Writers on Writing
This is a complete archive of the Writers on Writing column, a series in which writers explore literary themes.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/specials/writers.html
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Writing practice community detection
Community detection is finding a group of people that have same interest, or occupation, or live in the same area. Identifying communities can help us to understand how our society function and how different communities affect one another. For example, by identifying people that are easily infected by flu, we can prevent the spread of flu by giving flu shots to them in advance.
But detecting community is not easy for complex networks in which people are connected in different ways.
But detecting community is not easy for complex networks in which people are connected in different ways.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
此刻你眼中有看到那绿草中翩然而飞的蝴蝶吗？
我们不察觉自己的幸福
因为我们不知道
有些痛楚失望 悲欢离合
也是幸福
不是不知道幸福，而是我们有时候太贪心
有些失去是注定的
有些缘分是永远不会有结果的
爱一个人不一定要拥有
但拥有一个人就一定要去好好地爱他
有时候会想 要是能重来该有多好
其实真有重来的时候
也许并不一定能尽如人意
得不一定就是得
失不一定就是失
命中注定
我们这一生
注定要走一些今生认为不该走的路
在今生爱一些不该爱的人
做一些不该做的事
但是最终的结局
却仍是那样的
我们从来没有自己所以为的那么爱一个人
我们去追寻爱
只是去寻找一个在某个地方的部份自己
我们因为爱人和被爱而了解自己
那些被我们爱过的人只是孕育我们的人生
人生的诸多美丽
也许可以再创造
但却不可再重复
过去了就过去了
因此 我们每次亲历的美好
不论感情的 还是物质的
对我们的人生来说
是第一次的时候
也都是最后一次
也许有些话
永远也不可能从你期望的人的口中说出
但是
当有些人从心底讲出这些话
也请你不要走开
我们为一个承诺感动
却也害怕承担一个承重的盟约
当我们拥有时
我们总是埋怨自己没有些什么
当我们失去时
我们却忘记自己曾经拥有些什么
我们害怕岁月
却不知道活着是多么可喜
我们以为生存已经没有意思
许多人却在生死之间挣扎
回忆是从来不琐碎的
经过岁月的魔法
甚至比当天更动人
而我认为
生活本身其实就是一种魔法
有一种人
总是不停地寻找
寻找几生几世
仍然单身一人
我知道谁都没错
那人只是想拥有世界上最完美的东西
比如
心的安心温馨停泊处
正因为受苦
我们了解的人有限
便对上天多一份敬虔庄重
也正因为受苦
我们看到的人无限
便对生命多一份珍惜尊重
此刻你眼中有看到那绿草中翩然而飞的蝴蝶吗？
喜欢的三毛的一段话
我避开无事时过分热络的友谊，
这使我少些负担和承诺；
我不说无谓的闲言，
这使我觉得清爽；
我尽可能不去缅怀往事，
因为来时的路不可能回头；
我当心的去爱别人，
因为比较不会泛滥；
我想哭的时候便哭，
想笑的时候便笑，
只要这一切出于自然。
我不求深刻，只求简单。
这使我少些负担和承诺；
我不说无谓的闲言，
这使我觉得清爽；
我尽可能不去缅怀往事，
因为来时的路不可能回头；
我当心的去爱别人，
因为比较不会泛滥；
我想哭的时候便哭，
想笑的时候便笑，
只要这一切出于自然。
我不求深刻，只求简单。
小丸子语录
最可气的是这盆丝瓜。哎，全班只有我种得这么难看，还没完没了往上爬。其实我根本就没怎么理它。居然还没有死。
我还以为是傻瓜呢，原来是一家人......毕竟是亲人，笨都笨到一块去了！
——这么差的骗术......怎么没人管？
——因为警察只抓老实人。
脾气不能不发，宁可丢坏书本，不能憋坏身体！
春游开不开心，车上的座位最关键啦。
民主当然要忍受自己看不惯的事了，不然会被人当成野狗乱汪汪。
与其过别人的节，不如睡自己的觉。
总要给大人一点面子。
小丸子指着爸爸（弘志）打扮得像忙人，其实最会偷懒。
小丸子： 爸爸怎么走来走去，不干正事？
爸爸弘志：我是在为你操心才要走来走去！
我对电视节目一直都有自己独特的品位。
为什么连感冒病毒也不愿意理我？
我一直以为牛郎这个男人，是个对女孩子完全没有感觉的人，所以只有织女这么一个女友
小丸子：我去年写的愿望，三个月内就实现了
爸爸弘志：哦？你写的是什么愿望？
小丸子：我希望长高1cm，就真的高了。
爸爸弘志：哦？你写的是什么愿望？
小丸子：我希望长高1cm，就真的高了。
过海关对心脏不好。
太贵了，只有和妈妈一起，才可以吃。
心满意足享受每一点快乐，是走向幸福的唯一途径。
小玉：别这样抱它（流浪狗），传染出感情就糟了！
求求你啦......就答应我一回吧！以后我再也不烦你们了，连丈夫都可以自己找！
妈妈：孩子他爸，演戏也不用这样吧？
小丸子：特大新闻！我们今天要吃法国大餐。
姐姐：胡说！
小丸子：真的！不骗你！
姐姐幸子：难道吃完后就全家自杀吗？
在有档次的餐厅吃饭，却尽说些没档次的话，如果盘子里的鱼听到，没死也得给气死了。
妈妈：一个女孩子没有点绯（fēi）闻多可怜啊！
爷爷，我和你一样笨，也挺好。
丸尾被惭愧之河冲走了。
小丸子：我想拆掉这个闹钟。当年爱迪生就经常这样呢。
爷爷：好呀，小丸子越来越伟大了！
小丸子：爷爷也会作诗？我怎么不知道？
爷爷：我经常在心里作。
我纯真的心由于牛排饭而欢呼不已。
爷爷：人世太过硬邦邦是不好的。
如果光吃菜营养就好的话，还吃肉干什么？
爷爷：一个人在房间里也需要自娱自乐的。
不是为了零食，而是为了吃零食。
姐姐：......在伊甸园里有棵苹果树，可是上帝却不让他们吃树上的果子。
小丸子：上帝为什么要这样？只是个苹果而已，好小气啊。
姐姐美子：我也不明白了！也许上帝也喜欢吃苹果，所以不愿意给人吃吧。
小丸子：啊——男人真可恶！男人真可恶！
姐姐：拜托你的语气不要像没人要的老女人一样好不好！
小丸子：没人要？
姐姐：就是没有好男人喜欢。
小孩子总是惯用撒娇的手法来体会大人现在的心情如何。
小丸子：我们姐妹要骨肉分离了吗？
姐姐美子：等将来结婚的时候我们也会分开的，做了女人就是这样的了。
小丸子：早上的空气多么清新。
姐姐美子：每天都这么清新！你刚知道呀！
小丸子：姐姐，你有多少私房钱？
姐姐幸子：不要打听别人的隐私！
小丸子：爸爸，你想要什么吗？别客气，告诉我吧！
爸爸弘志：最想要的，就是小丸子的成绩更好。
小丸子：不要老说些不着边际的话嘛！想想用钱能解决的。
爸爸要是没有更好的工作，将来给我当司机吧！
呀......来不及了，鬼屋在向我招手啦！
爸爸弘志：人真多呀！
小丸子：他们可能是家里没有装空调，所以来乘凉的。
妈妈要是不高兴，会把你多少年前的糗事一股脑端出来，人称"精神原子弹"。
"和朋友复习"——只是一种不看书的借口。
我很单纯，最擅长丢掉包袱，绽开笑容。
听人夸奖原来这么舒服啊。
看爸爸不爱说话，以为他多有内涵。
爸爸：和女人约会，你不失约，她怎么会对你印象深刻呢？
女人就喜欢胡思乱想，好听点说叫心细如法，另一种说法叫庸人自扰！
摔跤虽然疼，但看着别人一起摔，似乎疼痛也被人分担了一些！
新年是圈套，小孩子联合起来痛宰大人。
外婆的另一个名字叫零花钱。
虽然我做的好事不算多，也别这么折腾人呀。
虚弱的笑声是康复的标志。
老师只来坐15分钟，用不着这么打扫吧，他又不是首相？！
唉！星期天居然下雨，老天爷瞎眼了。
小丸子：该死的爷爷！
爷爷：小孩子能用这么难的词语，真厉害！
小时候，"迟到的理由"总是被戳穿，而长大以后，就有办法了......"生理痛啊"没想到迟到那么简单......
有哲理的一些话
几米说：
命中注定
我们这一生
注定要走一些今生认为不该走的路
在今生爱一些不该爱的人
做一些不该做的事
但是最终的结局
却仍是那样的
几米还说：
我们从来没有自己所以为的那么爱一个人
我们去追寻爱
只是去寻找一个在某个地方的部份自己
我们因为爱人和被爱而了解自己
那些被我们爱过的人只是孕育我们的人生
几米也曾说：
也许有些话
永远也不可能从你期望的人的口中说出
但是
当有些人从心底讲出这些话
也请你不要走开
不记得谁曾说过：
对自己爱的人越卑微，对自己不爱的人就越残忍
我不要卑微
也不要残忍
我要做温和善良的人
海明威说：
人会在受伤的地方长出结实的翅膀。
希望如此^_^
当生活变得一塌糊涂，
当人生变得一团糟，
当几乎要失去自我失去方向时，
看着这些文字，
使我沉静平和，
冷静思考
鼓舞我前进！
命中注定
我们这一生
注定要走一些今生认为不该走的路
在今生爱一些不该爱的人
做一些不该做的事
但是最终的结局
却仍是那样的
几米还说：
我们从来没有自己所以为的那么爱一个人
我们去追寻爱
只是去寻找一个在某个地方的部份自己
我们因为爱人和被爱而了解自己
那些被我们爱过的人只是孕育我们的人生
几米也曾说：
也许有些话
永远也不可能从你期望的人的口中说出
但是
当有些人从心底讲出这些话
也请你不要走开
不记得谁曾说过：
对自己爱的人越卑微，对自己不爱的人就越残忍
我不要卑微
也不要残忍
我要做温和善良的人
海明威说：
人会在受伤的地方长出结实的翅膀。
希望如此^_^
当生活变得一塌糊涂，
当人生变得一团糟，
当几乎要失去自我失去方向时，
看着这些文字，
使我沉静平和，
冷静思考
鼓舞我前进！
不知觉中的成长
［人人网日志导入］
不知觉中的成长
最近其实感觉自己变化还是蛮多的，只是不怎么写出来了，
或许是学会隐藏感情 保护自我了吧，
也或者开始学会考虑别人的感受，
当日志可能会被我们在乎的人看到而我们不知道他们看到会是怎样的感受时；
当日志可能会给我们在乎的人带来麻烦时，
我们会犹豫，
害怕他们会因此而尴尬
害怕他们还有自己会因此受到伤害，
终于还是不敢动笔了。
怎么说呢，或许成长是一点点不知觉中的事情。
那天看到网上一篇日志说恋爱要学会两件事，
一件是更了解自己的需求，
另一件是学会关心他人。
感觉还是蛮对的，
其实我们所经历的每一件事不都应该学习这两件事吗？
只有这样才会有一个更好的自己。
终于认清楚，
其实很多自己觉得对自己很重要的人并没有自己以为的那么重要，
有他们的生活更精彩，
没有他们我仍然可以幸福。
要做幸福的人，
不是因为别人而幸福的人，
而是做一个能让别人因为和你在一起而幸福的人。
明白这个道理后，
感觉自己像是长大了一些。
时刻提醒自己，
自己在别人心中并不是那么重要的人，
更要紧的是提醒自己他们在你心里也远没有你想象的那么重要，
你永远都没有自己以为的那么爱他们。
这样失望会少一些感动会多一些，
自己的依赖和小孩脾气也该会收敛一些吧。
其实有时候自己这样的小孩脾气或许只是因为自己不愿意长大，
但是如果有人拿我当小妹我会很开心。
那天朋友说我“暑假怎么不回家看看”，
后面加了一句“真是的”
感觉像是大哥哥怪小妹在外贪玩忘记了回家一样，
感觉很幸福。呵呵
走在一条路上，
以为走过这条路的同学会给我很多的建议和帮助，
后来才发现其实很多时候路只能我们自己走。
那天收到那两封邮件时心里不是失望，
是更加清楚的知道了自己以后要一个人上路。
知道这点后反而感觉踏实很多。
有别人的帮助我们会更轻松，
没有也不必失望，
因为人生有些事情注定要自己来完成。
我们生命的轨迹再接近也无法融合，
这是命定的事实，
是人的本质所决定的。
很多东西自己不经历永远不能体会其中的滋味，
有些弯路一定要自己走过才会真的成长起来，
人生的智慧就在这样的过程中慢慢积淀积累。
很想对曾经喜欢自己而自己却没有用心对待的人说声对不起，
现在想来真希望自己那时能够珍惜你们，
哪怕是让自己尝试去看到你们的好。
也想对自己爱的人说声感谢，
那是我人生成长的一段路，
感谢曾经有你们在。
其实，所有的朋友，
不管是我们爱的还是爱我们的，
都是我们成长路上的插曲，
他们陪伴我们走过人生的这段成长之路后就会离开，
不管他在我们人生中曾经多么重要，
也不管那段记忆多么美好抑或痛苦，
再舍不得也要离开，
再恨之入骨也要一起走，
直至你的成长已不再需要有他们在。
他们对于我们只是帮助我们走过那段成长的路，
除了感谢，
我们不需要太留恋，
别人于你只是成长路上的云烟，
你于别人也是如此。
说声感谢后我们该以更好自己继续走自己的人生。
忽然看到泰戈尔的这样一句话，
或许更好的表达了我上面罗里啰唆的一堆，
“我们如海鸥之于波涛相遇似的，遇见了，走近了。
海鸥飞去，波涛滚滚的流开，我们也分别了。”
写得很长很乱，
有些感情自己觉得无法用语言表达，
真的感觉到自己的文字功底欠缺，呵呵。
千言万语一切尽在不言中，
心里真真正正的感到人生的美好！
这样生活长大真好！
公交车上惊现变态男，无故打人为哪般？！
在公交车上莫名其妙被一男的暴打头部，
理由是我和青霞从一上车就在说话太吵，
真是神经
男的打女的还打的是我这么瘦小的小女孩
也真够悲哀的
走路还一扭一扭的
怀疑心理有问题
唉 老祖宗早就告诉我们祸从口出
看来以后要凡事小心才行
以后早睡早起做个好宝宝o(∩_∩)o...哈哈
根据吴青霞建议修改了题目 嘻嘻
理由是我和青霞从一上车就在说话太吵，
真是神经
男的打女的还打的是我这么瘦小的小女孩
也真够悲哀的
走路还一扭一扭的
怀疑心理有问题
唉 老祖宗早就告诉我们祸从口出
看来以后要凡事小心才行
以后早睡早起做个好宝宝o(∩_∩)o...哈哈
根据吴青霞建议修改了题目 嘻嘻
我要的幸福
周日的那场雨一直下,
下午要出门了也不停,
赶时间都没吃饭就跑了,
结果还是被堵在了公交车上.
