Checking in before third year

I have, inevitably, been remiss with updating the blog and promoting my own biopunk work. Too busy to play games, too busy to update my own website. Yet, given that the third and (potentially) final year of the PhD will soon be upon me, it felt about time to check whether I could remember my password.

It has been an intense year: I’ve been published, ran more conferences than I can count, written articles still awaiting review, presented at conferences and, sometimes, done some thesis writing. In truth, it could have been far more intense and I should have done so much more PhD work (I’m sorry, Rob, but not really sorry). Mostly because in that time I’ve gotten a puppy, been on several trips, went to the women’s Euros, and lost track of the hours I spent in Waterstones just looking at books and neglecting my ever increasing to-be-read pile. This final month of second year is now in a little bit of chaos. And yes, I’m delaying getting back to work by wittering on here. But I think the one thing I’ll take away is: if you need to get ahead with work in your first year – and you do, trust me that you do – then make sure it’s so you can slack off on your second year and do all the things you want to do before the real, absolutely absurd slog starts during the final year. I’ve cried three times over my work this month and it’s only the sixth day – and I don’t regret a thing. Expect more updates, maybe. Hopefully there will be some more links on the bio section coming. But most importantly, if you see me screaming outside in a thunder storm so nobody can hear me, just go with it. I’m having a blast, deep down.