I'm a nuclear physicist now.

[baloonworld]

I started a PhD last week. This is the first period of having no pressing work to do, (I'm waiting for my supervisor to shuffle some data arround) and having web conection, so hi everyone. I'm scottish now.

Paisley is an astonishingly poor town, but the university has physics in it, so I'm pretty happy.

On my seconfd day here, I was told I was going to Itally for an experiment, so I get to abuse verious atoms from the 15th to the 19th (20th ?)

Comments

[almosthonest.livejournal.com]

You utterly rule. Will you autograph some atoms for me? Hope it all goes well for you.

[elmyra.livejournal.com]

I like playing the following game (and variations thereof - somehow it never gets dull):

Random Cow-orker: "So Mili, what did you do at the weekend?"
Me: "I took my boyfriend up to Paisley to start his PhD."
RC: "Oh. What's he doing a PhD in?"
Me: "Nuclear physics."
RC: "..."

[roadkillgerbil.livejournal.com]

Yep. Great fun. Along with the:

Guy in bar: "Do you work in the ?"
Me: "No."
Guy in bar: "I'm sure I saw you there. So what do you do"
Me: "I'm a Neuroscientist."

It tends to kill conversation. Wonderful game. It's almost worth taking up taxidermy.

[elmyra.livejournal.com]

Heh, I like that. Are you actually planning to work as a neuroscientist?

[almosthonest.livejournal.com]

Never. Gets. Old. ;-)

(See roadkillgerbil's response for the particular variation I'm allowed when playing that game.)