Category Archives: foooooood

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 →

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Day 29: An actual day off

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

This was the first day since my return to Pittsburgh that I could actually call a “day off”. The Lady and I had our first long run of the MCM training schedule (and my first double-digit mileage run since mid-April), … Continue reading →

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Day 19: All work and no play

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Blergh. This was an 11-hour day: work from 9am-8pm straight (though I was up at 5:45 and managed a solid workout in the morning). It was one of those days where the code does the ass-kicking. No amount of debugging … Continue reading →

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Day 17: Hitting the ground running

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

No rest for the weary. I got to work early, met with my advisor for two hours, and discussed details for my thesis proposal, a timeline for writing it, and tangential projects and papers we want to work on in … Continue reading →

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Day 12: Sleep catches up

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

They say you need a day for every hour the time changes when you travel. Tuesday I felt refreshed after sleeping 9.5 hours, but that may have only been because of the stark contrast: I wasn’t necessarily feeling good, just a … Continue reading →

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Day 5: Trivia!

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Blurry photo aside, the three of us were team “The NSA Knows You’re Using Your Smartphone At Trivia” at last night’s weekly Mellow Mushroom trivia night. It was a ton of fun, and really hard. We didn’t score anywhere near first … Continue reading →

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Shannon Quinn

7:35am: Wake-up. Blerrrrrgh. 7:40am: Restart the Mahout job that met a premature demise when my desktop locked up. I want to see if I can get results out of this. 7:55am: The Lady picks me up. We’re off to the nearby Frick Park … Continue reading →

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Shannon Quinn

8:30am: …why am I awake this early? 9:00am: Yeah, definitely going back to sleep. 10:40am: Feeling much better now! Let’s have some breakfast. 11:00am: Hmm. Looks like my domain name was finally deactivated. Over a year ago, I stopped payments … Continue reading →

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Shannon Quinn

5:00am: Yes, 5am: wake-up, rise and shine, IT’S GOING TO BE A *$T(*@$GWJL@+@#*$@ DAY! Mainly awake because The Lady wanted to hit spin class at her gym before work. Figured I’d go ahead and get up too, since today is … Continue reading →

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How (not?) to run a half-marathon

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Shannon Quinn

Over the Thanksgiving break, Cathryn and I ran our first half-marathon! I’m super glad I did it. It wasn’t pretty, but now that I have the experience I can prepare better for the next one (and there will indeed be … Continue reading →

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