When I’m in New York, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I’m in a movie. — Ryan Adams Life has been busy these last few weeks. I booked a flight and my Dad found me a nice hotel conveniently situated between the university and the rest
Welcome to the shitshow. — me, pretty much every day of my life Déjà vu A few days ago I received an invitation to a conference at Columbia University in December. Even though I obviously sent out an application, I was rather shocked by this reply. Never in a million years had
Trying is the first step towards failure. — Homer Simpson Take it easy (lol) I had finished my talk some weeks ago, ready to edit it in time to still have weeks to rehearse it — which is crucial for me as English is not my first language. At least, that was my
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill (as so often, Winnie knows best :)) "lol best conference fails" As some may remember, I'm about to give a talk in London six weeks from now (nevertheless, let's feel stressed out already). Now, some may wonder how to prepare
London calling A few weeks ago I sent a conference proposal to the organizers of an upcoming event; I finished it hastily, of course having waited until the last possible moment to get it done, and Wonderguy did his best revising it even though he generally only edits German papers. Mainly, I just wanted to