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Yahweh_is_gracious

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seoulsearch said:
So when is the big date...

When we start having to address you as "Dr. Yahweh"... :p

(Hey, you've earned it. I'll be more than happy to call you by that title.)
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IF everything works out right (highly unlikely), I will have my final oral defense in November or October, and actually graduate in May of 2018. I'm so far ahead of my committee it's ridiculous, so I am the one waiting on them, which is putting me behind schedule. The third of my 3 journal articles in in progress right now, and it's up to 23 pages...these tenured and tenure-track professor need to get off their butts.
 
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This is a handy tip

If you ever eat a very hot Curry dont grab the water jug. Eat a spoonful of Sugar instead. It acts as an Antidote. Im not sure whether it does the same for Peppers but I think it probably does.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious said:
Please stop asking me what I'm going to do with my PhD.

1. You don't really care. We both know it. Stop pretending. It insults my very high intelligence.

2. In reality, my PhD is just the most recent of a long list of accomplishments in my life. I have a 3" thick, 3-ring binder bursting at the seams of crap I've done. I keep them merely to symbolize "yep, did it". From my Presidential Academic Fitness Award in 1987, up through my Certificates of Commendation from the United States Marine Corps, through m academic degrees and my certification as an Oblate of Saint Benedict...they are just "things I've done".

3. I'm under no obligation to do anything with any of it. It has no effect on what you call a life. It's just something I've done to keep me distracted from my existence of lifting my Dad on and off the toilet multiple times a day, fetching his medications, and generally being a butler...none of which I wanted...and all of which were thrust upon me without any asking. I resent my life, and the pursuit of a PhD is just a way to occupy my time.

4. A PhD is meaningless. It has no meaning whatsoever. It signifies nothing. I'm just as big an idiot now as I was before I started the process, but now I know how to conceptualize a research project and BS the result to make it sound as though I know what I am talking about. I don't. It's all fake.

So, quit blowing smoke up my butt. You don't really care, and I know it. I don't care and I never will. Once I am graduated with another fancy piece of paper to put in my binder, I'll find something to do...something easy since I am lazy as crap...and something where I can do the bare minimum to get by. If that offends you, deal with it. Get off my back.
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Your intellectual intelligence may be high, Jon, but your emotional intelligence is stunted. I resent you telling me I don't care about you or your PhD. We care enough to ask and shouldn't get all of your vitriol because we do.

Just go with the flow and stop trying to make a big deal about it. That is the way normal people work.

We care enough to ask. Let it go at that and just answer the questions without reading into it more than is intended. It is possible for people to care about you even though the relationship is limited to random posts on CC.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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On CC when I don't want to answer a question, I can simply close that tab on my browser. In real life, it's a little more difficult, and I'm tired of people asking me questions. I vented last night, and it felt good.

Funny that some of you read into it that I was talking about you or anybody else on CC. *golfclap*
 
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toinena

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Sometimes you just feel stunned by how God just makes things happen.
I have a student from Romania. He was abondoned by his parents as a newborn because of a disability and was brought up in an orphanage. He had two surgeries, and was in hospital close to four years as a child. He now works as best as he can, he has a heart of gold, gets abused by his friends and employer, he always smiles, but we see he is in pain and is getting tired. He has tried to explain (in a very poor English/Norwegian pidgin style language) to his doctor, and he couldn't help. He knew he needed an ortopedic surgeon, so I suggested that I should help him find one. He asked how much it would cost, and he saved 200 dollars to be able to go to a private one. Today he had the money and was ready to go. I said earlier we could ask the special ortopedic store here if they could recommend someone. They only keep the shop open a couple of days of the month, but I agreed to show him the place and see when they were going to be open next. And. It was open. And today was the monthly visit of the surgeon. And just five minutes earlier, they had got a cancellation otherwise the day was totally booked. Exactly at the time we walked in! Coincidence? We walked straight in to the good doctor, and he was very understanding and professional. I was there as an "interpreter". And now he gets the help he needs. Finally. It was shocking to see his feet and the atrophy in his thighs. That boy has suffered for years! God works in mysterious ways.
 
