from the desk of stinkpot

i’ve been meaning to post some photos i took over the winter break.  they’re mostly of old friends with various BACs, with some pleasing still lives mixed in. i really like these photos.  they remind me of two things: 1) i need to move back to NYC post-haste, before all my friends make their fortunes […]

lately, my research projects have begun to swell in terms of quantity, load (and hopefully importance.)  they sit on my head and threaten my cherished air supply, much in the way the obese and hirsute kazakh producer azamat attempts to suffocate borat with his ass cheeks. nevertheless, i allocated zero of yesterday to getting any […]

i suppose i’m glad that i’m getting the most out of this dour new england weather.  (seems god got lazy today; she stained everything with that gray muck you get when you mix all your paints into an sludgy gumbo.) see, thanks to a confluence of long-gestating feelings and some more immediate turns of events, […]

after an extremely unpleasant hiatus, my blog is back online.  that hiatus witnessed my very first anxiety attack, which surprisingly, bore many similarities to falling in love for the first time.  prior to both experiences, i had read and heard stories about them, so i knew they were possible.  at times, i even felt emotional […]

i’ve deleted the original content of this post for two reasons. 1) bringing more attention to this matter is counter-productive; i’ve realized added publicity benefits neither my institution nor the faculty involved. 2) some of the faculty involved have been unable to defend themselves publicly so far. it’s unfair to them that attention is drawn […]

me: i got my grade in microbiology today.  i didn’t do as well as i had hoped – i got an A-. girlfriend: HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! me: [horrified] that’s it, i’m playing dead again. [note: when you ride in the grad-school-grade-inflation-balloon, an A- is like getting a B.] what’s worse, being an overachieving grade snob or engaging […]

i’ve been meaning to post this photo for a couple of days now.  it’s of a card my students gave me during our last office hours. i must say, i don’t think there’s ever been a more touching spider-man thank you card.  i’ve considered TA’ing 181 to easily be the most fulfilling thing i’ve done […]

blinded by desperation, i flung my hastily finished 20-page proposal into martin’s office early yesterday evening. i’m finally done for the fall semester! so much pent-up blogging, painting, and reading [and research, i guess] to do …

man, i remember now why i was so anxious to get out of undergrad. end of semesters blow like a vacuum: papers, finals, and an all-nighter’s worth of problem sets to wrap up grading. on top of the research that you’re expected to be performing … clearly leads to friday nights painting the town red. […]

here’s a good eric-quote to take out of context: “lawrence – you’re a pretty bad asian.” [if there was an asian al sharpton, i'd be on the phone with him right now. i'd be demanding to know why he keeps going to that stylist who keeps dressing him in that creepy perm.] as eric opened […]