Random Crap 8/16/12

On August 16, 2012 by Juliet

1) I’m moving into my new apartment on Saturday.

Please take a moment to enjoy this sight: I will have a dishwasher and a gas stove. I have been yearning for a dishwasher for the last two years and this is my first gas stove outside of my parents house. OH JOY! OH RAPTURE!

I have a back entrance as well as a front and a small seating area on the other side of the fridge.

That’s the living room. The entry to the kitchen is in the far corner not pictured (to the left of the photo) and there is a wall AC unit in the bottom corner of the room, opposite the entry door.

Why yes, I DO have wood floors! They’re not in the best condition, but I’m not complaining. I have 2 pets anyway.

My bedroom. The closet in there is really small but there are big hallway closets not pictured.

Not bad for the cheapest 1 bedroom I could find that would take pets. That was a doosey of a search.

2) Graduate school starts soon.

I am VERY excited for this! I met with my advisor yesterday and she was kind enough to bring in a bunch of her current students to meet me. Here’s a list of what I got from it:

  • My advisor has an army of undergraduates and a lab manager and they act like a happy lab family. No. Really. I mean we all exchanged phone numbers and she invited us to her house for Labor Day.
  • She likes to decorate cakes with homemade fondant.
  • I am her first and only graduate student. (This could be good or bad  lulz)
  • The lab is brand new. As in, they finished building it this summer and just finished unpacking all the new supplies.
  • Their work is a fascinating blend of biology, nutritional science, and exercise science.
  • I will be doing a lot of work I am familiar with as well as learning a bunch of procedures I have only read about/discussed but not performed.

There is something very relieving about entering such a welcoming environment. Moreover, I made friends with the administrator in charge of the teaching assistants as we were filling out my I-9… which is now online? She is a lovely woman.

It makes the whole process and transition seem less daunting.

3) Can someone please explain to me how Spotify works?

Really. I want to understand it, but I don’t.

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That’s all I got for now.

Category :
Graduate School
  • Sammie Lou

    Spotify is confusing at first. You can search for artist/song names/ etc to play music, or you can subscribe to people’s playlists. It is intended to be another social media, so it’s easiest to subscribe to your Facebook friends. I like to use it over Pandora because I can make my own playlists of music I don’t own, or see if I like a new album/artist before I buy.

    Also, dishwashers are the best! I had one in my apartment senior year, and it was a huge timesaver. And allowed me and my roommates to be lazier.

    • http://heyjoob.com Juliet

      I am going to just have to play around with Spotify more I think. Stupid thing. YES! I love laziness enhancers ;)

  • http://www.followingfit.com/ Kristen @ Following Fit

    Spotify pisses me off. It keeps emailing me the playlists of facebook friends about whom I don’t give a rat’s a$$.

    And I wish I had a dishwasher. I may own a house, but you got me on this one :(

    • http://heyjoob.com Juliet

      You can’t set it to not email you? I would look for that little bitty mini unsubscribe link at the bottom that takes 8 years to find.

  • http://www.onefitfoodie.com/ Naomi(onefitfoodie)

    i cannot explain how spotify works lol…I see it and have no idea! YAY for the new place! I cannot wait to hear all about it when you are settled! :)

    the work you will be doing sounds awesome!! (not to sound like a dork) but you iknow I love learning more and more about the whole world of exercise science!
    xox

    • http://heyjoob.com Juliet

      “Not to sound like a dork” HAH welllllllll you won’t because I’m the one doing it and completely geeking out

  • http://twitter.com/teabagginit teabagginit

    As someone’s first and only grad student, I’ll give you a wee bit of advice – it’s AWESOME to have someone who is excited and enthusiastic to have you but also find someone who’s “been around the block” to help navigate the paperwork!
    ps – that apt is awesome and i want to roast jalapenos on your gas stove!

    • http://heyjoob.com Juliet

      oh yes, that is likely a very good tip indeed…. I will scour the department for friends. :D

      And OMG. My first thought was that I wanted to roast peppers on it!!!!

  • Tanya Gordonov

    Hey, btw, congrats on going to Rutgers! I went there for my undergrad and know the area pretty well. Actually my family lives there now and I still come visit. I’m very jealous of your wooden floors – only ones I ever had were in an off-campus house that was otherwise just mehh…
    I love your blog and good luck with school. I’m doing grad school as well and it is super awesome, though sometimes it makes me curse my devout interest in all that is biology.

    • http://heyjoob.com Juliet

      Why thank ya kindly!!! I am not living on campus, it’s an apartment. ANDDDD it’s just meh too but I like it. :D You should stop by and say hello next time you’re in town!