Theory vs Reality

[tsaiko]

How my day was to go in theory:

• Finish maps for part-time job


• Complete stats homework


• Lunch


• Complete poster for presentation on Friday


• Possibly write for rest of day

How my day actually went:

• Discover that I am locked out of the computer I was using to complete maps


• Work on poster


• Give self heart attack thinking I did something wrong with my graphs


• Realize graphs are fine


• Try to explain dpi to a professor and why upping a 72dpi image to 300dpi will not automatically make the image "better"


• Complete poster


• Check three other computer before finding one with Photoshop that I'm not locked out of


• Start finishing maps


• Fire drill


• Find out that fire drill is fire actual


• I DIDN'T GRAB THE THUMB DRIVE WITH MY FINISHED POSTER ON IT. Good to know my priorities are in order.


• False alarm. Troop back into building.


• Lunch


• Finish maps


• Work on stats homework


• Curse at stats homework


• Decide I will answer last two questions tomorrow


• Play a few games


• Realize that final assignment in stats is due next week and not after Thanksgiving


• Start looking through papers I can use for the assignment trying to find one with statistics I actually understand


• Panic


• Settle on paper about AIDS, even though it has nothing to do with my thesis because it's an easy read with nicely explained statistics


• Print paper


• Nearly crash computer


• Realize I need to turn in a copy and print paper again


• Nearly crash computer... again


• Give up and read maderr's latest story


• Post about day on LJ

Now to read this paper again. I've read it before, but it's been awhile.