how not to meet a potential supervisor
the 12 step program of how not to meet your potential honours supervisor
step 1: walk to wentworth in 50 degree heat and slouch on a chair, trying to get some papers read
step 2: get a call from a private number 20 minutes after the hour
step 3: find out that it’s the dean of science on the phone, and that you’re 20 minutes late for your first meeting to discuss honours projects for next year
step 4: apologise profusely for the confusion, saying his secretary had told you that the meeting was tomorrow
step 5: gather up stuff
step 6: powerwalk to carslaw in 50 degree heat, climb 2 flights of stairs, arrive in air conditioned corridoor outside dean’s office sweaty and puffing
step 7: walk into dean’s office, secretary greets you and says ‘oh so you’re danny’
step 8: walk into dean’s room, interrupting him as he’s planning his week
step 9: talk to dean about honours projects
step 10: get a call on your mobile from moo which you forgot to put on silent, feel embarassed, quickly whip out your mobile and turn it off
step 11: continue talking
step 12: thank dean, call him professor, walk out of office while he says ‘people call me david’
well… no okay it wasn’t that bad, david’s a nice guy.. and it’s good to see another plant scientist who understands the battle between biochemists and molecular biologists and plant scientists.. and he wasn’t intimidating at all, being the dean and stuff.. actually very friendly and talkative..
in other news.. on the way home on the train between central and town hall, another train pulled up alongside the train that i was in (because the tracks are parallel) running in the same direction.. this kid in the other train sees me looking out the window and puts his finger up and pokes his tongue out.. and i look at him weirdly, trying to ignore him.. and then he proceedes to get up from his chair, turn around, faces his backside towards me, and well, yes..
today was way too hot.. jaz was flossing her teeth with this length of garden wire she found somewhere.. just found out that a lecture on friday is cancelled, which means… NO UNI ON FRIDAY WOOT.. litty is luckier, having only a 2 day week thanks to thursday off and a public holiday monday and also this cancelled lecture..
hooray! i’m going to waste the whole day procrastinating anyway, but at least i get to procrastinate earlier..