本来期待5点四十到,
后来绝望的希望不要迟到 6点前到就好...
结果还是忍耐不了,
到了公主坟北 着急的提前下车
想自己跑过去,
我这个大路痴,
在雨里打个伞不管脚下急急得跑着,
鞋全湿了...
糟糕的是我越跑越觉得不对劲,
意识到自己走错了心急如焚
在雨里好不容易打到辆车
上车后一翻钱包竟然只有5块钱...
不停的道歉感谢
把所有的钱掏出来给了师傅
师傅真是个好人
不停的安慰我说没事
下车还让我注意安全
当时感动的眼泪要掉下来
狂奔到电梯口,
干脆爬楼梯上去,
到教室口干舌燥,
上去就道歉开讲.
偷空去拿了杯水
由于没吃饭加上一路跑过来又着急
慌得不行,
感觉自己要站不住
有气无力在那儿坐着
浑身都是冷汗
当时真怕自己晕倒在那儿
害怕自己三个小时都这样浑身发抖的站不起来
心里想叫人来接我却想不起找谁...
还好我是恢复力超强超快的人
在休息了大概四十分钟后
我又生龙活虎了
虽然迟到了被扣工资
还好没有引起不好的影响
听听燕姿的我要的幸福吧
尽管我们为了活着忙碌辛苦
尽管似乎永远都不清楚怎样与这个世界步调一致
尽管我们偶尔会沮丧迷茫
那又怎样
我要的幸福在不远处
只要我能坚持每一步
用我的双眼
在梦想里找路
该问路的时候
我不会装酷
我还不清楚
怎样的速度
符合这世界
变化的脚步
生活像等待
创作的黏土
...
我只想坚持每一步
该走的方向
就算一路上偶而会沮丧
生活是自己选择的衣裳
听燕姿的歌总是给人一种力量
即使是唱失恋的开始懂了也是坚强的
走路走辛苦的时候听听这首我要的幸福给自己打打气
下午要出门了也不停,
赶时间都没吃饭就跑了,
结果还是被堵在了公交车上.
本来期待5点四十到,
后来绝望的希望不要迟到 6点前到就好...
结果还是忍耐不了,
到了公主坟北 着急的提前下车
想自己跑过去,
我这个大路痴,
在雨里打个伞不管脚下急急得跑着,
鞋全湿了...
糟糕的是我越跑越觉得不对劲,
意识到自己走错了心急如焚
在雨里好不容易打到辆车
上车后一翻钱包竟然只有5块钱...
不停的道歉感谢
把所有的钱掏出来给了师傅
师傅真是个好人
不停的安慰我说没事
下车还让我注意安全
当时感动的眼泪要掉下来
狂奔到电梯口,
干脆爬楼梯上去,
到教室口干舌燥,
上去就道歉开讲.
偷空去拿了杯水
由于没吃饭加上一路跑过来又着急
慌得不行,
感觉自己要站不住
有气无力在那儿坐着
浑身都是冷汗
当时真怕自己晕倒在那儿
害怕自己三个小时都这样浑身发抖的站不起来
心里想叫人来接我却想不起找谁...
还好我是恢复力超强超快的人
在休息了大概四十分钟后
我又生龙活虎了
虽然迟到了被扣工资
还好没有引起不好的影响
听听燕姿的我要的幸福吧
尽管我们为了活着忙碌辛苦
尽管似乎永远都不清楚怎样与这个世界步调一致
尽管我们偶尔会沮丧迷茫
那又怎样
我要的幸福在不远处
只要我能坚持每一步
为爱情付出
为活着而忙碌
为什么而辛苦
我仔细纪录
为活着而忙碌
为什么而辛苦
我仔细纪录
用我的双眼
在梦想里找路
该问路的时候
我不会装酷
我还不清楚
怎样的速度
符合这世界
变化的脚步
生活像等待
创作的黏土
...
我只想坚持每一步
该走的方向
就算一路上偶而会沮丧
生活是自己选择的衣裳
幸福
我要的幸福
没有束缚
幸福
我要的幸福
在不远处
我要的幸福
没有束缚
幸福
我要的幸福
在不远处
听燕姿的歌总是给人一种力量
即使是唱失恋的开始懂了也是坚强的
走路走辛苦的时候听听这首我要的幸福给自己打打气
前几天刚刚发觉GRE查分时被Decline了。。。
我都无语了。。。
因为查分的时候自己没有信用卡就让同学帮查的，
后来也没想过会Decline这事，
申请的时候还让ETS给学校送分
那些学校也没说我缺材料，
我还自己以为他们都收到
直到最近收到ETS的催费信，
我开始还奇怪哪来的＄12。。。
某天忽然想起是不是查分的钱没划上。。。
紧急联系同学，
后来同学忽然想起来可能真没划上。。。
刚刚打电话给ETS让他赶紧划钱clear this account balance.
电话很不清楚，稀里糊涂好多都没听清，
把信用卡的信息都给他了希望赶紧clear。。。
至今不知道分有没有给我送到那些学校。。。。
我就疯了。。。
崩溃 无比崩溃
因为查分的时候自己没有信用卡就让同学帮查的，
后来也没想过会Decline这事，
申请的时候还让ETS给学校送分
那些学校也没说我缺材料，
我还自己以为他们都收到
直到最近收到ETS的催费信，
我开始还奇怪哪来的＄12。。。
某天忽然想起是不是查分的钱没划上。。。
紧急联系同学，
后来同学忽然想起来可能真没划上。。。
刚刚打电话给ETS让他赶紧划钱clear this account balance.
电话很不清楚，稀里糊涂好多都没听清，
把信用卡的信息都给他了希望赶紧clear。。。
至今不知道分有没有给我送到那些学校。。。。
我就疯了。。。
崩溃 无比崩溃
暂告一个段落
犹豫要不要写点东西，想想过去的研究生这段时间，自己的申请出国，那些开心夹杂着难过的回忆，似乎暂时告一段落了。
签证那天从美国大使馆出来，走在路上，坐上地铁，阳光很好，安静的回实验室，平常的生活。那一刻我似乎没有自己原来想象中的开心，收到NCSU通知书的时候也是一样，是开心的，只是淡淡的，似乎这一切都是很自然的，像是本属于我的终于到来一样的坦然。
我想这两年研究生我经过了很多，很多东西我不愿意对任何人说起。从刚上研究生时候的小孩子脾气，嘻嘻哈哈，到现在的安静坦然，为这些成长付出了很多。我多么希望我可以这样的成长却没有收到那些伤害，但这些受过伤害才得以的成长让我格外珍惜。
申请时候的时而坚定时而动摇，我们相互的鼓励坚持走到现在，大家都有很好的结局，付洁去Delaware了，余婷去UIUC了，真好！庆幸我们都能坚持到现 在，走到现在，这样的结局，我很为自己而骄傲！申请的费用都是自己赚来的，兼职、学习、申请、课题，每一样都做的好好的，为自己而开心，相信自己以后也可 以做的很好:)
曾经那么的期待可以预见对的人，陪我走过申请出国那段艰难的日子，陪我走剩下的路，一起分享生活的喜乐。这 样的梦，终于还是不能成真。当确定要离开我生活了二十几年的中国，踏上美国那片土地的时候，心情已经坦然，一切随缘。而我也没有想到NCSU的 offer，给我带来的不仅仅是我可以去读书了，还有意外的收获。
剩下的是静静的等待签证，努力的写好毕业论文，寻找飞友和室友，怀着无限美好的期望，期盼着未来的美好生活:)
签证那天从美国大使馆出来，走在路上，坐上地铁，阳光很好，安静的回实验室，平常的生活。那一刻我似乎没有自己原来想象中的开心，收到NCSU通知书的时候也是一样，是开心的，只是淡淡的，似乎这一切都是很自然的，像是本属于我的终于到来一样的坦然。
我想这两年研究生我经过了很多，很多东西我不愿意对任何人说起。从刚上研究生时候的小孩子脾气，嘻嘻哈哈，到现在的安静坦然，为这些成长付出了很多。我多么希望我可以这样的成长却没有收到那些伤害，但这些受过伤害才得以的成长让我格外珍惜。
申请时候的时而坚定时而动摇，我们相互的鼓励坚持走到现在，大家都有很好的结局，付洁去Delaware了，余婷去UIUC了，真好！庆幸我们都能坚持到现 在，走到现在，这样的结局，我很为自己而骄傲！申请的费用都是自己赚来的，兼职、学习、申请、课题，每一样都做的好好的，为自己而开心，相信自己以后也可 以做的很好:)
曾经那么的期待可以预见对的人，陪我走过申请出国那段艰难的日子，陪我走剩下的路，一起分享生活的喜乐。这 样的梦，终于还是不能成真。当确定要离开我生活了二十几年的中国，踏上美国那片土地的时候，心情已经坦然，一切随缘。而我也没有想到NCSU的 offer，给我带来的不仅仅是我可以去读书了，还有意外的收获。
剩下的是静静的等待签证，努力的写好毕业论文，寻找飞友和室友，怀着无限美好的期望，期盼着未来的美好生活:)
难说再见
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今天把东西打包好寄回家，马上就要离开了。向往着新生活的开始，兴奋中带着点点的胆怯。心里却也那么不舍，我的朋友、姐妹，我无法想象没有你们陪伴的日子。
上周末本科聚餐，班主任说到我要出国，很是担心，忍不住掉下眼泪，强忍住才不让自己眼泪掉下来；珉珉嘱咐着我要多吃点长胖点，我们却绝口不提分别，怕一旦说出口，眼泪忍不住要跑出来。
六年美好的光阴，在这里，有那么多关心照顾我的朋友，实在舍不得离开你们。再见说出口那么难。
今天把东西打包好寄回家，马上就要离开了。向往着新生活的开始，兴奋中带着点点的胆怯。心里却也那么不舍，我的朋友、姐妹，我无法想象没有你们陪伴的日子。
上周末本科聚餐，班主任说到我要出国，很是担心，忍不住掉下眼泪，强忍住才不让自己眼泪掉下来；珉珉嘱咐着我要多吃点长胖点，我们却绝口不提分别，怕一旦说出口，眼泪忍不住要跑出来。
六年美好的光阴，在这里，有那么多关心照顾我的朋友，实在舍不得离开你们。再见说出口那么难。
最近的生活
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最近的生活
写点东西,让关心我的朋友们了解我的近况.
8月4号晚上到Raleigh,接近二十个小时的飞行,加上中间在旧金山 和芝加哥的转机,我俨然已经累蔫了.从上海到旧金山的飞机上感觉饭吃不饱,旧金山到芝加哥的飞机上就几乎睡死过去.到了住处已经是晚上十点.晚上却睡不 着,睡了两三个小时早早就醒了,去学校转一圈,去超市买了些生活用品. 下午困的顶不住就睡了一觉,起来去见了老板.第二天接着去学校OIS check-in.
