There are very few people that I take an instant liking to. Now, don't get me wrong, I like a lot of people; Hell, you could even say that I love lots of people. It usually takes me a bit of time though. I hate to say this, but it took me about 6 months for my future sister-in-law to grow on me. (Chelsey, I love you to bits, but I think it's because I knew you were sticking around for a while ;) )
The last person I remember taking an instant liking to was my adviser....and Unc'y John. Today, I've added another person to my "Instant Like" column.
Today started with my Research Methods class. I figured it was going to be pretty awesome, simply because my supervisor's wife teaches it, and she's pretty cool...almost as cool as Supervisor. I sat in class, started small-talk with supervisor's Wife and this girl came up to me and asked if there was anyone sitting in the seat beside me. I told her that there wasn't and didn't think too much of it and didn't really feel like making small talk.....I have enough friends, I don't need anymore. Apparently I was dead wrong.
We started introducing ourselves and the girl next to me, L., gave her introduction just before me. Now, Supervisor mentioned that there was another student coming in this fall to do some femur work. Turns out, it's L.
Supervisor dropped by after class, and the 3 of us got chatting. He'd asked me to take L. under my wing and kind of act like a mentor for her, mostly to help her out with whatever documents she needs, getting used to campus, ins-and-outs, that sort of thing. He also told me about another conference that I should submit an abstract to....Level Up! I said that it would be no problem to help L. out. Good call on my part.
We had a seminar this afternoon too, and I feel like such a groupie when I say this but, I got to sit beside L. I don't know what it is, but some people just have an air of competence about them. I think I took an instant liking to her because she seems really, really, really competent - which is rare for the best of grad students. We talked a little more after seminar...Supervisor's Wife convinced me to do a seminar talk in a few weeks (I'm kind of a superstar now :D)...and I really like this new kid.
I really don't know what it is, but I'm crazy excited to work with her. Our last summer student is joining our team as an M.Sc. this fall, and don't get me wrong - I'm really looking forward to working with her too - but I just didn't get that same vibe with her as I did with L. today. I'm kind of looking forward to our class together tomorrow morning so I can get to know her a little better. (Now I think I know how some other people feel when they meet me for the first time.....it's a pretty incredible feeling.)
I'm going to see how the year goes, and I know that I've been planning to do my Ph.D. elsewhere, but I'm wondering if I could stay with the same research team, just get a different campus to work on. I have a feeling that our research group is going to "Go Places" this year. I'm the Canadian student in the group (I don't like to stereo-type, but stereo-types exist because they are mostly true), so I feel like I'm the weak link....but DUDE....I'm a SUPER STAR!! (To date, the count is 1 submitted paper, 2 more in the works, 2 submitted abstracts and 2 seminar invitations....not too shabby for 8 months in.) I have a feeling that I'm really into something good, and it's not just me and my ability to pick 'em right, it's like a perfect storm of awesome!
On another note - more comedic than anything - I received a letter from PETA asking me to sign a petition for them. I also joked earlier about how when people piss me off I want to shit in an envelope and mail it to them. This hasn't happened because A - I don't want to get arrested and B - I'd feel really bad for the postman having to double as a sewage disposal guy. PETA also provides a return envelope to put your signed petition in......I wonder if I should add a little present from Chaos.
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