Everybody Loves Nerds

One of my undergraduates won a Rhodes Scholarship! Go Caroline!

liviaking — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:54:29 +0000

So your long distance husband arrives in 30 minutes. There are dishes in the sink, the floor is messy,

liviaking — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:31:52 +0000

and you haven’t shaved your legs in a month. What do you do, and in what order?

In posession of a printout of THE PAPER.

liviaking — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:08:36 +0000

Torn between reading it carefully and mounting on wall for use as a dartboard.

Critique group drinking game rule 1: Drink every time Livia’s manuscript has unintended sexual overtones.

liviaking — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:29:06 +0000

Someone needs to psychoanalyze me

Nothing like a forwarded paper with the commentary “Uh oh” from your adviser to start off your research day.

liviaking — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:38:36 +0000

Jeff: Let’s have a contest. You try making money from your blog,

liviaking — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:58:48 +0000

… and I’ll try making money by picking change off the street. Lets see who wins.

Jeff ran out of worchestershire sauce and put soy sauce in the meatloaf. Asianizing win.

liviaking — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:41:04 +0000

L: I realized I’ve only been blogging for four months.

liviaking — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:05:09 +0000

J: How does that make you feel, like a newbie?
L: No, like my blog has exponential growth.
J: You won’t be able to keep that up for long.
L: I hate you.
J: What? You just can’t maintain an exponential.
L: I’m in the flat part of the exponential right now.
J: Uh… So you mean you’re also experiencing linear growth?
L: Never mind.
J: (Laughing uncontrollably) Flat part of the exponential! (More fits of laughter) Mathizing neuroscience wife FAIL of the day.

Asianizing white husband FAIL of the day. Jeff says my Japanese yogurt drink “tastes like a creamsicle.”

liviaking — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:25:55 +0000

Last night Jeff started rearranging my limbs whenever he decided an elbow/arm/knee was invading his personal space.

liviaking — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:22 +0000

He didn’t realize it was because he had pushed his pillow right next to mine. I stealthily pushed his pillow back to the other side of the bed when he got up to use the restroom and slept the rest of the night undisturbed.