几天时间过得很快,时差倒好了,白天就精神了,周五去Mall逛,想买apple的本,结果排队的人巨 多,周六去学校store看,没有现货,只能order,过几天去取,于是又跑去Mall排队,排了好久好久才买到.在美国排队几乎就没有,由此可见 Apple产品在美国的火爆程度,大家都赶着那两天tax free去买了.
本来想买Macbook pro,结果它键盘是黑色的,还是喜欢白色的,所以换成了macbook,free itouch after rebate, printer也是一样. 这两天就在玩macbook和itouch,感觉apple的东西真是做的强大!!!得益于美国无处不在的wi-fi,apple的东西都做的相当无 敌!!!
去逛Mall那天,看到一个卖床的店,跑进去玩,店员特别热情的给讲解.大哥,看我们穿成这样,明显就是学生,怎 么可能买得起动不动就一千多两千多刀的床...还真是见识了.先是做一个调查,问你几个问题,然后就给你分析讲解,还打印出一个单子,推荐你买什么样的 床.然后接着让你去试睡那些床,让你感觉一下怎么样.那些床也真强大,有的还可以按摩,有的可以保持床的两边不同的温度. Amazing! 以后有了钱一定买个这样的床!哈哈!不过目前就先买一个15$的二手床垫睡着吧.其实也蛮舒服的了:)
这边风景想当好,本来想传些照片到校内,但是网速实在太慢,等以后有机会吧.学校还没开课,但是有一些活动,还有一些手续要跑.慢慢习惯适应吧.大家都不用担心,我一定可以survive的.希望可以多交到一些朋友,更开心些.
周末随便写点
刚刚一天都有些头疼,忽然接到一个电话,陌生的号码,接了发现竟然是那次去买床垫的店里玩的店员.真是服了他们的锲而不舍.本来那次就是去玩的,今天还打电话问我睡眠质量有没有改进...无比汗...
开 始上课了,computer networks老师是印度教授,整个班里几乎都是印度学生. God! 第一节课就听的我稀里糊涂,昏昏欲睡. Probability Stochastic Processing班上大部分是中国人,老师刚进去还以为也是中国人,一开口说话却发现是个韩国人. 蛮喜欢这个老师,也喜欢这个课.
TA分到的课是Introduction to computer systems,一群本科生,班里几乎见不到中国人,instructor是一个PhD学生,美国人,长得还蛮帅的 哈哈:) 貌似很多活...今天上午TA培训,头好疼,听都不知道自己听了些什么. 加上speak test考的感觉不好,严重打击我的对自己口语的信心.这样子怎么做TA...
TA的training中间休息,有免费的点心和咖啡,边吃 东西边聊天,认识一个清华过来读IE的,开口竟然就问我:你是大陆过来的还是台湾过来的? Oh Man!开什么玩笑... 后来又问我:你是广东人吗? 晕菜,偶可是山东人. 每次问我是哪里人,告诉她们,她们都说:以为你是南方人. 无奈...
对自己研究方向很迷茫...老板给了10篇paper让看,还要我学软件,做仿真,让我在这一个月on the track. 觉得压力很大. 希望自己能够坚持下来,别人能做到,相信自己也可以. Fighting!
早上老是起不来.经常错过wolfline和cat,或者就坐过站.有时候觉得等车麻烦就干脆走到centennial campus那边,大概半个小时,每天走去走回,超级锻炼.
中午带饭去实验室吃,经常剩,晚上回来每次都想少做一点,顺便把中午剩的吃完,结果每次都是把刚做的吃光,中午剩的还是剩在那里...最近做菜不是盐放多了 就是醋放多了,还要接着锻炼.那天第一次切肉,从来没自己弄过生肉.感觉很诡异,滑滑的油油的,感觉很恶心:(昨天切肉还把手给切了,还好就是一个小口. 唉...做饭还要加强锻炼.现在实验室就我一个女生,可是每到中午,师兄一吃饭,香味四溢,我都不好意思把我饭拿出来了...
某天扔垃圾, 一不小心就进了men's restroom,幸亏没有人...前几天把学生卡掉了,自己还不知道,忽然有个貌似是阿拉伯国家的大哥过去还我学生卡...外国人名字好难记住,尴 尬...某天大太阳走在路上,心里正想美国人又不会打伞,竟然看见两个印度mm打着伞,哈哈!美国人屋里空调开超大,很冷,一直传外套,美国人喝什么都要 加冰的,可是他们的restroom里面洗手都有热水,真是奇怪.
基本生活比较单调. 就这样啦.偶尔想起来再来写.
开 始上课了,computer networks老师是印度教授,整个班里几乎都是印度学生. God! 第一节课就听的我稀里糊涂,昏昏欲睡. Probability Stochastic Processing班上大部分是中国人,老师刚进去还以为也是中国人,一开口说话却发现是个韩国人. 蛮喜欢这个老师,也喜欢这个课.
TA分到的课是Introduction to computer systems,一群本科生,班里几乎见不到中国人,instructor是一个PhD学生,美国人,长得还蛮帅的 哈哈:) 貌似很多活...今天上午TA培训,头好疼,听都不知道自己听了些什么. 加上speak test考的感觉不好,严重打击我的对自己口语的信心.这样子怎么做TA...
TA的training中间休息,有免费的点心和咖啡,边吃 东西边聊天,认识一个清华过来读IE的,开口竟然就问我:你是大陆过来的还是台湾过来的? Oh Man!开什么玩笑... 后来又问我:你是广东人吗? 晕菜,偶可是山东人. 每次问我是哪里人,告诉她们,她们都说:以为你是南方人. 无奈...
对自己研究方向很迷茫...老板给了10篇paper让看,还要我学软件,做仿真,让我在这一个月on the track. 觉得压力很大. 希望自己能够坚持下来,别人能做到,相信自己也可以. Fighting!
早上老是起不来.经常错过wolfline和cat,或者就坐过站.有时候觉得等车麻烦就干脆走到centennial campus那边,大概半个小时,每天走去走回,超级锻炼.
中午带饭去实验室吃,经常剩,晚上回来每次都想少做一点,顺便把中午剩的吃完,结果每次都是把刚做的吃光,中午剩的还是剩在那里...最近做菜不是盐放多了 就是醋放多了,还要接着锻炼.那天第一次切肉,从来没自己弄过生肉.感觉很诡异,滑滑的油油的,感觉很恶心:(昨天切肉还把手给切了,还好就是一个小口. 唉...做饭还要加强锻炼.现在实验室就我一个女生,可是每到中午,师兄一吃饭,香味四溢,我都不好意思把我饭拿出来了...
某天扔垃圾, 一不小心就进了men's restroom,幸亏没有人...前几天把学生卡掉了,自己还不知道,忽然有个貌似是阿拉伯国家的大哥过去还我学生卡...外国人名字好难记住,尴 尬...某天大太阳走在路上,心里正想美国人又不会打伞,竟然看见两个印度mm打着伞,哈哈!美国人屋里空调开超大,很冷,一直传外套,美国人喝什么都要 加冰的,可是他们的restroom里面洗手都有热水,真是奇怪.
基本生活比较单调. 就这样啦.偶尔想起来再来写.
TA+class
先说上课吧
网络课实在是上的我很困,搞不懂为什么, Dr. Dutta讲的很仔细, 可惜我总是困...
上课讲得东 西虽然都是概念性的,不难,但是作业可真是不怎么好做,绝对在课上讲的东西里找不到答案.或者是一些用课上讲的概念的实际应用的例子,要么就是读 paper做题,题目都open, 有一个关于end-to-end argument的问题,在网上查才发现那篇论文争议那么大,搞得我也不知道文中的观点到底对不对...
数学课上的相当cool, 一节课就讲一个证明,证明的只是一个probability measure的性质: continuity. 作业每节课都留.我倒觉得挺感兴趣的:) Kang Min绝对是个很好的老师,讲得非常仔细.据说他曾经感动过实验室的师兄,说Kang Min是最好的老师. 说是有天去问Kang Min问题,还不是office hour, Kang Min给他讲的非常详细,讲完还让他做下面的题目,一定保证学生弄懂了.很负责任的老师. 我很喜欢!
现在说说TA的工作.
TA 分配的是一个本科的introduction的课, Introduction to Computer Systems, 讲得东西不难,原来也学过.可是去听课仍然每节课都能学到很多东西. 一些很基本的东西怎么用英语表达还真是难倒我了,去上课学到很多. 2' complement, carry in, carry out, mantissa等等,不是在英语的环境中学的这课还真不知道.
除了 要参加lecture之外,还要去给学生上problem session,有点像是答疑课,不过是必须参加的. problem session 也很有意思,.学生问题,只好用蹩脚的英文给他们解释,有时候我自己都觉得不好意思,忽然就会忘掉怎么说某个东西,或者就是说得很不地道,但是给他们讲明 白后,他们都会很开心的感谢我, 还和我击掌. 慢慢喜欢上problem session. 和美国学生的交流比我想象中简单的多,轻松的多,开心的多.
上课的时候会发现美国学生思想很critical, 有天老师在讲二进制数的加法,举了几个正数的求和,立马就有人举手问:如果是负数呢? 老师经常被问题打断, 很多时候他们会问到老师还没有讲的东西,他们已经提前考虑到了这些情况,于是提出疑问.
TA的工作其实挺有弹性的,而且我觉得做的很开心. 更开心的时候我马上要拿到第一周的工资了! 虽然只有一周的工资, 但在我快没钱的时候绝对是及时雨! 哈哈
网络课实在是上的我很困,搞不懂为什么, Dr. Dutta讲的很仔细, 可惜我总是困...
上课讲得东 西虽然都是概念性的,不难,但是作业可真是不怎么好做,绝对在课上讲的东西里找不到答案.或者是一些用课上讲的概念的实际应用的例子,要么就是读 paper做题,题目都open, 有一个关于end-to-end argument的问题,在网上查才发现那篇论文争议那么大,搞得我也不知道文中的观点到底对不对...
数学课上的相当cool, 一节课就讲一个证明,证明的只是一个probability measure的性质: continuity. 作业每节课都留.我倒觉得挺感兴趣的:) Kang Min绝对是个很好的老师,讲得非常仔细.据说他曾经感动过实验室的师兄,说Kang Min是最好的老师. 说是有天去问Kang Min问题,还不是office hour, Kang Min给他讲的非常详细,讲完还让他做下面的题目,一定保证学生弄懂了.很负责任的老师. 我很喜欢!
现在说说TA的工作.
TA 分配的是一个本科的introduction的课, Introduction to Computer Systems, 讲得东西不难,原来也学过.可是去听课仍然每节课都能学到很多东西. 一些很基本的东西怎么用英语表达还真是难倒我了,去上课学到很多. 2' complement, carry in, carry out, mantissa等等,不是在英语的环境中学的这课还真不知道.
除了 要参加lecture之外,还要去给学生上problem session,有点像是答疑课,不过是必须参加的. problem session 也很有意思,.学生问题,只好用蹩脚的英文给他们解释,有时候我自己都觉得不好意思,忽然就会忘掉怎么说某个东西,或者就是说得很不地道,但是给他们讲明 白后,他们都会很开心的感谢我, 还和我击掌. 慢慢喜欢上problem session. 和美国学生的交流比我想象中简单的多,轻松的多,开心的多.
上课的时候会发现美国学生思想很critical, 有天老师在讲二进制数的加法,举了几个正数的求和,立马就有人举手问:如果是负数呢? 老师经常被问题打断, 很多时候他们会问到老师还没有讲的东西,他们已经提前考虑到了这些情况,于是提出疑问.
TA的工作其实挺有弹性的,而且我觉得做的很开心. 更开心的时候我马上要拿到第一周的工资了! 虽然只有一周的工资, 但在我快没钱的时候绝对是及时雨! 哈哈
next semester will be a very tough semester
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next semester will be a very tough semester
Next semester will be a very tough semester....
Now I've registered four classes for next semeste. They are the followings:
ECE575 Introduction to wireless networks, instructor: My advisor
lots of projects, and its my advisor's class, I need to work even harder.
ECE579 Introduction to Computer Performance Modeling, instructor: Dr. Eun
very theoretical and mathematical...very difficult....
MA747 Probability and Stochastic Processes II, instructor: Dr. Kang
Advanced course of Probability and Stochastic Processes I which I take this semester. It's a class of math department and very difficult for me. But I really like Dr. Kang. She is a very good teacher. My favorite teacher till now.
FLE401 Advanced Oral Communication in English for International Students, instructor: Dr. Quarterman
I always want to take this class. However it seems impossible... I probably need drop this class again. :(
Except all these classes, I need work hard on my research, although I still not start my own research. I have no idea what I'm going to do... But I do know the deadline of my first work is June 30 2010. If I can't finish my first work, write a paper and submmit it to INFOCOM, I'll be fired by my advisor...
In last week, I can only sleep about five hours a day, maybe even less. I feel a lot of pressure. There are always a lot of work need to do. The homework, project, research, TA, presentation... Now I finally understand that "Sleep is luxury for PhD student."
Thanksgiving is coming. But I think I need cancle my plan to watch NBA in Charlotte. I need focus on the project which is dued on Dec 4th and the homework of MA546 dued on Dec 1st.
