Interrobang's Journal: Piled Higher and Deeper

I've been reading the web version of the comic called Piled Higher and Deeper, which is an amusing look at the travails of (you guessed it) doctoral students. I've never (yet) been a doctoral student, but the master's student life isn't significantly different. It's still characterised by sleep deprivation, an ongoing case of the caffeine jitters, procrastination, a heavy courseload, an emotional roller-coaster ("Yes! That was a brilliant question!" to "Shit! Why didn't I think of that?!" to "Ohmigod, I'm so stupid! What am I doing here?!" in one [easy?] lesson), grading, competition, and avoiding your advisor (or the prof to whom you owe your TA grading, or whatever). And even free food, sometimes.

Heck, my grad school life was so unusual, it even has its own obscure subset of internet humour (aka "WatLife")*.

All of this has me itching to go back to school, for some reason. I must be institutionalized, because I realized that this (Aug. 1999 - May 2003) is the longest I've ever been out of school in my life, and I'm starting to miss it, although I will admit that I did come out the other end of my MA as a quivering puddle of Interrobang-coloured ooze.

Do I really want to do that again?

Hell yeah. It beats working for a living. ;) In fact, I'm kind of hoping that if I stay long enough, they'll just invite me to stay forever.



The joke making the rounds on the internet is "If the University of Waterloo ran Christmas, they'd immediately change the name to 'WatMas.'" Ain't it the truth. We have WatCards, WatArts, Wat on Earth, the WatHerbarium, and so on. Wat Fun!

It's funny because it's true.

[s20451]

Thanks! That's going into the list of comics to check regularly.

I especially like this one [phdcomics.com], which basically describes my life perfectly.

Yes, I think so.

[Interrobang]

Further, I think I am Cecilia. If you read back in the archives you'll find one that says, "Did you notice I dyed my bangs blue?" I was like, "Hey, I have black hair and blue bangs, too!" Cecilia's a female geek, and so am I; I'm just not in her major. ;)

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I like this one:

[TuckerEstron]

Writing God [phdcomics.com]. Celebrate the little victories, right?

Tucker

Congratulations, Tucker!

[Interrobang]

You got karma!! W00t!!

Here's to lots more!