Everything old is new again

It's Katie Silberstein.

Once upon a time I had a livejournal. Then that stopped being cool. Now I hear tumblr is where it's at. Also that being a rhinoceros is all the rage.


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Best thing about new phone: all gifs load automatically in the tumblr app.

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broadwaydivaintraining:

My spirit animal. x

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I haven’t had coffee or tea for the past week. It was partly an experiment on how dependent I am on caffeine, partly cuz I ran out of coffee. Realized I can do fine without it (case in point, woke up at 6am without an alarm) but that I just really like coffee’s smell and taste. I bought more and now another synchrotron run is about to begin, so I’m glad caffeine will have an extra little kick now. Already packed my lady grey tea in my beamtime snack bag!

Looking forward to rewatching all of arrested development before season 4 comes out. When I’m not tearing my hair out over an experiment, it’s nice to throw on noise-canceling headphones and plow through several episodes. See previous post about parks & rec.

I got this. Bring it on, synchrotron.

I must be in grad school when one of the highlights of my evening is installing the newest version of software for solving crystal structures from powder diffraction data.  I won’t even be trying to use it for another month, but just knowing I have it feels good.  Thank goodness my bf is nearly as big of a nerd as I am, otherwise I don’t know how he’d put up with me.

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barackobama:
“ “Speaking is difficult but I need to say something.
Gun violence is a big problem.
Too many people are dying.
Too many children.
We must do something.
It will be hard.
But the time is now.
You must act.
Be bold. Be...

barackobama:

“Speaking is difficult but I need to say something.

Gun violence is a big problem.

Too many people are dying.

Too many children.

We must do something.

It will be hard.

But the time is now.

You must act.

Be bold. Be courageous.

Americans are counting on you.”

—Gabby Giffords at a Senate hearing on gun violence today

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defending my chemical position

boss: “kiddo, you just showed some real spunk. a phd is about developing scientific maturity, and you displayed it in spades.”
me: “thanks, so can i graduate now?”
boss: chuckle, pat on shoulder “…no”
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barackobama:

Yeah, watch this.

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thedoomsdaydiaries:

NEW JERSEY IS BETTER THAN YOU — 10/13/12

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