Work hard and smart. Manage your time well. Don't work to death.
Now I've registered four classes for next semeste. They are the followings:
ECE575 Introduction to wireless networks, instructor: My advisor
lots of projects, and its my advisor's class, I need to work even harder.
ECE579 Introduction to Computer Performance Modeling, instructor: Dr. Eun
very theoretical and mathematical...very difficult....
MA747 Probability and Stochastic Processes II, instructor: Dr. Kang
Advanced course of Probability and Stochastic Processes I which I take this semester. It's a class of math department and very difficult for me. But I really like Dr. Kang. She is a very good teacher. My favorite teacher till now.
FLE401 Advanced Oral Communication in English for International Students, instructor: Dr. Quarterman
I always want to take this class. However it seems impossible... I probably need drop this class again. :(
Except all these classes, I need work hard on my research, although I still not start my own research. I have no idea what I'm going to do... But I do know the deadline of my first work is June 30 2010. If I can't finish my first work, write a paper and submmit it to INFOCOM, I'll be fired by my advisor...
In last week, I can only sleep about five hours a day, maybe even less. I feel a lot of pressure. There are always a lot of work need to do. The homework, project, research, TA, presentation... Now I finally understand that "Sleep is luxury for PhD student."
Thanksgiving is coming. But I think I need cancle my plan to watch NBA in Charlotte. I need focus on the project which is dued on Dec 4th and the homework of MA546 dued on Dec 1st.
Work hard and smart. Manage your time well. Don't work to death.
09 to 10
09年最后一天给朋友发邮件,打电话. 了解朋友们最近的生活, 大家都有进步, 为他们高兴.
却也有着淡淡的忧伤, 有点失落.
这都逃不过好朋友的眼睛. 她说:有个好的记忆挺好, 我们还是要往前走的！！！！
是的,这是必然的,也是早就知道的.那么不如好好把我现在.
今天许了几个新年的愿望.希望可以实现.
1) 不要被老板fire掉
2) 希望妹考上研, 父母住进新房:)
3) 希望自己更加自信开朗
几个附加愿望:
a. 希望自己能有一篇paper
b. 早睡早起, 少打电话多学习, 长胖点
c. 希望亲人朋友都开开心心好好的
该睡了:)
却也有着淡淡的忧伤, 有点失落.
这都逃不过好朋友的眼睛. 她说:有个好的记忆挺好, 我们还是要往前走的！！！！
是的,这是必然的,也是早就知道的.那么不如好好把我现在.
今天许了几个新年的愿望.希望可以实现.
1) 不要被老板fire掉
2) 希望妹考上研, 父母住进新房:)
3) 希望自己更加自信开朗
几个附加愿望:
a. 希望自己能有一篇paper
b. 早睡早起, 少打电话多学习, 长胖点
c. 希望亲人朋友都开开心心好好的
该睡了:)
这学期的课
上课第一周，累啊
说说这学期的课吧！MA747 Stochastic Proccess II ，最喜欢的老师的课，很有激情，听这个课真的能让你感觉到数学的美。但是内容很抽象，现在刚开始还好。不知道以后情况如何。
ECE575 Introduction to wireless networking， 我老板的课，上课绝对不敢怠慢。实验室一个交留学生去旁听，下了课跟我说打个哈欠还是趁我老板低下头的时候打的。。。Introduction的课，概念比较多，是有些枯燥。
ECE579 Performance analysis of computer networks， 老师第一节课就不停强调这是一门数学课 理论课 不是网络课。第二节课就讲了一堆抽象的probability理论，估计又要把一半的印度学生吓走了（听实验室是兄说这是往年惯例）。 搞笑的是，我打课件的时候，实验室一起上课的三哥指着课件说，这个家伙数学很好，但英语不好，课件上英语都有错误；结果第二节上课的时候这老师一激动算一 个特简单的积分算错了。真囧。
FLE401 Oral Communication Skills for International TAs, 老师不错，上课还算比较轻松，人很少就5个学生，presentation比较多。最近在做pronounciation的练习。
可怕的是这周五还要加一次575的课。。。崩溃
Clear explaination
http://commoncraft.com/
Lee LeFever had a talent for explaining tough concepts, so he built a company that makes and sells explainer videos. Common Craft, the business he founded and runs with his wife, has been used by companies like Google and Twitter to help potential customers understand their new products.
Lee LeFever had a talent for explaining tough concepts, so he built a company that makes and sells explainer videos. Common Craft, the business he founded and runs with his wife, has been used by companies like Google and Twitter to help potential customers understand their new products.
疯狂与感动的一天
如果今天晚上凌晨两点多你的房东告诉你：你明天必须从这里搬出去，否则我们就要打911。你会怎么办？
平生最恨别人威胁别人，搬出去就搬出去，这么大的世界难道还怕找不到一个住的地方。
干脆也不要睡了，熬夜收拾行李。早上给几个朋友打了电话叫过来帮忙，把东西暂时寄存朋友那里。
给 Yuan打电话想暂时住她家客厅几天。Yuan热心的说可以和她一起睡。晚上熬夜收拾东西，一天也没好好吃饭，整个人就要倒掉。正发愁怎么吃饭，Yuan 就打电话来告诉我：晚上不要吃饭了，她给做好吃的。感动:) 就这样疯狂的一天，明天还要考试。Yuan开车把我送到学校让我好好复习。
明天怎样谁会料到呢？有可能一觉醒来就发现自己被人扔在大街上了。不要恐慌，相信自己可以坚强的面对这一切。有这样好的朋友，再难的时候都会感到无比幸福。
谨此纪念今天的疯狂与感动。
平生最恨别人威胁别人，搬出去就搬出去，这么大的世界难道还怕找不到一个住的地方。
干脆也不要睡了，熬夜收拾行李。早上给几个朋友打了电话叫过来帮忙，把东西暂时寄存朋友那里。
给 Yuan打电话想暂时住她家客厅几天。Yuan热心的说可以和她一起睡。晚上熬夜收拾东西，一天也没好好吃饭，整个人就要倒掉。正发愁怎么吃饭，Yuan 就打电话来告诉我：晚上不要吃饭了，她给做好吃的。感动:) 就这样疯狂的一天，明天还要考试。Yuan开车把我送到学校让我好好复习。
明天怎样谁会料到呢？有可能一觉醒来就发现自己被人扔在大街上了。不要恐慌，相信自己可以坚强的面对这一切。有这样好的朋友，再难的时候都会感到无比幸福。
谨此纪念今天的疯狂与感动。
第一次真正的写paper
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第一次真正的写paper
第一次认真的写paper才发现自己的英语写作有多差，语法错误也有，typo也有，就更不用提遣词造句了，完全就是一塌糊涂。logic也一直不是很清晰。
刚开始写了两周之后，老板一句一句的帮着把摘要改好了，先把摘要投了。
然后又自己改了四天，结果10号上午一meeting，我老板一看我写的，当时就说对我说非常失望，而截稿是12号凌晨3点。
时间滴滴哒哒的过去，就像是倒计时一样。
于 是周三自己又改了一天，晚上的考试只复习了大概两三个小时。晚上考完10点多，继续在实验室改，改到凌晨2点回家，回到家接着熬夜改，熬到大概四点多实在 是不想改了。但也不敢睡了，怕一觉睡过了头。干脆去煮了点粥，在沙发上咪了一个半小时，起来吃了早饭又杀回学校继续改。
周四早上把改好的update给我老板，然后去上课，英语课的presentation都没准备，做的超烂。。。数学课越来越不懂，作业都没做，心虚。。。结果下午老板的课困的很，囧。。。上完课，看到老板的修改意见，继续干活。
周四晚上在实验室熬到一点多，有点饿了，于是回家吃了个面，在家接着熬到三点，忍不住睡了一会，结果就一觉到快8点了才起来，赶紧冲回实验室干活。只剩下最后一天了。
周 五下午和老板meeting，老板说现在时间已经很紧了，我们没有时间了，所以最后就是我老板一行一行的开始帮我改。当时我老板说 line by line的时候我真是感动的快哭了。于是我老板读我写的然后觉得不好就改掉，边改边告诉我为什么要这么改，改完一页就把改好的打印出来让我再读一遍检查一 遍。就这样从下午4点一直改到晚上11点，我老板终于帮我一行一行的改完了。老板改的非常仔细认真，我都觉得特佩服。
剩下的就是我的工作 了，我仔细的读了一遍，看到有错误就改一下。凌晨1点先交了一个初稿。然后老板给我列了个最后的checklist，老板就去休息了。我开始把 checklist上的事情一件一件的仔细检查，最后在2点50左右交了最后的版本，但是老板的checklist上还有一件我没有改好。实在是没时间 了，就那样把论文交了。然后回家休息。
就这样匆忙中交了第一篇paper。也终于明白读phd真是个体力活，没有好身体根本就挺不住，我这样根本不算是最用功的。实验室一个师兄上个暑假交paper之前，连续两周几乎就没怎么睡觉。相当恐怖。现在天气慢慢暖和了，要好好锻炼身体。
明年三月Infocom在上海开，今年暑假7月份截稿，好想回国，所以决定这几个月好好想想做什么，争取暑假投明年的Infocom，如果万幸能中的话可以借机回国一趟。:)
Spring Break来了，好好休息一下。整装待发！
刚开始写了两周之后，老板一句一句的帮着把摘要改好了，先把摘要投了。
然后又自己改了四天，结果10号上午一meeting，我老板一看我写的，当时就说对我说非常失望，而截稿是12号凌晨3点。
时间滴滴哒哒的过去，就像是倒计时一样。
于 是周三自己又改了一天，晚上的考试只复习了大概两三个小时。晚上考完10点多，继续在实验室改，改到凌晨2点回家，回到家接着熬夜改，熬到大概四点多实在 是不想改了。但也不敢睡了，怕一觉睡过了头。干脆去煮了点粥，在沙发上咪了一个半小时，起来吃了早饭又杀回学校继续改。
周四早上把改好的update给我老板，然后去上课，英语课的presentation都没准备，做的超烂。。。数学课越来越不懂，作业都没做，心虚。。。结果下午老板的课困的很，囧。。。上完课，看到老板的修改意见，继续干活。
周四晚上在实验室熬到一点多，有点饿了，于是回家吃了个面，在家接着熬到三点，忍不住睡了一会，结果就一觉到快8点了才起来，赶紧冲回实验室干活。只剩下最后一天了。
周 五下午和老板meeting，老板说现在时间已经很紧了，我们没有时间了，所以最后就是我老板一行一行的开始帮我改。当时我老板说 line by line的时候我真是感动的快哭了。于是我老板读我写的然后觉得不好就改掉，边改边告诉我为什么要这么改，改完一页就把改好的打印出来让我再读一遍检查一 遍。就这样从下午4点一直改到晚上11点，我老板终于帮我一行一行的改完了。老板改的非常仔细认真，我都觉得特佩服。
剩下的就是我的工作 了，我仔细的读了一遍，看到有错误就改一下。凌晨1点先交了一个初稿。然后老板给我列了个最后的checklist，老板就去休息了。我开始把 checklist上的事情一件一件的仔细检查，最后在2点50左右交了最后的版本，但是老板的checklist上还有一件我没有改好。实在是没时间 了，就那样把论文交了。然后回家休息。
就这样匆忙中交了第一篇paper。也终于明白读phd真是个体力活，没有好身体根本就挺不住，我这样根本不算是最用功的。实验室一个师兄上个暑假交paper之前，连续两周几乎就没怎么睡觉。相当恐怖。现在天气慢慢暖和了，要好好锻炼身体。
明年三月Infocom在上海开，今年暑假7月份截稿，好想回国，所以决定这几个月好好想想做什么，争取暑假投明年的Infocom，如果万幸能中的话可以借机回国一趟。:)
Spring Break来了，好好休息一下。整装待发！
Advice Collection by Dr. Tao Xie and Dr. Yuan Xie
Great website maintained by Professor Tao Xie (From NCSU) and Professor Yuan Xie (from PSU).
http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/advice.htm#writing
I hope it's useful for your phd studies.
http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/advice.htm#writing
I hope it's useful for your phd studies.
presentation suggestions
A friend asked me about presentation skills. I give him some suggestions and I would love to share them with all you guys, my friends.
Some suggestions for doing presentation:
1) Speak loudly
2) Try to relax and look naturally
3) Smile when you welcome people to your presentation, make yourself look friendly and nice
4) Face your audience, try to have eye contacts with everyone, not just stare at the front rows
5) Gestures should be above the waist
6) American people like big gestures, try to avoid small gestures
7) Rehearsal before presentation, if you don't have enough time, at lease prepare the introduction part well
8) Try to have more pitch jumps, and the emphasis should be put on new information or important words
9) Use transitions !
10) At the end, summarize your presentation. You may also have some shorter conclusions in the middle of your presentation.
11) Try to eliminate two many "Uh"s "Umm"s between words or sentences
12) If you are nervous, be careful about what you hold in your hand. Otherwise, it may turn out to be annoying.
