my life, my pace

It’s time for our second installment of inspirational music for the grad student. This week, in honor of all the drama that has been going on in the lab (see tomorrow’s post), I’ve chosen a song about being stuck in a vicious cycle: Lifehouse – Sick Cycle Carousel. I think that one of the biggest shockers I’ve found from being in the lab is just how much politics is involved in being a scientist and how immature successful adults can be. I can only hope that what I’m seeing is the exception and not the rule. And that I don’t eventually turn out to be like them.

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1. inspirational music for the graduate student 1.7I woke up this morning wondering what song I should choose for today’s inspirational music post… But then it didn’t make sense inspirational music happens on Thursdays and I thought today was Friday. It was then that I realized that I had been so excited about my experiment working yesterday that I completely forgot that I was supposed to write an inspirational music post yesterday instead of my whoo-hoo-my-experiment-worked post. Can you blame me though? So, for this week only (or at least I hope so), inspirational music comes on Friday. For this week, to celebrate my successful experiment, I’ve chosen the song: Something Corporate – 21 and Invincible. Because that’s how I feel right now and I’m going to enjoy it as long as I can before my ass of a major professor bursts my bubble or my next experiment fails. The sad thing is, I was trying to think of a whoo-hoo-happy-carefree song for this edition and I couldn’t think of anything at all because I just don’t listen to very happy music. So the song I chose was the closest thing that I have. What can I say? I’m just emo like that. And Something Corporate is good, so it’s okay. And of course, if you’re a grad student (or even if you’re not) and you know what it’s like, feel free to send me songs that get you through your grad school days through the contact form. </p>...
2. inspirational music for the graduate student 1.1 As promised, here is the next category in our inspirational music series. To be quite honest, no songs really instantly pop into mind when I think of my life as a grad student (unlike when I think of life as a med student). Why is this so, I asked myself. Well, it turns out that I haven’t taken this whole being a grad student thing seriously. I’m not a grad student! I’m a med student doing grad student stuff! Elitist? Probably. But I can’t help it. Maybe I’ll examine this issue some more in a later post—I don’t really feel like being too introspective right now. But not to fear! I have in fact come upon a song (on the way to lab, no less) that’s perfect for describing my days as a grad student: Simple Plan – Welcome to My Life. At first glance, this would seem to be a misunderstood teenager’s anthem, but as you’ll see as you read on, it clearly also relates to my experiences as a (misunderstood) grad student. Do you ever feel like breaking down? [because your experiments just won’t work] Do you ever feel out of place? Like somehow you just don’t belong [because you’re a med student stuck in grad school] And no one understands you Do you ever wanna run away? [and just finish med school] Do you lock yourself in your room [office]? With the radio [windows media player] on turned up so loud That no one hears you...
3. inspirational music for the graduate student 1.5With all of the unpleasantness of trying to set up my qualifying exam, it’s only fitting that this week’s inspirational music song be for the grad student. The song for this week is: Soft Cell – Tainted Love or what I affectionately think of as Tainted Lab. Here’s an excerpt: Sometimes I feel I’ve got to Run away I’ve got to Get away From the pain that you drive into the heart of me The love we share experiments I do Seems to go nowhere And I’ve lost my light For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night Once I ran to you Now I’ll run from you This tainted love lab you’ve given I give you all a boy girl could give you Take my tears and that’s not nearly all Oh...tainted love lab Tainted love lab Feel free to submit song suggestions through the contact form....

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