In a week, it would be appropriate to rename this blog “Angela’s Germany Adventures.” I’m not going to do that, but this is my way of announcing the news. Actually, the next week is a little insane. (And it’s not going to slow down much after that!) I can’t complain too much. Some amazing opportunities […]
Today marks the end of the first fourth of the calendar year 2013. It’s also the end of the second third of the Spring 2013 semester. It has been a weird and stressful year so far, and it will probably only get weirder. I’ve got a lot of different possibilities for how to spend my […]
I haven’t forgotten about you. I haven’t forgotten about myself. I’ve just been living life, I suppose. Let’s see… grad school updates. Last semester I “graduated” with a Master’s degree in mathematics. “Graduated” is in “quotes” because I’m still here, in the same school, in the same program, in the same office, taking the same […]
This semester has not been at all what I expected it to be. In a lot of ways it’s been better. The measure theory class I’m taking has been surprisingly manageable. The ergodic theory class I’m taking has involved more real analysis than I would like, but I’m not letting myself get stressed out about […]
I took my second PhD qualifying exam last month and I PASSED! That means I don’t have to take quals EVER AGAIN! So, to summarize my progress in graduate school: There are seven required year-long course sequences (for the PhD program that I’m in). I’ve finished three; this year I am in the process of […]
(1) A bird take a dump while flying over an intersection (have seen the results on cars before, but don’t think I’ve ever actually seen the bomb drop, so to speak) (2) A parking meter attendant standing in front of a meter with 3 minutes left, just waiting to be there the second it expires […]
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