• I said Yes

    Jun 5, 05:42 PM

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    Titling this post just so makes me giggle. My friend Melissa recently titled a post the same, but for a vastly different reason.

    Today I accepted a job at the New England Fishery Management Council. The acceptance came after a long and harrowing decision-making process enflamed by the fact that this job is not near the place where I have resided in the past four-point-five years (that place being Cape Cod). After spending much...

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  • A Cause for Optimism?

    Dec 24, 01:26 PM

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    President-Elect Obama’s appointments seem quite fortuitous for marine biologists, and this post on CHANGE.GOV makes it sound like someone might want to give me a job when I graduate. Then why did the person I interviewed with yesterday suggest there would be an immediate hiring freeze after the inauguration? I suppose it could take time to get the budget squared away, but I am hopeful that the new political climate will...

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  • Moving

    Oct 2, 12:16 PM

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    I am moving. Because of my historical packing ineptitude [reference: conversation between me and Gwynne that happened while making first trip last night: Gwynne: “I forgot how you packed.” (Said while carrying bookshelf full of books and shoes, with disgruntled look.) Me: “I don’t.” Gwynne: “Right.”] I have decided to take a full month to accomplish the move. Yes, that means I am paying rent in two places this month, but I...

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  • Headed Higher

    Dec 7, 12:09 PM

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