13) For short conference presentation, you may prefer to finish your presentation without interruptions of questions from the audience. You can tell the audience to ask questions after your presentation.
14) If there are questions, make sure you get the questions. You can repeat the question or summarize the question before you answer it. This can make sure you get the right question and also let other audience know the question.
15) If you don't hear some certain words or some parts of the question clearly, ask that person speak more slowly, or explain in another way, just for the part you missed.
16) If you feel completely lost, firstly try to find out from which slide the question is (ask the questioner), then ask him/her to repeat his/her question again.
17) If you don't know the answer of a question, or it's too complicated to answer in several minutes, ask the questioner to discuss with you offline.
18) Check the pronunciations of the keywords you will use repeatedly in your presentation, make sure you pronounce the keywords correctly!
19) Do check typos in your slides
20) Stand straightly, move a little bit can make you look more relax (But I am not sure whether it's good or not for conference presentation).
21) Try to avoid grammar mistakes
22) Be confident and show your passion to your work
23) You need pause a lot for in presentation, much more than you normally speak to another person. You have to give the audience time to process all the new informations.
Pause at the right place, i.e. pause when you say something important, when a sentence is over, etc.
24) Repeat a lot, especially some notations in your equations and keywords. You need to repeat at least 3 times before your audience can get it.
25) DO NOT read your slides. It's very weird to speak like reading. Slides are just visual aids for your presentation. DO NOT rely on it!
26) Font size should be at least 22 pts. At most TEN lines per slide.
27) No full sentence in slides ! Try to use short phases.
28) DO NOT flip your slides back and forth! If you need something more that once, put it on the slides again.
29) Every slide should have its own name. Two slides should NOT use the same name.
30) Have some FUN! :)
If you can spend lots of time to do your work very well, then why not spend a little bit more time to prepare for your presentation. Presentation is your Show Time!
I wish this could help you to improve your presentation skills. Welcome to share your experiences with me !
Some suggestions for doing presentation:
1) Speak loudly
2) Try to relax and look naturally
3) Smile when you welcome people to your presentation, make yourself look friendly and nice
4) Face your audience, try to have eye contacts with everyone, not just stare at the front rows
5) Gestures should be above the waist
6) American people like big gestures, try to avoid small gestures
7) Rehearsal before presentation, if you don't have enough time, at lease prepare the introduction part well
8) Try to have more pitch jumps, and the emphasis should be put on new information or important words
9) Use transitions !
10) At the end, summarize your presentation. You may also have some shorter conclusions in the middle of your presentation.
11) Try to eliminate two many "Uh"s "Umm"s between words or sentences
12) If you are nervous, be careful about what you hold in your hand. Otherwise, it may turn out to be annoying.
13) For short conference presentation, you may prefer to finish your presentation without interruptions of questions from the audience. You can tell the audience to ask questions after your presentation.
14) If there are questions, make sure you get the questions. You can repeat the question or summarize the question before you answer it. This can make sure you get the right question and also let other audience know the question.
15) If you don't hear some certain words or some parts of the question clearly, ask that person speak more slowly, or explain in another way, just for the part you missed.
16) If you feel completely lost, firstly try to find out from which slide the question is (ask the questioner), then ask him/her to repeat his/her question again.
17) If you don't know the answer of a question, or it's too complicated to answer in several minutes, ask the questioner to discuss with you offline.
18) Check the pronunciations of the keywords you will use repeatedly in your presentation, make sure you pronounce the keywords correctly!
19) Do check typos in your slides
20) Stand straightly, move a little bit can make you look more relax (But I am not sure whether it's good or not for conference presentation).
21) Try to avoid grammar mistakes
22) Be confident and show your passion to your work
23) You need pause a lot for in presentation, much more than you normally speak to another person. You have to give the audience time to process all the new informations.
Pause at the right place, i.e. pause when you say something important, when a sentence is over, etc.
24) Repeat a lot, especially some notations in your equations and keywords. You need to repeat at least 3 times before your audience can get it.
25) DO NOT read your slides. It's very weird to speak like reading. Slides are just visual aids for your presentation. DO NOT rely on it!
26) Font size should be at least 22 pts. At most TEN lines per slide.
27) No full sentence in slides ! Try to use short phases.
28) DO NOT flip your slides back and forth! If you need something more that once, put it on the slides again.
29) Every slide should have its own name. Two slides should NOT use the same name.
30) Have some FUN! :)
If you can spend lots of time to do your work very well, then why not spend a little bit more time to prepare for your presentation. Presentation is your Show Time!
I wish this could help you to improve your presentation skills. Welcome to share your experiences with me !
PHD comics by Jorge Cham
They are very funny.
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive_list.php
Jorge Cham
http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/~jgcham/
Jorge Cham received his Bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech in 1997, and earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford. He subsequently worked at Caltech as an instructor and as a researcher on neural prosthetics. (from Wikipedia)
He first started drawing PhD Comics as a grad student at Stanford University, and has since been syndicated in several university newspapers and in three published book collections.
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive_list.php
Jorge Cham
http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/~jgcham/
Jorge Cham received his Bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech in 1997, and earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford. He subsequently worked at Caltech as an instructor and as a researcher on neural prosthetics. (from Wikipedia)
He first started drawing PhD Comics as a grad student at Stanford University, and has since been syndicated in several university newspapers and in three published book collections.
Ira Glass (The American Life) on Storytelling
A video about storytelling from Ira Glass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxJ3FtCJJA
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW6x7lOIsPE&feature=relmfu
Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY
Some words from that video.
"If anything is gonna be good. Things are really good, are good because people are really really tough. And you're gonna be really tough."
"You run a lot of stuff and it's gonna go nowhere. You should be happy about that. If you are doing that, you're doing it right."
"You get rid of a lot crap before you get anything special. "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxJ3FtCJJA
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW6x7lOIsPE&feature=relmfu
Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY
Part 4:
Some words from that video.
"If anything is gonna be good. Things are really good, are good because people are really really tough. And you're gonna be really tough."
"You run a lot of stuff and it's gonna go nowhere. You should be happy about that. If you are doing that, you're doing it right."
"You get rid of a lot crap before you get anything special. "
Backstreet Boys 演唱会
露天的演唱会, 音响效果还是很不错的, 人不少, 男士寥寥无几, 放眼望去都是美国mm
本以为像backstreet boys 这种老的有点过气的乐队, 去看他们演唱会的应该都是中年大叔大妈, 谁想大都是二十岁左右的mm
很 多歌迷穿了印有Backstreet's Back的T-Shirt, 看她们的T-Shirt觉得很有意思, 有三个mm T-Shirt后面分别印了Backstreet's, Back, Alright, 有个mm T-shirt后面貌似印了很多他们的歌名, 还有些mm干脆就在自己的白T-shirt后面用彩笔写了 "Backstreet's Back Alright".
我们几个俨然伪歌迷, 什么装备都没有.
中间还下起了雨, 雨不小, 浑身湿透了, 可是这雨让一帮歌迷更加疯狂.
这儿的演唱会果然不比国内的演唱会, 眼看着人家在大合唱, 我们几个也合不上, 就是歌调熟悉, 词也不记得, 实在是没法跟着唱, 可惜!
边上小摊的生啤很生猛, 三大杯就把旁边两个老美哥哥给灌醉了, 这俩哥哥简直就是来捣乱的, 趁着大家尖叫合唱的空档, 指着Backstreet Boys 大唱四字经(F-U-C-K). 引得前排歌迷很是不满.
不得不说老美的声音动作绝对是无敌丰富, 夏洛特看NBA的时候就略有见识, 演唱会现场更是大开眼界, 众多mm边跳边尖叫, 让人不得不high.
今年二月还是三月Black Eyed Peas来Raleigh 没有去看, 可惜了, 这次终于去看了演唱会, 以此纪念下.
9月份Lady Gaga姐姐要来Raleigh的RBC center开演唱会, 不知到时能不能煽动到人一起去. 如有机会还想去看Taylor Swift妹妹的演唱会, 可惜今年五月刚来过Raleigh, 去年已来过北卡2次了, 不晓得什么时候会再来.
本以为像backstreet boys 这种老的有点过气的乐队, 去看他们演唱会的应该都是中年大叔大妈, 谁想大都是二十岁左右的mm
很 多歌迷穿了印有Backstreet's Back的T-Shirt, 看她们的T-Shirt觉得很有意思, 有三个mm T-Shirt后面分别印了Backstreet's, Back, Alright, 有个mm T-shirt后面貌似印了很多他们的歌名, 还有些mm干脆就在自己的白T-shirt后面用彩笔写了 "Backstreet's Back Alright".
我们几个俨然伪歌迷, 什么装备都没有.
中间还下起了雨, 雨不小, 浑身湿透了, 可是这雨让一帮歌迷更加疯狂.
这儿的演唱会果然不比国内的演唱会, 眼看着人家在大合唱, 我们几个也合不上, 就是歌调熟悉, 词也不记得, 实在是没法跟着唱, 可惜!
边上小摊的生啤很生猛, 三大杯就把旁边两个老美哥哥给灌醉了, 这俩哥哥简直就是来捣乱的, 趁着大家尖叫合唱的空档, 指着Backstreet Boys 大唱四字经(F-U-C-K). 引得前排歌迷很是不满.
不得不说老美的声音动作绝对是无敌丰富, 夏洛特看NBA的时候就略有见识, 演唱会现场更是大开眼界, 众多mm边跳边尖叫, 让人不得不high.
今年二月还是三月Black Eyed Peas来Raleigh 没有去看, 可惜了, 这次终于去看了演唱会, 以此纪念下.
9月份Lady Gaga姐姐要来Raleigh的RBC center开演唱会, 不知到时能不能煽动到人一起去. 如有机会还想去看Taylor Swift妹妹的演唱会, 可惜今年五月刚来过Raleigh, 去年已来过北卡2次了, 不晓得什么时候会再来.
Beautiful solo piano
Solo Piano Collections
You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoCollections
Big Snow in Salzburg -David Nevue
David Nevue is a solo piano composer and a pianist. He is the founder of Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio, an online radio station, as well as The Music Biz Academy, an educational web site for independent musicians. He is the author of the book, How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuUxWTTf4_0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PvFZ4K59Vc
Some songs
You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoCollections
Big Snow in Salzburg -David Nevue
David Nevue is a solo piano composer and a pianist. He is the founder of Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio, an online radio station, as well as The Music Biz Academy, an educational web site for independent musicians. He is the author of the book, How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuUxWTTf4_0
Camelot - by Louis Landon
Louis Landon, Solo piano recording artist.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PvFZ4K59Vc
Harmony Grove - by Greg Maroney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw_oEiaQjvAMy Immortal - by Sott D. Davis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TNgA1Jb_C0The Eternal City-by Michele McLaughlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pea9beGkz5o&feature=autoplay&list=QL&index=39&playnext=8Across the Burren-by Michele McLaughlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjFCMNQkyJE&feature=BF&list=QL&index=42 Some songs
The seller of stars - by Donovan
http://www.xiami.com/song/1023435 I'll never fall in love again - by Dionne Warwick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzQBOBoPg04我的世界杯
在一屋子足球迷的感染下, 我再次真切的感受了一把世界杯的热潮. 想我也是个没有运动细胞的人, 对这些比赛自是没什么狂热的追求; 可是我又是个容易受影响的人, 于是我就变成了伪球迷...
想 四年前大三的那个暑假, 竹子带我去看06年世界杯的第一场比赛. 在信息楼一层那个大教室里, 我傻傻的什么都不懂的糊里糊涂的看完了那场比赛. 不记得那是一场怎样的比赛, 精彩与否都没了印象. 唯一记得的是因为半夜看球太饿了, 去买了泡面, 坐在那里边吃边看 (这样说来才发现和竹子同吃一碗泡面原来还不止一次); 还记得因为怕信息楼空调太冷, 去借了凤姐的两件外套, 在那个热情高涨的教室, 我和竹子就那样穿着厚厚的外套坐在后排边吃泡面边不时抬头看两眼比赛. 当然了, 收获还是有的, 知道了啥叫 "越位", 喜欢上德国队也源于那个夏天.
四年后的这个暑假, 天气依然炎热. 我这个伪德球迷再次伤心的看着德国队止步四强; 跟着实验室一帮球迷看比赛. 可惜大家各对着各的电脑, 自是没了一起看球赛的那种感觉, 更没了人陪我边吃边看. 这让我多少有点想念从前.
刚刚想着下届世界杯应该还是不用熬夜看比赛, 却恐怖的发现我已经在学校看过两届世界杯了, 四年这么一恍就过去了! 下次能不能不要在学校看世界杯了?
想 四年前大三的那个暑假, 竹子带我去看06年世界杯的第一场比赛. 在信息楼一层那个大教室里, 我傻傻的什么都不懂的糊里糊涂的看完了那场比赛. 不记得那是一场怎样的比赛, 精彩与否都没了印象. 唯一记得的是因为半夜看球太饿了, 去买了泡面, 坐在那里边吃边看 (这样说来才发现和竹子同吃一碗泡面原来还不止一次); 还记得因为怕信息楼空调太冷, 去借了凤姐的两件外套, 在那个热情高涨的教室, 我和竹子就那样穿着厚厚的外套坐在后排边吃泡面边不时抬头看两眼比赛. 当然了, 收获还是有的, 知道了啥叫 "越位", 喜欢上德国队也源于那个夏天.
