Mood thread

so, who rang them? the twilight zone!

It turned out they had to be nextdoor... but how did they get our information all over their file? All I can think of is that when our neighbour made the appointment they probably just penned down (or typed in) the address, and screwed up on the house number.

Just last week I thought that I won't have to give a seminar talk in a while since basically I gave three during the last two weeks. Well, today my advisor introduced me to some people from another university and they asked me to come to give a talk in their seminar. On the one hand, it is great that they want to hear me talk about my research, but on the other hand, it will be so stressful. Talking in seminars isn't really my idea of a good time.

I hear it's helpful to imagine the crowd drunk.

Okay, I didn't hear that, I just made that up. But it sounds better than the naked thingy.

Well, that would be something new.

It would be better than my idea (pouring Johnnie Walker into my tea mug) though.

wyldhoney wrote:

I hear it's helpful to imagine the crowd drunk.

Lol! I wish someone could have told me this as an advice during my university years, so my presentations would be less painful. hehe   

all the best Olli with it!   

Nätulcién wrote:

wyldhoney wrote:

I hear it's helpful to imagine the crowd drunk.

Lol! I wish someone could have told me this as an advice during my university years, so my presentations would be less painful. hehe   

Oh, well... if it was at a university, it's more than likely they were drunk!

@Indii: hm, most of the times i am good at throwing things away, and then sometimes i feel sorry about things i got rid of. It's not that i am a big spender who buys a lot of stuff and then lose interest after a few months and want to buy new thingies, no, and i strive for sustainability and recycling of goods. So i bring goods to the second-hand shops and such but from time to time i feel the need to clean up the attic. On the other hand i do keep some thingies, presents i got from friends, cards and letters, some things the kids made in primary school, all treasures, he, this could be a new thread :-)

"the treasures in the attic".
i'm a bit like you carla, i have such treasusres too.

ollie, what kind of research is it you do?

My research is related to harmonic analysis which is a brach of theoretical mathematics. I wrote an article about some new results with my advisor and the people from the other university got interested. To be honest, I was a bit surprised since I thought no one would even see it.

I have so much to do that I don't really know where to start. So I just started drinking tea and going through new pics at Imgur...

vision wrote:

On the other hand i do keep some thingies, presents i got from friends, cards and letters, some things the kids made in primary school, all treasures, he, this could be a new thread :-)

These things i keep too! Oh my, have tons of kids' drawingst etc in the storage

olli, must all be chinese to me then. but congrats on the, no doubt, great work!

mood is a bit low. lost a brother-in-law yesterday due to cancer.

omg, im so sorry!

strong strong hug!

thanks.

wyldhoney wrote:

Nätulcién wrote:

wyldhoney wrote:

I hear it's helpful to imagine the crowd drunk.

Lol! I wish someone could have told me this as an advice during my university years, so my presentations would be less painful. hehe   

Oh, well... if it was at a university, it's more than likely they were drunk!

Lol! true dat! But I was very busy with having a heart attack and anxiety crisis during presentations, so I was unable to see this fact lol *lesson learned*

@bastet; aww Irene! Sorry to hear :/ *hugs*  

@rec; Good luck Olli!Rock it!  

bastet wrote:

are you a "keeper", like me?

I'm deffo a keeper   I 'love' keeping memories and I have some stuff I 'll never be able to throw away, and mum thinks, when i am old i will have a house full of thrash hahaha! Okay, I might be a little bit attached to my staff, I even give names to my things hehe... *mental alert*    

I am sorry Irene, hugs

Sorry to hear that Irene. Mood is good, I just got back from an intense tennis match. I one the first set, but the other guy played really well in the second one. I couldn't believe I was losing the second set. Luckily I got back in the 3rd set and beat him 6-0.

@bastet: I'm so sorry to hear that Irene. How are you feeling now?

@woolf: Congrats!

Thanks Ollie, there is a one day tournament on Friday and I need to be well prepared for it. This match was a good buildup for it.

go mehdy!

thanks peeps. i'm fine. though it's always in my mind.
hedwig is one of 11 children. + 11 hb's/wives = 22. 4 people are gone now, 4 left alone. it will go on, until it's our turn, who knows when.

but life goes on...

when its time, its time. it would be okayish if there were no suffering


strong hug Irene!

Life goes on but it still makes one so sad at times. At least for me it takes a long time to learn to cope with loss. Hopefully there won't be any bad news for a while although they are a natural part of life.

It looks like early spring outside but I know it's still February. I must not get my hopes up yet since last year it snowed still in April.

@woolf: How long have you played tennis? What kind of a tournament will it be on Friday?

would be more than okayish if no one had to suffer. all part of life, but still..

about spring: exactly what we were saying to each other yesterday.