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MollyConnor

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toinena said:
Sometimes you just feel stunned by how God just makes things happen.
I have a student from Romania. He was abondoned by his parents as a newborn because of a disability and was brought up in an orphanage. He had two surgeries, and was in hospital close to four years as a child. He now works as best as he can, he has a heart of gold, gets abused by his friends and employer, he always smiles, but we see he is in pain and is getting tired. He has tried to explain (in a very poor English/Norwegian pidgin style language) to his doctor, and he couldn't help. He knew he needed an ortopedic surgeon, so I suggested that I should help him find one. He asked how much it would cost, and he saved 200 dollars to be able to go to a private one. Today he had the money and was ready to go. I said earlier we could ask the special ortopedic store here if they could recommend someone. They only keep the shop open a couple of days of the month, but I agreed to show him the place and see when they were going to be open next. And. It was open. And today was the monthly visit of the surgeon. And just five minutes earlier, they had got a cancellation otherwise the day was totally booked. Exactly at the time we walked in! Coincidence? We walked straight in to the good doctor, and he was very understanding and professional. I was there as an "interpreter". And now he gets the help he needs. Finally. It was shocking to see his feet and the atrophy in his thighs. That boy has suffered for years! God works in mysterious ways.
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Aw he sounds so sweet. I wish I could adopt him. How old is he? I'll be praying for him. Thank you for sharing this story, Toinena. Are you a teacher?
 
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toinena

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Guilty as charged. Never wanted to be one, but in the end I couldn't escape it. I am a teacher, and i guess that is what I was borned to be.

He is an adult, 30-ish. But he is still a child. Of course he has been deprived of love and care for years when growing up, and he will always be scarred by that. We are now working towards getting him a 50% disability benifit and a legal guardian, since he is not able to take care of his finances. He wants me to be that for him, but I am afraid I can't do a good job. I am too busy with work. He always brings me a cake or something sweet when he attends class, and is planning to invite me to his birhtday. Sometimes it is hard not to love certain students, and he will be in my heart forever.

I guess he really would love to have someone adopting him, even though he is over 30 years old.
 
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MollyConnor

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toinena said:
Guilty as charged. Never wanted to be one, but in the end I couldn't escape it. I am a teacher, and i guess that is what I was borned to be.

He is an adult, 30-ish. But he is still a child. Of course he has been deprived of love and care for years when growing up, and he will always be scarred by that. We are now working towards getting him a 50% disability benifit and a legal guardian, since he is not able to take care of his finances. He wants me to be that for him, but I am afraid I can't do a good job. I am too busy with work. He always brings me a cake or something sweet when he attends class, and is planning to invite me to his birhtday. Sometimes it is hard not to love certain students, and he will be in my heart forever.

I guess he really would love to have someone adopting him, even though he is over 30 years old.
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Oh I see. I thought he was about 6 years old. He sounds super sweet though! You know sometimes God sends us spiritual parents. Maybe that's what he did with you for him. I can only imagine how hard life is without a family. :(
God bless you both.
 
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toinena

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MollyConnor said:
Oh I see. I thought he was about 6 years old. He sounds super sweet though! You know sometimes God sends us spiritual parents. Maybe that's what he did with you for him. I can only imagine how hard life is without a family. :(
God bless you both.
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Yes. I can see God has sent me many spiritual children. It is ironic, because I have all this love, and yet I have no contact with my own son.
 
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AbigailZeke said:
Ginger tea is best after quite an eventful few hours at the BDF.
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That's like saying, "Nothing beats sitting in front of a warm fire when you have just come in from the cold."

But then there are those of us who are already by the fire, asking, "Why go out in the first place?" Or maybe yelling, "SHUT THE DOOR, you're letting all the heat out!"

I'll take the ginger tea though. Ginger is always good. :D But I ain't going into the BDF just for a cup of tea.
 
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LittleBit1987

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That's like saying, "Nothing beats sitting in front of a warm fire when you have just come in from the cold."

But then there are those of us who are already by the fire, asking, "Why go out in the first place?" Or maybe yelling, "SHUT THE DOOR, you're letting all the heat out!"

I'll take the ginger tea though. Ginger is always good. :D But I ain't going into the BDF just for a cup of tea.
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How about just for a cup of coffee or even coffee and some fancy cookies?

Just curious :)
 
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Nope nope nope nope. Ain't gonna do it, not even for fancy cookies. Nope not going there.
 
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LittleBit1987

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Lynx said:
Nope nope nope nope. Ain't gonna do it, not even for fancy cookies. Nope not going there.
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Awe, c'mon Lynx.....

Cookies are good for the soul.... especially sugar and snickerdoodle cookies :p
 
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And that place is bad for the soul. :p Nope nope nope nope.
 
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toinena

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Coming home from the annual potato festival. I got a bag of local potatoes, some potato chips, carrots, yarn, a new dress and new sheets for my bed. And it struck me. I bought sheets for a single bed. The thought of a king or queen size bed seem so distant. That made me sad. I think I am loosing hope. Or am I slowly accepting my life as a single?
 
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