Ouch

It must hurt to get such a comment from a reviewer

"The fact that for blah blah, one can factorize the blah blah matrix from the eigenvalue decomposition is also well known. For instance, it can be found as a homework problem in courses taught by Prof. A andB
2003: problem 3 of homework 5 at url of Prof A's course
2006: problem 4 of homework 5 at url of Prof B's course"

Today,

1) I realize that I have two new UGs under my wing. Now I have no idea what to tell them to do.
2) Trip to dentist= Ouch. Pain. Swelling.

On the torture show

A: C wanted to know if he can see D's oral exam
B: huh. What??
B: like an audience????
A: yeah
B: so D is a dolphin?
A: lol

Godfather

A: The Boss asked, when are you planning to do proposal? i said maybe what-what
B: and ?
A: then I said, I been thinking.. but then B also dunno yet.. it is strange if B dunno and I say I know
A: heee :p
B: DID YOU ACTUALLY SAY THAT
A: yes I did
B: DIDNT HE ><>
A: he laughed and said so B is the godfather?
B: man now im the godfather
B: R is the don
A: yeah
A: brandon marlo
B: marlon brando
B: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know your life is pathetic when..

the only good news of the day is,

"IEEE PDF eXpress: File has passed PDF Check"

this is so true

What College Major Are You/Should You Be?

http://www.brainfall.com/test5_1.php

It's a tie!
	Your major should be part Engineering. Logic is your friend. With enough work, you can find a solution to anything... Unless it involves dating or parties.
	Your major should be part Computer Science. You like nothing more than spending long nights with friends in the computer lab... which is a good thing since that's exactly how you'll spend the next couple years.

Get wet or die trying

Good times.

After the deadline has passed II

... clearly grad students have too much coffee and an unlimited capacity for procrastination.

After the deadline has passed

A: what are you doin
B: me nothing. bumming, watsup
A: nuthing. bored
B: come lets play something
B: lets play hopscotch
A: .........................................

When the deadline REALLY approaches,

A: Oh man, my results aren't great. :(
B: That is okay, my results aren't out of this world too.
A: What nonsense. I saw your results for the leopard.....
A: At least you can show them your pussy.

When a deadline approaches,

food for the lab include chocolates, cookies, cake, seminar sandwiches and wraps, chips, coffee, soda (diet and otherwise)

As a labmate puts it aptly, "I think I only had sugar for the entire day."

You would think that with $30K per year tuition, you would at least have a decent wifi network. But no, the signal blinks intermittently, in the library no less.

Cheap Bastard

You know you have achieved the highest notoriety of SUPER DUPER CHEAP BASTARD (SDCB) when

A: Excuse me, sorry to disturb. I have a question about joining Society of Super Cool People (SSCP)
B: Yes, go ahead. What is the question.
A: I found that SSCP membership is not free and I want to join.
B: Erm yeah, it is $30 per year for student membership. So?
A: Yes, I am wondering about that. Is there any promotional coupon that you know for this?
B: .......................................................

and you know you are surrounded by other SDCB when you get suggestions like these from your friends:

From C:
you should have said "You mean you didn't check Amazon? Sometimes they have specials!"
"free shipping too"
"Occasionally fatwallet has deals on these things too"
"Sometimes it's free, you just have to sign up to evaluate some of their advertising"

From D:
ask him to go search on halfmania for half priced membership

From E:
tell him to search on edealinfo and as the search is very complex, you don't know

Paper Paper!

There are many trials and tribulations in the pursuit of knowledge. Working with others being one (something which I apparently had the "good" fortune of not experiencing) and putting up with people who apparently live in homes without proper water supply being another (but there is a story for another day).

A: i have decided that i am not going to ever co-author my papers with more than 1 co-author
B: meaning?
A: meaning me + one more author.. thats it
B: so if I want to write a paper with you
B: I will have to kill The Boss first?
B: *in case this IM is being hacked, the previous statement is meant to be a joke*