decidedlyodd

Well, it turns out I didn’t win an NSF fellowship this year, but I did get an honorable mention. $30K/year for 3 three years would have been very nice, but I guess I’ll have to settle for runner up. Why does that evoke images of that Simpsons where Lisa has a nightmare about playing with Garfunkel, Oates, and Messina their number two hit “Born to Runner Up”?

So close and yet so far. Oh well, I guess I shouldn’t be too bummed out since I do have normal RA funding from my advisor. A guy could do a lot worse.