Galaxy Girl: That's right, it's Dr. Galaxy Girl to you!

About This Blog

I am a PhD candidate conducting a study of the X-ray spectral variability of AGN. This blog is a collection of brief tutorials on AGN, burblings on journal articles, and descriptions of underlying physics. I may also post on the general goings-on in science and astronomy; though, it is not the main thrust of this blog.

Please feel free to leave comments to challenge me, to clarify your own understanding or to suggest other resources.

I also keep up a personal blog:
My Silly Life.

April 12, 2008

That's right, it's Dr. Galaxy Girl to you!

Yup, the defense went well yesterday! I've been recovering for the last 24 hours - the first free Saturday that I've had in I-don't-remember-how-long. I won't get into details, but a few things that gave me joy yesterday (other than hearing that I passed, that is):

I wore a Hello Kitty pirate temporary tattoo on my arm (out of sight).

My advisor locked himself out of the conference room when he came out to get me after the committee's deliberation.

I defended my PhD in pants that didn't have a button...I'm so glad they didn't fall off!

I found out after I got home that Andrew had worn his Dr. Who pin for the day - something he used to do for every final that he took at University.

Revisions start Monday -- they have to be completed and the final version sent to the University by April 25. No jammie weekdays for me until after that.

Posted in Grad Stuff by Barb at April 12, 2008 8:13 PM

Comments

Congratulations! I knew you'd do well.

- Long time reader, first time commenter

Posted by: Anonymous at April 13, 2008 12:18 PM

Woohoo! Congratulations.

Posted by: Astroprof at April 14, 2008 12:07 PM

Congratulations!

Posted by: Kayhan at April 16, 2008 10:44 AM

my del.icio.us

April 12, 2008

That's right, it's Dr. Galaxy Girl to you!