四年后的这个暑假, 天气依然炎热. 我这个伪德球迷再次伤心的看着德国队止步四强; 跟着实验室一帮球迷看比赛. 可惜大家各对着各的电脑, 自是没了一起看球赛的那种感觉, 更没了人陪我边吃边看. 这让我多少有点想念从前.
刚刚想着下届世界杯应该还是不用熬夜看比赛, 却恐怖的发现我已经在学校看过两届世界杯了, 四年这么一恍就过去了! 下次能不能不要在学校看世界杯了?
Jokes in "The Simpsons" -continue updating
Do the bartman!-A song wrote by Michael Jackson in 1990.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Bartman)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jmhlyuxULI
Jackson was a fan of The Simpsons, especially Bart !~~
Happy birthday Lisa-wrote by Michael Jackson for "The Simpsons"(Original in 1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPpw9sBTyFk1209 HOMR
Homer: Animation is so great! Way better than...(pause several seconds to search words)Whatever the alternative is.
The second day after Homer used their life savings to buy 500 shares of Animotion Company
TV News: After Animotion plunging 75 points this morning,
Homer: I hop plunging means up, and 75 means 200.
TV: the firm declared "super-duper bankruptcy", which is terrible news for the company's only stock owner Homer Simpson!
Homer: Family Meeting! Family Meeting!
All right! First item, I lost our life savings in the stock market. Now let's move to the real issue! Lisa's hogging of the maple syrup!
Lisa: Well, maybe if mom didn't make such dry waffles....
Marge: Maybe if you ate some meat, you have some natural...
Ah! You lost all our money?
Homer: I didn't lose ALL the money! There was enough for the cowbell!
The cowbell promptly shatters in Homer's hand.
Homer: Damn you, EBay!
1708 The Italian Bob
The Simpsons are in Pisa, Italy. Next to the well know leaning tower,Homer: Wow, I've seen photos of this. But you can't really experience it until you're here! A McDonald's where you can have boozes!
Lisa: Dad! Don't you want to turn around and see the tower?
Homer: Yeah! It's a picture on my cup!
After Homer broke Mr Burns' car, he was asking for help from an old woman
Homer: Do you know anything about fixing sports car?
Old Woman: #$%^&* (Italian...)
Homer: It's a Lamborgotti Fasterossa #$%&*...
Old Woman: Americano.
Homer: Americano? What the hell could that mean? Why you people can't learn to speak my language? I learned to eat you food!
After trying to kill Bart, the sideshow Bob is thinking to start his new life somewhere.
Sideshow Bob: I need a fresh start. But where?
Bob is moving the globe and randomly points to one place.
ORLANDO
"Not in this life time!"
North Korea
"Damn it!"
Shelbyville (a fictional city adjacent to the Springfield in The Simpsons.)
"Never!"
Bartovia
"Now cut that out!"
"Ah, Tuscany! Fortune is finally smiling upon me".
Just after this, sideshow Bob is hit by a Rake...
The simpsons are running away from sideshow Bob, who is trying to kill them.
Lisa: Oh! Dad, you're driving on an ancient Roman aqueduct!
Homer: What am I supposed to use it for? Transporting water to distant urban centers?
After eventually landing on top of Trajan's Column (a Roman triumphal column) in Roman Forum,
Homer: Everyone remembers where we parked.
The Simpsons 1606
Lisa: Mr. Burn's acting nice. That's odd. He must be up to something.
Bart: Lisa, Mr. Burn is the sweetest kindest man I know.
Lisa: How many men do you know?
Bart: Basically, him and Dad.
When Mr. Burns cancels the plant employees' prescription drug plan, Homer, Marge, Lisa, and Bart are discussing about how to solve this problem.
Suddenly, Homer's Dad break into Homer's house, and say "I got the answer!"
Homer: Dad?
Homer's Dad: Oh. Thank God! It's the right place. I broke into four homes before this one. ...
After Homer got cheap prescription drugs from Canada, Ned Flanders is asking Homer to help him.
Homer: Flanders? I don't know. Mean you haven't done anything for me since you lent me 5000 bucks yesterday!
Flanders: Yeah. I don't claim to be the perfect neighbor.
an insight that simply helps make sense of it all :)
In an increasing competitive world, it is quality of thinking that gives an edge, an idea that opens new doors, a technique that solves a problem, or an insight that simply helps make sense of it all.
bus trip from Raleigh, NC to Dayton, OH
［人人网日志导入］
最终行程:Raleigh, NC->Winston Salem, NC->Charleston, WV-> Columbus, OH->Dayton, OH
乘坐: Grey Hound Bus
下 午一点, 实验室自称是我师弟其实和我一起来的同学送我到了Raleigh Downtown的车站, 换车票, 等车, 一切顺利. 经过四个小时, 到了一个叫 Winston Salem 的城市, 我要在这里换乘去Columbus, OH的车. 在这四个小时里, 先是沉沉睡了两个小时, 然后就和坐旁边的美国mm聊了两个小时.
mm才18岁, 可是竟然已经结婚了, 目前在Tennessee上学, 丈夫在Raleigh 工作, 此行是回Virginia看望父亲, 学过Spanish, 有过Military的经历. 在我看来蛮神奇的. 重要的是她有着甜美的性格, 说起话来轻声轻语, 还算健谈. 和我一样也害怕坐错车, 怕被人抢劫, 把所有首饰都摘了才来坐车. 时间在聊天中很快过去.
到了Winston车站, 一个人在车站吃了点东西, 然后背上包出去走了走. Downtown还有几个高楼, 还不错. 天气格外清爽, 从早上下雨到现在, 淅淅沥沥的小雨, 清爽而舒适! 转了一圈回去等着转车.
实际上这才是我这趟bus trip的真正开始.
大 概到换乘车来的时候, 奇怪的事情发生了. 原定带我们去Columbus, OH的那趟车因为人太多, 司机给我们了每人一张小条, 让我们乘下一趟去Charleston, WV的车, 在那里换乘去Columbus的车. 于是我就非常confused 跟着坐了另一班车. 奇妙的旅途就此拉开序幕.
车开出Winston Salem已是快8点, 开了没过久天就黑了. 然而在晚上十点多的时候, 车停在了一个叫Fayetteville, WV的小镇上. 车就停在一个McDonald's旁边. 司机停下车, 赶着大家都下车休息一下, 说是过了这站一直到Charleston都不会休息了. 可是天已经黑了啊大姐, 外面黑乎乎的, 还是在West Virginia这个不毛之地.
我再次万分疑惑又有些不情愿的拿了包下车, 随着人群去了那家McDonald's. 去了洗手间, 出来看到大家都站在外面, 车没有一点要走的意思, 司机坐在McDonald's里面不知道在看什么. 看看黑乎乎的外面二十几个人站在路边, 真像是拍恐怖片呐!
得, 又进了McDonald's, 闻到香味, 那个饿啊! 索性排队去买吃的, 排队的人还很多. 点完餐拿到号: 481. 好, 等吧! 这时那边叫号了, 才二百多号! 我一听, 这不扯吗, 我还要赶车呢! 奇怪的叫了几个二百多号居然就到了我.
拿 到吃的又出了McDonald's, 打算坐车里吃去. 这时我忽然发现有两辆GreyHound的车并排停在那里. 晕! 我该上哪辆? 看到人多的一辆就上去, 司机一看我就说: 你是那边那车的. 我就又稀里糊涂的下来, 看到另一个车还关着门没有要走的意思, 只好继续站在外面拿了汉堡出来吃. 这大晚上的在不知道啥地的McDonald's外面吃汉堡, 怕这样的事也不会多吧...
一路上坐我旁 边的白人mm Samantha正在给家打电话. 一个人无聊的吃着汉堡, 看她挂了电话就上去和她说话, 正好一个套餐我吃不了, 就问她要不要吃薯条. Samantha倒是爽快, 接过去就开始吃了. 边吃边聊, 她告诉我她打电话回家, 她妈妈问她: Where are you? 她说: I don't know...看看多可怕, 我们当时根本不清楚车停在了哪儿, 直到上车后前排的一个黑人大妈告诉我们才知道. 十几分钟后终于可以回到车上, 夜深了, 大家都开始睡觉.
凌晨一点到达Charleston, WV, 大家都下了车, 也不知道接下来该坐哪趟车. 去了个洗手间, 回来看到原来在那个车站的人都在排队, 我睡眼惺忪, 非常迷惑的看着排队的人, 不知是否该排队上这个车, 就去问了一个排队的女孩, 她告诉这辆车会经过Columbus, OH. "大概就是这趟车吧!", 迷惑着去排队, 一个老太太还安慰我: 这样能看到更多的地方. 好吧! 人家老太太都这么安定, 我怕啥呢!
上了车, 一路狂清醒. 周围的人都在睡觉, 我却睡不着了. 听着音乐, 看着窗外黑黑的夜, 胡思乱想着, 半天发现其实什么也没想, 迷迷糊糊熬到天亮. 隐约记得中间在几个小镇停了下车, 朦胧记得有河穿过那几个小镇, 车从桥上开过, 我猜想那小镇的风景一定很美.
到达Columbus, OH时才早上五点多, 天刚刚亮, 去Dayton的车还要两个小时才能出发. 天太早又不敢出去瞎逛, 只好在候车厅无聊. 中间给家打个电话, 还有个中国学生过来搭讪, 聊了几句他的车来了, 也就走了. 我继续无聊. 结果车还晚了半个小时. 要走得时候和Samantha说再见, 我无聊的时候她已经在Columbus Downtown溜达了一圈, 抱怨着所有的咖啡店都还没开门, 想喝杯咖啡都没有地方可以去. 说了Bye-Bye, 我就踏上了去Dayton的车.
从Columbus到Dayton的车上, 坐在一个大叔边上, 困的厉害, 睡了一觉先. 醒了看见外面大片的玉米地, 果然是北方, 真是平啊! 忽然边上大叔拍了拍我的肩, 跟我说: See that balloon! You see that? 我迷糊中没听清大叔说啥, 心里嘀咕让我看啥? 看看窗外就是普通的房子, 我不知所然的答应着. 大叔接着说: I also live in a balloon. 我真是恨不得跳窗户啊, 愣是没听出balloon这词. 只好胡乱附和. 估计大叔看我对热气球没兴趣也就没再说什么. 过了几秒, 我忽然看见窗外天上有个热气球在飞, 顿时明白了大叔说啥, 恨不得钻地下去.
过 了会, 大叔又问我去哪儿. 我告诉他后, 他感慨着自己的long trip, 说要到Mississippi, 第二天才能到. 对我这个毫无地理概念的人来说, 这简直是对牛弹琴. 我心里想Mississippi在Ohio的北边吧, 那应该没多远啊! 咋第二天才能到呢? 疑惑却也没有问. 后来才知道, Mississippi在那么南边, 离Ohio远着呢. 行吧, 我的无知有一次扼杀了聊天的机会.
大叔不断创造聊天素材, 还问我Dayton是个大城市吗? 我说: I don't know. I've never been there before. 谈话结束. 看看吧, 大叔多努力和我说话了, 我就是这么不给面子.
一个半小时后, 顺利到达Dayton, 至少我到的时候是这么以为的. 虽然后来发现到的并不是Dayton, 只是Dayton边上一个小镇, 那都是后话了. 这次Bus trip也算是话上句号. :)
流 水账后发表个感言. 其实这趟Bus trip没有想象中那么可怕, 倒是多了几分乐趣. 之前在网上看说在美国不要吃别人给的吃的, 所以在Samantha 问我要不要糖的时候, 我犹豫了, 但还是贪吃要了, 犹豫中吃了那根香烟糖. 实在是没啥, 完全没有下毒之类的恐怖事件. 虽然坐车的人黑人居多, 但黑人也没什么不得体的行为. 大家相互尊重, 都挺好的. 所以在美国坐汽车没那么可怕. :) 当然也不能大意啦, 警惕是必要的, 但也要相信世上好人多. 抒情完毕!
原定车票路线: Raleigh, NC->Winston Salem, NC-> Columbus, OH->Dayton, OH
最终行程:Raleigh, NC->Winston Salem, NC->Charleston, WV-> Columbus, OH->Dayton, OH
乘坐: Grey Hound Bus
下 午一点, 实验室自称是我师弟其实和我一起来的同学送我到了Raleigh Downtown的车站, 换车票, 等车, 一切顺利. 经过四个小时, 到了一个叫 Winston Salem 的城市, 我要在这里换乘去Columbus, OH的车. 在这四个小时里, 先是沉沉睡了两个小时, 然后就和坐旁边的美国mm聊了两个小时.
mm才18岁, 可是竟然已经结婚了, 目前在Tennessee上学, 丈夫在Raleigh 工作, 此行是回Virginia看望父亲, 学过Spanish, 有过Military的经历. 在我看来蛮神奇的. 重要的是她有着甜美的性格, 说起话来轻声轻语, 还算健谈. 和我一样也害怕坐错车, 怕被人抢劫, 把所有首饰都摘了才来坐车. 时间在聊天中很快过去.
