Category Archives: Travel

The Job Hunt

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Shannon Quinn

Since the start of October, I’ve been in full-on job-hunting mode. Courtesy of Ph.D. Comics, this pretty much sums up how I feel: Something any prospective doctor of philosophy should know: academic and industry hiring processes are very different. Universities are going … Continue reading →

Posted in Graduate School, i ken make living plz, Occupation, Real Life, Research, Travel | Tagged 7-year postdoc, academia, cal poly, industry, job hunting, meme-ify all the things, phd comics owns, san luis obispo, SLO = a runner's paradise, tenure, the tenure process | 5 Comments

Day 16: Hello, Pittsburgh!

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

This was a very long day. I woke at 5am to get one final 8-mile run in (see above for a picture at 6am of the river. yeah, can’t even see it through all that morning fog), followed by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Running, Travel | Tagged bye bye knoxville, double waffles ftw, hello pittsburgh, sitting on my rear end for hours after a long run isn't exactly ideal, waffle house, waho owns, weather delays suck | Leave a comment

Day 8: Out and about

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

This city is remarkable. It’s the only city in the world whose primary economic driver is dependent on a transient population. On one hand, there’s something innately attractive about this lifestyle: I’ve always liked (and enjoyed) the concept of getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, the fam, The Lady, Travel | Tagged bellagio, emphasis on "technically", even though "your song" was playing this time i kept thinking of "clare de lune", i just wanted to meet terry benedict, sin city, surprisingly the bellagio the mirage and the mgm grand are fairly far apart, technically prostitution is illegal, the bellagio was extremely classy | 2 Comments

Day 7: Vegas-bound

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Believe it or not, I’ve never previously set foot in Vegas before. Two words: holy crap. This city was truly unlike any I’ve been in previously. It was overwhelming at first. It’s very in-your-face, even more so than some European cities … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, the fam, The Lady, Travel | Tagged four hours in a plane is borderline unbearable, las vegas, three hour time change ftw, welcome to sin city | Leave a comment

Day 6: Writing a paper

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

I spent the entire day today writing. Writing, proofreading, editing, and more writing. I printed off the entire online methods section for a paper we’re trying to submit–I’d just rewritten that particular section one day ago–and proceeded to bloody it … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Photo, Programming, Research, Travel | Tagged editing, i cannot describe how happy i'll be when we submit this thing for publication, las vegas, proofreading, publish or publish, suffering builds character or something like that, writing | Leave a comment

Birthdays, Weddings, and Publications, oh my!

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Yeah, I’ve been slacking on posting again. Which kind of makes my considerations of late to start a running-only blog somewhat premature. It’s difficult to say, though; occasionally I purposely don’t post here because I want to post about something other … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Blogging, Graduate School, lolcat, Real Life, Running, The Lady, Travel | Tagged arizona, birthday parties, freezing rain is literally the best kind of weather and by best i meant worst, george takei, hyatt regency, make sure to say "i don't know!" to lily, naturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenature, pittsburgh says "yeah we're not gonna salt the roads because reasons", running in single digits is pretty brutal but not as brutal as freezing rain, seriously we had freezing rain this morning, whoever said you'll need to write for the rest of your life was absolutely correct | 2 Comments

Year in [peer] Review

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

The WordPress year in review thingy, while somewhat intriguing, is (in my humble opinion) pretty boring. I mean, who really cares about pageviews on the internet? Am I rite? So taking a page from Megan’s post, and a page from … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Graduate School, Holidays, lolcat, Real Life, Running, The Lady, Travel | Tagged air force marathon, am i rite or am i rite, bsec, capstone projects, colorado, danimal and keeley ftw, grumpy cat ftw, i guess this wasn't really much of a review so sue me, joe biden is the man, marine corps marathon, oak ridge national labs, pittsburgh great race, pittsburgh marathon, run ALL the races | 4 Comments

Travel during the holidays

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Shannon Quinn

Shockingly–given the weather–holiday travel thus far has been smooth. That includes when The Lady and I drove up to Michigan on the 20th and left on the 25th: It also includes when we returned and the snow followed us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Holidays, the fam, The Lady, Travel | Tagged happy hanukkah, happy holidays, happy new year, i'm so over cold weather, is winter over yet, linus torvalds, marathon lessons, merry christmas, weather | 2 Comments

Philly bound!

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Shannon Quinn

Tomorrow, The Lady and I make our way to Philadelphia for Sunday’s marathon. If you’re interested in tracking my progress, I’ll be setting up a live tracking link through MapMyRun that will be available on my Twitter, which will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Graduate School, Holidays, lolcat, Real Life, Running, the fam, The Lady, Travel | Tagged guinea pigs make everything better, it seems like it's the middle distance folks with no desire to run longer who call me crazy, long distance runners are usually very supportive, non runners are usually very supportive, philadelphia, philadelphia marathon, philly, researchy research, runners rant, the lady will receive a box of driving talent for her birthday | 4 Comments

Ragnar DC, Part 4: Fighting Dehydration, Finishing Strong, and the Epilogue

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Shannon Quinn

11:00am on Saturday, September 22 I wasn’t doing very well. The rest of my team was more or less relaxed–albeit exhausted, though relaxed–but I was locked in a struggle to keep my muscles from spontaneously cramping. My final leg had … Continue reading →

Posted in Race Review, Ragnar DC 2012, Real Life, Running, The Lady, Travel | Tagged clif bars, corporate sponsorship, four score and seven miles ago, free as in beer, free as in WE FINISHED RAGNAR BITCHES, how cool would it be if google sponsored a future ragnar team, ragnar, ragnar dc, ragnar relay, spring thaw, washington dc | 12 Comments

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