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Depression: too much work to do today 9:00 For jumpstart: go to Pepsi machine. Mutter racist comments to yourself about your officemate. Realize that you can type more than 256 characters per half minute 11:41 Flirt with the new girl in the department 11:45 Print out some slides for afternoon's draft + presentation 11:47 Print them again, you forgot to change the date from last presentation 11:49 Print another copy in case this one gets lost 11:51 Completely forget about sueing the coffee- machine company 12:15 Hunger pangs: 12:20 BigMac/Fries time Drink a not-so-cold generic can of cola from your desk. Compress all unwanted research/class directories to make space. Back up all your pictures 10:11 Admire pictures Begin work; Realize you need references Realize its too late today to go to the library Sudden feeling of having wasted the day 10:49 Sudden feeling of possibly having to waste the night Decide to turn in early and come back very early tommorrow morning Decide to play a Tetris on the system to put yourself in a good mood. Realize that your officemate is still at number 6, two notches above you on the scoreboard. Return home to find your roommate watching David Letterman reruns on NBC. Tell him about the "hard working grad student day you had" Discuss philosophy with roommate 1:09 Think about becoming a philosopher and dining with 4 others (The Dining Philosophers problem, hee hee :-) (Comp Sci joke) Argue with him about politics, why people prefer Japanese cars and whether it is better to set the heat to "hot" or "cold" to defrost the windshields faster.
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