到了Winston车站, 一个人在车站吃了点东西, 然后背上包出去走了走. Downtown还有几个高楼, 还不错. 天气格外清爽, 从早上下雨到现在, 淅淅沥沥的小雨, 清爽而舒适! 转了一圈回去等着转车.
实际上这才是我这趟bus trip的真正开始.
大 概到换乘车来的时候, 奇怪的事情发生了. 原定带我们去Columbus, OH的那趟车因为人太多, 司机给我们了每人一张小条, 让我们乘下一趟去Charleston, WV的车, 在那里换乘去Columbus的车. 于是我就非常confused 跟着坐了另一班车. 奇妙的旅途就此拉开序幕.
车开出Winston Salem已是快8点, 开了没过久天就黑了. 然而在晚上十点多的时候, 车停在了一个叫Fayetteville, WV的小镇上. 车就停在一个McDonald's旁边. 司机停下车, 赶着大家都下车休息一下, 说是过了这站一直到Charleston都不会休息了. 可是天已经黑了啊大姐, 外面黑乎乎的, 还是在West Virginia这个不毛之地.
我再次万分疑惑又有些不情愿的拿了包下车, 随着人群去了那家McDonald's. 去了洗手间, 出来看到大家都站在外面, 车没有一点要走的意思, 司机坐在McDonald's里面不知道在看什么. 看看黑乎乎的外面二十几个人站在路边, 真像是拍恐怖片呐!
得, 又进了McDonald's, 闻到香味, 那个饿啊! 索性排队去买吃的, 排队的人还很多. 点完餐拿到号: 481. 好, 等吧! 这时那边叫号了, 才二百多号! 我一听, 这不扯吗, 我还要赶车呢! 奇怪的叫了几个二百多号居然就到了我.
拿 到吃的又出了McDonald's, 打算坐车里吃去. 这时我忽然发现有两辆GreyHound的车并排停在那里. 晕! 我该上哪辆? 看到人多的一辆就上去, 司机一看我就说: 你是那边那车的. 我就又稀里糊涂的下来, 看到另一个车还关着门没有要走的意思, 只好继续站在外面拿了汉堡出来吃. 这大晚上的在不知道啥地的McDonald's外面吃汉堡, 怕这样的事也不会多吧...
一路上坐我旁 边的白人mm Samantha正在给家打电话. 一个人无聊的吃着汉堡, 看她挂了电话就上去和她说话, 正好一个套餐我吃不了, 就问她要不要吃薯条. Samantha倒是爽快, 接过去就开始吃了. 边吃边聊, 她告诉我她打电话回家, 她妈妈问她: Where are you? 她说: I don't know...看看多可怕, 我们当时根本不清楚车停在了哪儿, 直到上车后前排的一个黑人大妈告诉我们才知道. 十几分钟后终于可以回到车上, 夜深了, 大家都开始睡觉.
凌晨一点到达Charleston, WV, 大家都下了车, 也不知道接下来该坐哪趟车. 去了个洗手间, 回来看到原来在那个车站的人都在排队, 我睡眼惺忪, 非常迷惑的看着排队的人, 不知是否该排队上这个车, 就去问了一个排队的女孩, 她告诉这辆车会经过Columbus, OH. "大概就是这趟车吧!", 迷惑着去排队, 一个老太太还安慰我: 这样能看到更多的地方. 好吧! 人家老太太都这么安定, 我怕啥呢!
上了车, 一路狂清醒. 周围的人都在睡觉, 我却睡不着了. 听着音乐, 看着窗外黑黑的夜, 胡思乱想着, 半天发现其实什么也没想, 迷迷糊糊熬到天亮. 隐约记得中间在几个小镇停了下车, 朦胧记得有河穿过那几个小镇, 车从桥上开过, 我猜想那小镇的风景一定很美.
到达Columbus, OH时才早上五点多, 天刚刚亮, 去Dayton的车还要两个小时才能出发. 天太早又不敢出去瞎逛, 只好在候车厅无聊. 中间给家打个电话, 还有个中国学生过来搭讪, 聊了几句他的车来了, 也就走了. 我继续无聊. 结果车还晚了半个小时. 要走得时候和Samantha说再见, 我无聊的时候她已经在Columbus Downtown溜达了一圈, 抱怨着所有的咖啡店都还没开门, 想喝杯咖啡都没有地方可以去. 说了Bye-Bye, 我就踏上了去Dayton的车.
从Columbus到Dayton的车上, 坐在一个大叔边上, 困的厉害, 睡了一觉先. 醒了看见外面大片的玉米地, 果然是北方, 真是平啊! 忽然边上大叔拍了拍我的肩, 跟我说: See that balloon! You see that? 我迷糊中没听清大叔说啥, 心里嘀咕让我看啥? 看看窗外就是普通的房子, 我不知所然的答应着. 大叔接着说: I also live in a balloon. 我真是恨不得跳窗户啊, 愣是没听出balloon这词. 只好胡乱附和. 估计大叔看我对热气球没兴趣也就没再说什么. 过了几秒, 我忽然看见窗外天上有个热气球在飞, 顿时明白了大叔说啥, 恨不得钻地下去.
过 了会, 大叔又问我去哪儿. 我告诉他后, 他感慨着自己的long trip, 说要到Mississippi, 第二天才能到. 对我这个毫无地理概念的人来说, 这简直是对牛弹琴. 我心里想Mississippi在Ohio的北边吧, 那应该没多远啊! 咋第二天才能到呢? 疑惑却也没有问. 后来才知道, Mississippi在那么南边, 离Ohio远着呢. 行吧, 我的无知有一次扼杀了聊天的机会.
大叔不断创造聊天素材, 还问我Dayton是个大城市吗? 我说: I don't know. I've never been there before. 谈话结束. 看看吧, 大叔多努力和我说话了, 我就是这么不给面子.
一个半小时后, 顺利到达Dayton, 至少我到的时候是这么以为的. 虽然后来发现到的并不是Dayton, 只是Dayton边上一个小镇, 那都是后话了. 这次Bus trip也算是话上句号. :)
流 水账后发表个感言. 其实这趟Bus trip没有想象中那么可怕, 倒是多了几分乐趣. 之前在网上看说在美国不要吃别人给的吃的, 所以在Samantha 问我要不要糖的时候, 我犹豫了, 但还是贪吃要了, 犹豫中吃了那根香烟糖. 实在是没啥, 完全没有下毒之类的恐怖事件. 虽然坐车的人黑人居多, 但黑人也没什么不得体的行为. 大家相互尊重, 都挺好的. 所以在美国坐汽车没那么可怕. :) 当然也不能大意啦, 警惕是必要的, 但也要相信世上好人多. 抒情完毕!
online music
Pandora: http://www.pandora.com/
大爱，建自己的radio station，播的是自己喜欢的音乐类型，又有着未知的因素，会无意中听到很喜欢的歌曲。
还有iphone app， 对我来说很方便。可惜貌似没什么中文歌曲。
Grooveshark： http://listen.grooveshark.com/
还不错，歌比较全吧， 中文的歌很多。
Grooveshark的iphone app感觉很曲折，发布了5天就被迫撤出，不知何时才能协调好。 期待：）
亦歌：http://www.1g1g.com/
最开始知道的mac支持的在线中文听歌网站
虾米：xiami.com
上面的一些原创精选集还不错
最近还迷上iphone的clock radio，可以听很多喜欢的radio，还可以设定闹表，到时间会开始播放你设定的radio。叫我起床不错：）
大爱，建自己的radio station，播的是自己喜欢的音乐类型，又有着未知的因素，会无意中听到很喜欢的歌曲。
还有iphone app， 对我来说很方便。可惜貌似没什么中文歌曲。
Grooveshark： http://listen.grooveshark.com/
还不错，歌比较全吧， 中文的歌很多。
Grooveshark的iphone app感觉很曲折，发布了5天就被迫撤出，不知何时才能协调好。 期待：）
亦歌：http://www.1g1g.com/
最开始知道的mac支持的在线中文听歌网站
虾米：xiami.com
上面的一些原创精选集还不错
最近还迷上iphone的clock radio，可以听很多喜欢的radio，还可以设定闹表，到时间会开始播放你设定的radio。叫我起床不错：）
学校football中心游览
［人人网日志导入］
尽管马上要期中考试了, 还是报名参加了OIS组织的学校football center tour. 过程蛮简单的, 从学校出发, OIS的van带我们去了football center, 然后学校football主教练和大家说了几句话合影, 然后有人带我们看了学校的football的一个小影片, 带我们参观球员训练的一些地方.
一些有趣的事:
NCAA规定学生球员每天只能在训练中心吃一顿饭, 其他两顿必须和其他非运动员学生一起吃. (果然不是职业运动员, 不能一日三餐接收补贴.)
NCAA规定学生球员周一放假, 没有训练.
NCAA规定学生球员住宿舍友必须50%以上为非运动员学生. (NCAA是boss!)
学校橄榄球队有113人, 其中85人有奖学金, 其他人没的钱拿. (有点惊讶!)
一 个橄榄球队一百多人可能只有一个人会进入职业橄榄球队继续玩橄榄球, 其他人毕业后都要转投他们的plan B. (感觉前景好不乐观...介绍的Madam说: It's good to have dreams and work hard for them, but you have to have Plan B. In football, you usually end up with plan B.)
NC State到目前为止在职业football球队里面的不过二十个人...
遗憾的没带相机, 等收到OIS照的照片再传上来给大家看吧.
上周末很郁闷的输给了VA tech :( 这周末和Boston College比赛, 拿到了学生的免费票, 周末去看football 喽! 这次将是红色的海洋!
一些有趣的事:
NCAA规定学生球员每天只能在训练中心吃一顿饭, 其他两顿必须和其他非运动员学生一起吃. (果然不是职业运动员, 不能一日三餐接收补贴.)
NCAA规定学生球员周一放假, 没有训练.
NCAA规定学生球员住宿舍友必须50%以上为非运动员学生. (NCAA是boss!)
学校橄榄球队有113人, 其中85人有奖学金, 其他人没的钱拿. (有点惊讶!)
一 个橄榄球队一百多人可能只有一个人会进入职业橄榄球队继续玩橄榄球, 其他人毕业后都要转投他们的plan B. (感觉前景好不乐观...介绍的Madam说: It's good to have dreams and work hard for them, but you have to have Plan B. In football, you usually end up with plan B.)
NC State到目前为止在职业football球队里面的不过二十个人...
遗憾的没带相机, 等收到OIS照的照片再传上来给大家看吧.
上周末很郁闷的输给了VA tech :( 这周末和Boston College比赛, 拿到了学生的免费票, 周末去看football 喽! 这次将是红色的海洋!
推荐： 小笨霖英语学习笔记
记得确定要出国之后 就在网上找学习口语的资料，练习口语， 为来美做准备，那时候看到网上小笨霖英语学习笔记，下载过来看过一些，觉得挺有意思的。 出国前在他的英语学习笔记里面就知道一些在美国生活会遇到的事情，比如超市的cash back 也就省去了像某些人刚开始以为是人家白给钱的尴尬。总体来说比较有意思。以前在国内的时候看过不少，有的后来都忘了，最近又捡起来重新读，还是很有收获。 有兴趣的可以去看看。
http://som.twbbs.org/klee/notebook/
网上貌似有word版的可以下载 在国内的时候下过，现在懒得找了，就在网上看。
俗话说好记性不如烂鼻头，所以最近也在学习他记一些英语学习笔记，自己记的比较乱，学到的生词啦，一些以前自己发音不对的词啦，听广播看电影学到的英语用法啦 给自己备用。
http://som.twbbs.org/klee/notebook/
网上貌似有word版的可以下载 在国内的时候下过，现在懒得找了，就在网上看。
俗话说好记性不如烂鼻头，所以最近也在学习他记一些英语学习笔记，自己记的比较乱，学到的生词啦，一些以前自己发音不对的词啦，听广播看电影学到的英语用法啦 给自己备用。
From [Kim & Jason]: Virtual Halloween Parade Awards
In an attempt to combine the awesomeness of the Halloween parade with the amazing connecting power of the Internet, we recently hosted first ever Kim & Jason Virtual Halloween Parade on our Facebook page. We received many great entries, but after much deliberation, here are our award winners:
Who Needs a Store-Bought Costume When I Can Make My Own? Award
Yoda; a popular costume choice this year was he. Stores are stocked with standard Yoda costumes, but Elyse Chapman decided to make her own. She drew the ears on green craft foam, rigged them up with long green pipe cleaners under a skull cap made from a green bandana. Then she sewed the tunic with assorted remnants from the fabric store bargain bin. It all came together with the face paint and lightsaber! Not the easiest route to take, but the results were worth it!
