Have I mentioned yet that I'm really enjoying graduate school?
I'm really enjoying graduate school. :) First of all, IU is awesome. There's nothing quite like a huge, public university campus. I mean, look at the Chemistry building. Yes, not just the Science building, but the Chemistry building. It's so cool. It doesn't have a foofy name, like the life sciences building (Jordan Hall) or the physics and math building (Swain Hall). It is named solely after its purpose. And it's got element symbols and even the old alchemist's symbols engraved into the stonework.
The opportunities here are seemingly endless. I mean, I want to go into the field of chemical information and librarianship. And when I apply, voilà!, I am given a graduate assistantship in chemical information and librarianship. Indeed, I will likely graduate with a certificate in chemical information. What could be better?
When I registered, I ordered opera season tickets. So I just got my ticket in the mail for this Friday's production of La Bohème. I get tickets to opera in the mail. Sweet. The music school here is crazy -- there are concerts every week, with symphonies, choirs, solo artists, visiting musicians... most of them for free.
And the work isn't even that hard. (Not yet at least. We'll see what I have to say about that in a couple months.) So I've got time to explore all these things. I'd go to a Chamber Orchestra tonight if I didn't have life maintenance things to do.
Yeah. Things are good. :)
In other news:
- The Twins clinched first place in their division. Yes! Playoffs, here we come!
- My friend Samantha beat me handily at NTN Trivia last night. Sigh. This is vaguely related to the previous item, as I unfortunately missed the question asking what famous Chicago landmark is at Addison and Clark. Jeremy would be ashamed of me.
- I've eaten waaay too much pizza in the last week.