Category Archives: Daily Photo

Day 46: Ph.D. Candidate

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

I am officially a candidate for a PhD in the joint CMU-UPitt computational biology program. What a whirlwind. This also concludes my “daily photo” postings. In all honesty, I’ve enjoyed these little blurbs; I think it really has helped keep me … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Daily Photo, Graduate School, Real Life, Research, The Lady | Tagged i have a dozen donuts your argument is invalid, insert joke here about graduate students not knowing what a vacation is, my advisor > your advisor, new apartment is baller, so excited for the new apartment, thesis proposal, thesis proposal = pwned, thesis title fits in a tweet ftw, time for a break | 7 Comments

Day 45: The night before

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Today was one of those days where you catch a glimpse into just how many people really care about you. I arrived this morning to this bag of donuts from the nearby hippie donut shop, courtesy of my cubicle neighbor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, foooooood, Graduate School, Real Life, The Lady | Tagged day 45 of 46 bitches, fewer than 12 hours left, just imagine everyone in their underwear right, that could be super awkward, thesis proposal | Leave a comment

Day 44: A beautiful day to spend indoors

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

The weather for the past week here has been gorgeous. It’s a little disappointing I’ve had to spend so much of that time indoors working on this proposal, but then again, it’s a lovely way to start the day in the mornings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Graduate School | Tagged humidity of two weeks ago seems to be gone KNOCK ON WOOD, i don't know why but i haven't entered into a freak out mode yet, kitty, thesis proposal, weather | Leave a comment

Day 43: Are we there yet?

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Somebody near the Crazy Mocha on Baum gets serious middle-school reading cred from me for naming their wireless network “Salamandastron”. That’s freaking awesome. Days until presentation: 3 Slide deck status: 85% complete Number of practice rounds: 0 Mental status: COMPLETE ZEN … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Graduate School, Internet, Running, The Lady | Tagged brian jacques is pretty much a badass, crazy mocha, long runs kind of help but not really, my veins may as well be carrying coffee at this point, salamandastron, thesis proposal | Leave a comment

Day 42: Starting to go crazy

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

I printed this out and put it up outside my cubicle. It’s keeping me sane by bringing me closer to the brink of insanity. IT MAKES SENSE. Funny story: Congressman Doyle, representative for the city of Pittsburgh, is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Graduate School | Tagged 42, going round the bend, memes make everything better, practice starts this weekend, thesis proposal | Leave a comment

Day 41: It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad mex

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Today I was running everywhere, it seemed. 7-mile tempo run in the morning (which, surprisingly, I crushed)–though my running buddy Rob bailed on me, oh well–appointment after that, then work work work until 5 when it was off to sign … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Daily Photo, Graduate School, Running, the dark side, the fam, The Lady | Tagged family politics, mad mex, margaritas for the win, ragnar teammates, religious debates are pointless, rob is a cool dude who just happens to like neural networks, tempo run | Leave a comment

Day 40: Switching gears

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Now that the thesis proposal document itself is done, it’s on to the presentation. Unfortunately I didn’t make nearly as much progress as I’d wanted to; tomorrow will be a very busy day. But I did catch up on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Graduate School, Running | Tagged i normally run with rob when i'm peaking and right after he runs his marathon, not so menial tasks, presentation, something something something buzzword, tempo runs, thesis proposal | Leave a comment

Day 39: SUBMITTED.

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Today was pretty much a sprint from when I arrived in the morning (~8am) until our final submission to the committee (minutes before 6pm). But as luck and good fortune would have it, we made our deadline and I gladly … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Graduate School | Tagged it's all about playing the game, kitty, presentation, thesis committee, thesis proposal | Leave a comment

Day 38: Nearly hard-copy deadline

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Fun fact about myself: I’m not crazy OCD about keeping my living space clean…but I’m not far from it. With the lone exception of if I’m currently, actively working on something. Then I don’t just not mind if all my materials … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Graduate School, Real Life | Tagged it's getting real in the biomedical sciences tower 3, it's the final countdown...until the truly final countdown, my first stab at the "timeline" section made me lol, thesis proposal, you know the deal with the keycard-only access elevators | Leave a comment

Day 37: Rhythm setting

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

One of these things on my lap is a lot fuzzier than the other. Today was better, in the sense that solid progress was made and a coherent document seems to be emerging. I got a bunch of edits back … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Graduate School | Tagged fuzzy kitty was a kitty, it's pretty easy to throw in jargon in cs related topics, jargon, kitty, oh god only 9 more days, thesis proposal, you're a kitty | Leave a comment

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