with an (admittedly mild) sore throat today with a very low fever. Goddamit it's the day before Thanksgiving! Luckily I've got a million folk remedies under my belt and even if they don't do anything tangible, I at least feel better. There's nothing more satisfying to me than something really spicy when I'm under the weather and it's almost like it helps me sweat out the bad stuff.

My usual course of denial yesterday (oh yeah, no way I'm feeling a little off, no siree) didn't seem to work. *sigh*

But I did find two nice crisp dollars on the ground so that brightened my commute home.
 
The bad: Work was long and frustrating. I'll be working an 8-10 hour shift on Friday. I am not remotely looking forward to Thanksgiving tomorrow both because of family dysfunction and being around a lot of food. I feel the need to cut my caloric intake to 1000 a day and see if I can function well enough on that. The dishwasher has been broken all week.

The good: I got to take an awesome lunch with @Stalin (who is adorable) today. I get 3x pay on Friday and can piss around in chat while I work. Thanksgiving will end and I can probably even have a slice of pie. I stopped by a few shops on the way home and picked up some good coffee beans, an adorable dala horse ornament and a dress for holiday parties that was marked down to six bucks. I don't have to work tomorrow.

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Enjoyed eating some the Thanksgiving food my family and I just had. Also looking forward from today to Sunday in just relaxing and doing a bit of study for some upcoming exams. Still feeling happy in also finding out that I'm passing most of my classes.
 
Doing alright. School's kicking my ass, but hey, at least it's Thanksgiving.
 
So I had a FUCKING AWESOME night the other night.

My friend Robin invited me to play a late-night game of Cards Against Humanity at Denny's, and I obviously accepted because A. it sounded fun and B. I never get invited to things so it was pretty special to me. I met up with her and some of her other friends (all of whom were super chill), and we had a really great time.

Then after we all dispersed, I slept over at Robin's house (I live a fair ways away and can't drive, and public transit to my area doesn't run that late, so I needed crash space), and her mom made pumpkin pancakes for breakfast in the morning. With real maple syrup, of course--none of that weird gooey shit. So delicious. <3

Here's a few pics.

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A selfie, featuring me, Robin, Ben, and Jason (in that order). There were three other people there earlier but they had to leave early due to having work in the morning.

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The best card combo of the night, hands-down.
 
My thanksgiving dinner was kind of bland. The turkey was dry and the gravy was uncharacteristically viscous. My Mom's usually a pretty good cook but she admitted that something must have gone catastrophically wrong during the meal's preparation.

Also, there's a small spider that hangs out on the far side of my dorm room. I would do something about him but I think hurting animals is wrong and its snowy outside. He keeps to himself thankfully. He doesn't bother me so I don't bother him.
 
It's currently 7AM, just got back from my first day at work. My job training was literally "see those paper-thin pieces of wood keep putting them out on the conveyer have fun". I've spent 8 hours doing just that. This work is... really tiresome, yes - my back hated every minute of it, it is also very hot and noisy near the kiln, - but very simple, kinda zen-like, gives you a lot of time to zone out and think about your life choices that led you to this point. Chris could totally work this job. In fact, machines could probably do it too, if that factory were any more technologically advanced.

In fact, I had plenty of time to realize how I immediately miss all that free time that came with unemployment. Just not the part about me not doing anything useful with it.

At any rate, I've just earned some CA$$$H for my effort. That knowledge feels kinda good.

But I mustn't stop there. I mean, at the very least, I could be throwing pieces of wood around all day every day for 5x my wage in Great Britain. I also now feel strangely motivated to try harder to learn programming in my free time.

TL;DR don't drop out of college unless you know what you're doing, minimum wage jobs are really boring.
 
i reeeeeally don't like family shit, but thanksgiving was really pretty alright, all things considered.
 
How am I? Pissed off. This just landed in my inbox. I knew they didn't have solid reasons for rejecting me.

Our remark for [WilhelmIIofPrussia] is his lack of motivation and passion for science during the interview. This was apparent in the manner in which he presented both the CRISPR paper and his Master project. In plain words he came across as uninspiring. He went into various technical details but didn’t provide the big picture. Our advice for the paper presentation would be: provide a clear overall picture of the paper and its significance. For this, also try to put the paper in perspective (what has been published before, what thereafter). At the same time be firm in the technical details to make clear that you have understood them.

Another big concern we’d like to bring up was that in the end when we asked him which topic he would be interested in he said ‘molecular mechanisms of aging’ and there obviously isn’t a group here working on this, so we asked how come he didn’t consider doing a PhD in the same lab where he did his Master’s ([----] lab at [---] focused on that very topic) and he told us that he applied already twice and was turned down. Our advice regarding future interests is: make sure that and why you are interested in this program. What exactly could you imagine doing (even if you are still interested in a broad range of topics, clear ideas about your options will always help). Is there genuine interest, or is this application a backup option?
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Putting the paper in perspective is fair enough as feedback, but I wasn't asked to do that. No, they just wanted to hire the girl who already worked at the research institute who was directly competing against me.
 
I went to Walmart and the bookstore today during the Black Friday sales. It was a little busier than usual but not too bad.

One interesting thing was that these Mennonites were driving a 15 passenger van with a trailer on it and filled it up when they got finished at the shops. That was the first time I saw something like that.
 
I had this amazing awkward-as-shit moment with my trainer at the gym. There's this leg curling machine that forces you to get into a really compromising position when you mount it (face down, ass up) and because of this I've dubbed it the "StickItInMe", though I've only joked about this to friends.

I had leg day yesterday and the trainer said something to the effect of "We're running out of time, so we'll have to skip the leg curls for today" to which I immediately blurted, "You mean the StickItInMe?"

We kinda just stared blankly at each other for a moment before he stammered, "uh, yeah. That."
 
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I had this amazing awkward-as-shit moment with my trainer at the gym. There's this leg curling machine that forces you to get into a really compromising position when you mount it (face down, ass up) and because of this I've dubbed it the "StickItInMe", though I've only joked about this to friends.

I had leg day yesterday and the trainer said something to the effect of "We're running out of time, so we'll have to skip the leg curls for today" to which I immediately blurted, "You mean the StickItInMe?"

We kinda just stared blankly at each other for a moment before he stammered, "uh, yeah. That."
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It's ok. We all called the hip abductor one the "gyno machine" at our high school gym. That one led to some great conversations when we visited the gym in biology class.

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my boyfriend's family and met his adorable baby niece. My dishes were a hit and his mom gave me the turkey carcass because I wanted to make some jook. I'm making a lot so I'll be bringing some back to her.
 
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Doing good so far. I helped out cleaning the house due to my dad's friend coming over. I been doing better on Smash Bros. I'm trying to play as many people as possible. Other then that, I found out that a video game store opened up awhile back in a town closer to home. That is pretty awesome.
 
I've done nothing with my life and I have absolutely nothing to look forward to. I wish someone could come along and hit me with a bus. I hate all this self pity and I hate myself for it.
 
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I've done nothing with my life and I have absolutely nothing to look forward to. I wish someone could come along and hit me with a bus. I hate all this self pity and I hate myself for it.
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I used to be into the self-pity bullshit too many years back. If you try to get a better outlook online, it'll go away. I still feel down at times, but you just can't dwell on it or you're lost forever. All that aside, feel better Segue.
 
I've been sick with a stomach bug and looking on Amazon from great scary stories. How many of you remember Scary Stories to tale in the dark? I managed to purchase a nice hardcover completion from Barnes and Noble. The artwork for many of the book series: Goosebumps, Shivers, and Scary stories is just horrifying amazing.
 
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