Last night, someone broke into my apartment and stole my laptop. I luckily wasn’t home and none of my cats went missing as a result. I also am lucky to have renters insurance which will help defray the cost of the laptop. In all honesty, there isn’t much that I could’ve done differently to have [...]

It’s almost New Year’s Eve. Even though I know the calendar year doesn’t symbolize much for me (there’s still another semester on the horizon), I can’t help but be reflective on the past year as the news and everyone else I know seems to be doing so. Despite my hopes, 2012 has been one of [...]

This semester I’ve made a conscientious decision to scale things back and do things that make me happy or that are imperative (work). Grad school (or maybe more accurate, life) isn’t always fun and you can get pulled into projects/committees/etc. that are not making you happy. Life is too short to be unhappy if you [...]

After attending the Dalylah workshop on Saturday, a friend and I went to get a much-needed dinner (we were starving). I remarked that I felt like I had enough to work on in dance right now. Thinking about that more today, it’s true. Often times, I would feel overwhelmed with all the things I felt [...]

Some of my classmates warned me that during the research process, their homes were pristine clean. Reason being they used cleaning as means of procrastination. It turns out I’m similar. While I am making progress and working on things (namely, lit review), cleaning has become more of a priority. I’m not sure if it’s the [...]

I *think* I had mentioned in a post awhile back that my long-term boyfriend and I had ended our relationship. That has opened the possibility of dating and one or two people have been inquiring about that part of my life. Being in grad school and having no interest in using online dating services (sometimes, [...]

The past month I’ve talking to many people about grad/professional school and goals and the like. Everyone I’ve talked is at various stages of degrees, from undergrads to almost finished PhDs. One conversation in particular inspired this post; someone was interested in completing a program because of the end result: a doctorate. I’m not convinced [...]

For my non-TAing part-time job, we’ve been in the midst of hiring graduate students to work in high school classrooms alongside a teacher. Being there through the interviews is fun. The interviews are thankfully low pressure and the program attracts quality candidates. The interviewing process does drive home the points about being prepared, showing up [...]

This is my last semester of classes, and right now, I’m a little amazed how tired I am.  There have been a slew of personal issues and schoolwork has been quite a lot. Not to mention research commitments and commitments I volunteer for. I’m glad I take time out for dance. It is good stress [...]

A conversation with a student got me thinking about completing college in 3 years vs. 4 years. He was attempting to do this and was very stressed as his time was an incredibly precious commodity. Some of this oddly applies to me as a graduate student. The perks are money and time; college is ghastly [...]