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12 years ago
Shortly I'll be finishing my first scientific paper and giving my first formal scientific talk. It hits me now how far things have come.
I don't think FA is really the appropriate place to brag, so I'll skip the boring details--but it feels like more or less all the dreams I've had since I was a child, cursing my education and wishing I'd been born in a larger town with a better school system, have all come true. Three or four years ago, I could never imagine that I could be where I am now. I have both been very lucky, and painfully diligent, and it has paid off in in full.
The fandom has always been sort of a safe haven for me, and I believe I owe part of my success to feeling a part of the community, even if I'm not by any means a large part of it. I don't talk to as many people as I probably should here (I am a bit of a recluse), but to those who've been a friend to me over the past two or three years: thanks for being awesome. You know who you are, so I'm not going to post any icons. And to those who have read my stories, favorited them, watched me, or commented: thanks for supporting me, even if I don't know who you are. I don't thank for favorites or watches or anything, but don't think it means I don't appreciate them. This is a silly hobby I indulge myself in, but dammit if silly hobbies aren't the most essential for sanity.
Now... wish me luck, as very shortly I'll be starting Death Year, enjoying 19 hours of pure GPA-wreckers. Oh, 4.0, I knew you well...
Oh, and to anyone who's wondering: I do expect to have the next chapter of Knot Theory up today, unless I get carried away with paper-writing.
I don't think FA is really the appropriate place to brag, so I'll skip the boring details--but it feels like more or less all the dreams I've had since I was a child, cursing my education and wishing I'd been born in a larger town with a better school system, have all come true. Three or four years ago, I could never imagine that I could be where I am now. I have both been very lucky, and painfully diligent, and it has paid off in in full.
The fandom has always been sort of a safe haven for me, and I believe I owe part of my success to feeling a part of the community, even if I'm not by any means a large part of it. I don't talk to as many people as I probably should here (I am a bit of a recluse), but to those who've been a friend to me over the past two or three years: thanks for being awesome. You know who you are, so I'm not going to post any icons. And to those who have read my stories, favorited them, watched me, or commented: thanks for supporting me, even if I don't know who you are. I don't thank for favorites or watches or anything, but don't think it means I don't appreciate them. This is a silly hobby I indulge myself in, but dammit if silly hobbies aren't the most essential for sanity.
Now... wish me luck, as very shortly I'll be starting Death Year, enjoying 19 hours of pure GPA-wreckers. Oh, 4.0, I knew you well...
Oh, and to anyone who's wondering: I do expect to have the next chapter of Knot Theory up today, unless I get carried away with paper-writing.
But basically, I've worked near the frontiers of particle physics and astrophysics, and I've made some great connections along the way. I'm only a junior, so I don't know enough to do extremely specialized things yet, but I've still done some cool stuff.
That sounds like a rather complex topic (even if considering that it's your area), but it's more complex to do any kind of "groundbreaking" connection.
I'm really glad to hear that you're doing well in your endeavors, in my case I'm still far away from doing any sort of decent investigation (I have terrible grades as well), but hopefully I can change that with time (:
Please, keep us updated!
Is the paper/presentation for a class, or are you publishing something you did in lab in a journal? Either way that's really exciting! Also, a 4.0 is amazing! I felt lucky to have above a 3... I've only done core lab and thesis stuff, and my independent work wasn't good enough to be published but I learned a lot of techniques and hopefully I'll publish a good paper soon!
Are you a rising junior or a rising senior? Either way, it's rough, but you'll get through it
Sadly, I haven't done much composing recently (or trumpet-playing). But when you're into as many things as I am, you sometimes have to sacrifice one thing for another, especially when committed to something as demanding as physics.