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Dissertating doctoral candidate in search of sanity.
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RFTC

I have not been tackling as many races as I had hoped this spring. Dissertating and low funds are a large part of this.

I am, however, running in the Columbus Race for the Cure…

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Posted by Atalou on April 25th, 2008 at 10:47am — No Comments (Add)
 

A.B.D.

Technically, I am almost a doctor. In academia, I am what they refer to as ABD, or "all but dissertation". This means I have passed my candidacy exams to become a Ph.D., but must complete and defend a major research project before I am able to officially call myself Dr. Natalie.

I have collected my data and am in the torturous process of completing its analysis. I can see a light at the end of the tunnel, but it still seems very, very far away.

I spent 16 straight hours in fro…

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Posted by Atalou on April 9th, 2008 at 7:51pm — No Comments (Add)
 

Letter man

I have a thing for typography. If it were up to me, my walls would be covered in random letters.

One of my favorite designers (and typographers) is Alvin Lustig. He is perhaps best known for his book and periodical designs. I love everything about them. And, his architecture, furniture, textiles, and packaging. Unfortunately, I can not link you directly to any of my favorites because the site, although vast and glorious, is a flash-bas…

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Posted by Atalou on April 8th, 2008 at 8:06pm — No Comments (Add)
 

To undergraduates everywhere

On behalf of your fellow classmates and users of public computing labs, I ask that you have some damn courtesy and tear yourself away from facebook and myspace when you're in a lab with no less than 20 people in line waiting to print off a paper, work on a homework assignment, or peruse an online research resource. It's a beautiful, spring day. You should be outside playing frisbee and skipping class, not holed up in a computer lab reading wall posts of some guy you have a crush on. He thinks yo…

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Posted by Atalou on April 7th, 2008 at 4:01pm — No Comments (Add)
 

Dear God,

I was inappropriately humored at the site of one of your sisters, in full habit getting out of a car this morning. As she turned to walk across the Giant Eagle parking lot, I noticed she was bitch-lipping a cigarette. It made me terribly happy in a way I am certain is going to advance my place in line to Hell. Right up there with stealing the statue of St. Francis of Assisi from the convent patio in high school, huh?

Posted by Atalou on April 7th, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments (Add)
 

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At 3:13pm on March 24th, 2008,  Neil said…
Happy belated birthday!
 
 

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