EEK

what up, crazy kids.

Job interview in the big smoke tomorrow. I have a smokin' hot powerpoint presentation. However, if i don't get it at least it'll be a good excuse to meet some of the people I've been putting off for ages.

Free trip down to London my chaps and chapesses.

WOO HOO

I have a job interview on Friday. Was a bit jittery about getting a job but now I have ONE interview. OK, I may not get it but it's quite a nice affirmation.

Viva exam in 2 weeks, I'm still not ready for it. EEEKKKK, will be ok, need to brush up on a few things.

Been plagued by weird and unusual dreams lately. Think the stress of lack of employment and viva is getting to me. Strangely, the stress has made me lazier rather than motivated to do things that I've put off for a while.

3 weeks to viva

CRAP

how did that happen? :(

All I want to do right now is crawl under a rock and cry. There are no job prospects available and it feels like no one has read anything that I've spent time preparing. This is sort of something similar to the chat I had with Annie yesterday, which I would normally transcribe and have some insightful comment but really all I want to do right now is talk about Drosophila innate immunity, the Toll pathway, cytokine signalling and haematopoiesis. And maybe a bit of phagocytosis or evolutionary adaptation to boot.

There isn't enough time in the day for what I need to do in the next 3 weeks, made even worse by the fact that I still have that stupid ear thing. I can't balance myself properly and the lack of sleep is making it harder for me to adapt to the loss of balance sensing. And a big public thank-you to Mary for her kind and generous offer. :-)

Also, I'll be going home soon, should be nice.

Going into hiding

I've been pretty busy lately doing a whole bunch of stuff that most of you know about, revising the work for my paper, preparing my paper, checking out my thesis (and feeling the horror of the viva coming up) and leaving my room of 2 years. I am crap at moving. I should be really really good at moving by now because I used to move every year. I should really be able to live out of a suitcase with nothing but my laptop and a credit card. But I think I overcompensate for the lack of a home by purchasing things.

Freecycle has had a good week out of me, I've got more things to recycle but it still feels like I own too many things. One day, I shall learn not to buy anything. (This is on the list with being on time, not having a rant every 5 minutes, being sweetness and light before coffee in the morning and others).

Anyways, I am getting a bit stressed about the fact that I don't have a job yet (and for anyone who asks yet again, how hard is it for a PhD to get a job, it's pretty freaking hard! OK?) and I have about a million journal articles (slight over estimation, maybe about 100-150 in reality) to read before I get grilled by 2 of my supposed peers. (HA HA HA). How bad can it be? I have to rewrite my thesis? *gulp*

Hence also explaining why I'm still awake at 2:33am and have to be in the lab at 9am tomorrow. Joy.