decide it yourself

[jinian]

(title from "Magic 8-ball" by Cub, which I love; romantic girly pop-punk forever! see also "Your Bed", "So Far Apart", and many more)

I remain entirely confused about what I want to do after this Ph.D. is over with, but I still have to wait to find out whether the top-secret option is an option. Not sure how much longer. And I've written to two professors to ask for meetings to talk about it, plus one journal features editor to ask about proper career paths to get there if I so choose. A lot of cool postdoc ads have gone out lately, though none from labs I've been specifically watching for. One can still inquire in the absence of ads.

Madness in the lab and my project specifically, not fun to come back to after a lovely vacation. I'm all over the place emotion-wise; yesterday freaking out completely, today very much helped by awesome people and feeling joyful. (So it's a good thing I'm in the lab, let's get some classical conditioning up in here.) Unfortunately, it seems like my digestive problems are stress-related, since I was fine until I got back in to work and now am not.

Possibly the weirdest part is that PI is being nice... Still not sure what to do with that one. I mean, actually nice, I have a note that includes not only "don't work too hard" but also "be nice to Wim!" I scanned it for posterity, because wow. If someone put something into her coffee I would really like to know what it was and its likely duration of effect.

Excellent things:
Really great Brave review
How male scientists balance work and family THANK YOU OMG WE NEEDED A CONTROL SO BADLY
"No to sexual harassment, says the awesome hijabi with the can of mace." Look at those little blackguards fall!

Comments

[oyceter]

I hope PI continues being nice! (Though haha maybe she has been replaced by aliens? Who knows!)

General cheering for you!

[dancingsinging]

You know, I went and read the male scientist work/family article, and I totally agree that it's important to study, I found myself agreeing with the commenters who were saying that it didn't seem very rigorous. Surely there has to be a better way to show whether women who choose to stay home with their children are doing so freely? Maybe it was just the way that the article was written, but it did seem that the authors were just confirming their own biases. It looks like that to me, and I share their biases! :)