Submitted by Elyse Chapman
Best Makeup
Matt and Gina Goodbred used a LOT of green paint and makeup to become toy soldiers. For their originality and awesome retro flavor, we salute them!
Submitted by Gina Goodbred
Best Group Theme (Tie)
We got so many great themed photos it was hard to narrow it down to just one. So we didn’t. Christine Hood’s family went all medieval on Halloween, complete with damsel, dragon and a knight in shining fabric. Notice how even the stroller is painted to look like a castle!
Submitted by Christine Hood
Meanwhile, Sonia Cuvelier Walsh suited up her Fab Four in authentic Sgt. Pepper regalia. These sweet threads are as colorful as they are cool!
Submitted by Sonia Cuvelier Walsh
Honorary Alfred Hitchcock Tribute Award
Alfred Hitchcock is the quintessential master of suspense. Laura Lawrence dressed up as Tippi Hedren’s character Melanie Daniells from Hitchcock’s famous movie “The Birds.” We love the image of her waving her arms around in horror. Well done, Laura.
Submitted by Laura Lawrence
You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry Award
This has got to be the hands down cutest little Incredible Hulk ever! (Not that Tinkerbell is a slouch by any means.) We’re not sure what’s more adorable, the bulging muscles, the tiny ripped jeans, or the angry face. One thing is certain: if we see him on the street, we’re steering clear!
Submitted by Ellen Yedinak
Most Likely to Cause Nightmares
This award goes to John Gundich in a slam dunk. Not only did he pose with his infant daughter as Michael Myers, but his depiction of “Johanna” Dugger is downright creepy and has been responsible for many restless nights around here.
Submitted by Patrizzia Gundich
All of our award winners will all be receiving a special “Trick or Treat” goodie box with items from the Kim & Jason Lemonade Stand. A special thanks to everyone who submitted photos — it was so fun to see everyone’s creativity on display!
Who Needs a Store-Bought Costume When I Can Make My Own? Award
Yoda; a popular costume choice this year was he. Stores are stocked with standard Yoda costumes, but Elyse Chapman decided to make her own. She drew the ears on green craft foam, rigged them up with long green pipe cleaners under a skull cap made from a green bandana. Then she sewed the tunic with assorted remnants from the fabric store bargain bin. It all came together with the face paint and lightsaber! Not the easiest route to take, but the results were worth it!
Submitted by Elyse Chapman
Best Makeup
Matt and Gina Goodbred used a LOT of green paint and makeup to become toy soldiers. For their originality and awesome retro flavor, we salute them!
Submitted by Gina Goodbred
Best Group Theme (Tie)
We got so many great themed photos it was hard to narrow it down to just one. So we didn’t. Christine Hood’s family went all medieval on Halloween, complete with damsel, dragon and a knight in shining fabric. Notice how even the stroller is painted to look like a castle!
Submitted by Christine Hood
Meanwhile, Sonia Cuvelier Walsh suited up her Fab Four in authentic Sgt. Pepper regalia. These sweet threads are as colorful as they are cool!
Submitted by Sonia Cuvelier Walsh
Honorary Alfred Hitchcock Tribute Award
Alfred Hitchcock is the quintessential master of suspense. Laura Lawrence dressed up as Tippi Hedren’s character Melanie Daniells from Hitchcock’s famous movie “The Birds.” We love the image of her waving her arms around in horror. Well done, Laura.
Submitted by Laura Lawrence
You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry Award
This has got to be the hands down cutest little Incredible Hulk ever! (Not that Tinkerbell is a slouch by any means.) We’re not sure what’s more adorable, the bulging muscles, the tiny ripped jeans, or the angry face. One thing is certain: if we see him on the street, we’re steering clear!
Submitted by Ellen Yedinak
Most Likely to Cause Nightmares
This award goes to John Gundich in a slam dunk. Not only did he pose with his infant daughter as Michael Myers, but his depiction of “Johanna” Dugger is downright creepy and has been responsible for many restless nights around here.
Submitted by Patrizzia Gundich
All of our award winners will all be receiving a special “Trick or Treat” goodie box with items from the Kim & Jason Lemonade Stand. A special thanks to everyone who submitted photos — it was so fun to see everyone’s creativity on display!
[FW] Bibliography of Academic Writing Guides by Wendy Belcher
Bibliography of Academic Writing Guides
Boice, Robert. 2000. Advice for New Faculty Members: Nihil Nimus. Allyn & Bacon.
The best work by the best writer on academic writing. "Nihil Nimus" means "nothing in excess." This advice is based on Boice's finding that moderation is the single-most reliable predictor of success in academic life. The book is full of practical rules for combining teaching, socializing, and brief, daily sessions of writing. "It is the first guidebook to move beyond anecdotes and surmises for its directives, based on the author's extensive experience and solid research in the areas of staff and faculty development," says an Amazon.com review.
Robert Boice. 1992. The New Faculty Member: Supporting and Fostering Professional Development. Jossey-Bass Publishers.
An earlier excellent text by the leading authority on academic writing.
Boice, Robert. 1990. Professors as Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing. Stillwater, Oklahoma: New Forums Press.
An extremely helpful practical guide by the leading authority on academic writing. Includes an extensive diagnostic questionnaire.
Writing for Publication
Cantor, Jeffrey A. 1994. A Guide to Academic Writing. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Useful focus on publishing strategies rather than writing. Includes chapter on writing for professional journals. Advises on writing conference papers and grants. Deals at length with book publication, including contracts, prospectuses, and textbooks.
Luey, Beth. 1995. Handbook for Academic Authors. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
A comprehensive book on academic publishing. Includes only twenty pages on writing for journals. Includes a useful chapter on revising a dissertation into a book. Discusses at length how to work with publishers. Addresses submission mechanics.
Matkin, Ralph E. and T. F. Riggar. 1991. Persist and Publish: Helpful Hints for Academic Writing and Publishing. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.
General methods for increasing "productivity and achievement in the publish-or-perish academic world." Many useful figures and tables. Includes twenty pages on writing for journals.
Day, Robert A. 1998. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. 5th ed. New York: Oryx Press.
Specifically for those in the sciences. Amazon.com says "each edition of this witty and practical guide to writing, organizing, illustrating, and submitting scientific research for publication in a scholarly scientific journal has become an instant bestseller."
Parker, Frank, and Kathryn Riley. 1996. Writing for Academic Publication: A Guide to Getting Started. Superior: Parlay Enterprises.
Broad advice on writing academic reviews, book reviews, abstracts, conference papers, and articles rather than concentrating on journal articles.
Silverman, Franklin H. 1999. Publishing for Tenure and Beyond. New York: Praeger.
"Provides graduate students who intend to pursue a career in academia and tenure-track junior faculty with candid information about developing an adequate publication record … [and how to] maximize the likelihood of having their articles accepted for publication by peer-reviewed professional, scientific, and scholarly journals." For graduate students and junior faculty, it focuses on journal article publication and the large picture-what content is selling today
Moxley, Joseph M., and Todd Taylor. 1997. Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors. 2nd ed. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield.
Collected volume of essays by various authors. Broad book on academic publishing. Little on journal article publishing.
Huff, Anne Sigismund. 1998. Writing for Scholarly Publication. Sage Publications.
Not focused on journal articles and devoted largely to prewriting rather than revising.
Germano, William. 2001. Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Written by the publishing director of Routledge, this long-time academic editor details why editors chose some books and decline others, how the publishing process works regarding books, how to read a contract, and other details of publishing a book.
Staying Motivated and Sane
Bolker, Joan. 1998. Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
Excellent and very popular text on the psychological aspects of writing your dissertation. For writing a dissertation, not academic articles. Focuses on the emotional management of graduate school writing. Well written and to the point. She is a clinical psychologist who has spent the past two decades at Harvard exclusively helping blocked dissertation writers, so it is not surprising that she brings real skill to her task.
Becker, Howard S. 1986. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
This now fifteen-year old book represents an insightful analysis of why most academic writing is so terrible and a personal reflection on the task of writing. More motivational than concrete. For social science only.
Peterson, Karen E. 1996. The Tomorrow Trap: Unlocking the Secrets of the Procrastination-Protection Syndrome. Health Communications.
Good advice on avoiding procrastination.
Zerubavel, Eviatar. 1999. The Clockwork Muse : A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books. Cambridge: Harvard Univ Press.
Focused on time management of long projects.
Caplan, Paula J. 1994. Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
A useful book for anyone, male or female, in the academy about its "unwritten rules,"twenty-seven "myths," and fifteen "catch-22s." Gives some general principles for coping with these myths and gives specific suggestions on dealing with specific challenges. Extensive bibliography of guides for non-dominant groups in the academy.
Goldsmith, John A., John Komlos, and Penny Schine Gold. 2001. The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School through Tenure. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Gives advice on how to manage graduate school-working with mentors, writing a dissertation, and landing a job-as well as how to handle being an assitant professor, teaching and doing research, getting tenure, and how to combine work and your personal life. Written as a conversation among the three authors.
Writing Well
Williams, Joseph M. 1997. Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 5th ed. New York: Longman.
The famous book on how to write clearly. Now in its fifth edition. His advice is based on the concept that articles, paragraphs, and sentences have a story to tell through "characters" and "actions." Clarity results from "mapping characters and actions onto subjects and verbs" (101). Excellent advice on cohesion as well.
Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. 1995. The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Largely for undergraduates, but a good refresher on how to pick and pursue a topic.
Strunk, W., Jr., and E. B. White. 1979. The Elements of Style. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan.
Still the bible of elegant, clear writing.
Nonnative Speakers of English Guides
Feak, Christine B., and John M. Swales. 1997. Academic Writing for Graduate Students : Essential Tasks and Skills : A Course for Nonnative Speakers of English (English for Specific Purposes). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Another useful book for anyone seeking extremely specific advice about how to write graduate-level research papers. Aimed at students for whom English is a second language, this guide is useful for anyone not entirely sure about what is expected in various parts of an academic paper.
Oshima, Alice. 1998. Writing Academic English; A Writing and Sentence Structure Handbook for International Students. 3rd ed.: Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Style Manuals
Style manuals give detailed instructions for the preparation and publication of academic materials. Since authors and editors from around the world in various fields have different trainings and therefore present information in widely varied ways, style manuals are attempts to standardize these presentations. By setting rules on matters of taste and choice, style manuals insure that all the articles in a journal or book are presented in a uniform manner. For instance, while everyone agrees that a period should appear at the end of a sentence, should a footnote number preceed the period or follow it? There is no right or wrong answer, but since regular patterns increase readability, it is helpful if the editor can make sure that the number always appears in the same place throughout your article and the others in the volume.
Each style manual represents particular conventions of standarizing punctuation, spelling, foreign languages, capitalization, abbreviations, headings, quotations, numbers, names and terms, math, tables, figures, notes, and reference citations in text and references. Some of the most common manuals are listed below.
American Psychological Association. 2001. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Commonly called the APA, this manual is the standard for those in the social sciences, not just psychology. It focuses on the preparation of journal articles, not books. It provides more advice for authors on writing than some style manuals as it was originally designed for first-time authors. In addition to technical matters of style, it addresses designing and reporting on research, structuring articles, writing clearly, following ethical standards, avoiding bias in language, and converting the dissertation into a journal article.
Gibaldi, Joseph. 2003. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America.
This manual is the standard for those in the humanities, and particularly for those writing on literature or language. It can be used to prepare either articles or books. Like the APA, it is more addressed to authors than editors. In addition to technical matters of style, it addresses selecting a journal or publisher, wading the minefield of copyright issues, and writing for a particular audience.
University of Chicago Press. 2003. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
Commonly called Chicago, this manual is the standard for the preparation of books. That is, it has a focus on books, rather than journal articles, and is oriented toward editors more than authors. It gives almost no advice on writing, but is much more comprehensive than any other style manual about technical matters. It includes an entire section on printing issues, such as composition and binding.
Hale, Constance. 1999. Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age. Rev. ed. New York: Broadway Books.
Leading guide to the presentation of material related to the internet. Includes dictionary of relevant technical terms.
Connolly, William G., and Allan M. Siegal. 1999. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper. New York: Crown Publishers.
Not for the preparation of academic articles.
Dictionaries
Schwartz, Marilyn. 1995. Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing. Indiana University Press. Findings of the Task Force on Bias-Free Language of the Association of American University Presses.
Gives clear advice on how to avoid disparaging, exclusive, or otherwise incorrect usage.
Maggio, Rosalie. 1991. The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage: A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language. Phoenix: Oryx Press.
Now out of print, but still useful advice on writing without discriminating.
Merriam-Webster. 1993. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster.
Some dictionaries are more equal than others. Webster's is the standard dictionary for academic writing and is particularly recommended for use with the Chicago Manual of Style.
Writing for a Particular Discipline
General
Kirszne. 1994. The Handbook on Writing in Disciplines. 3rd ed. New York: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Art/Music/Film
Barnet, Sylvan. 1989. A Short Guide to Writing About Art. 3rd ed. New York: HarperCollins.
The Short guides are specifically aimed at undergraduate students and address a largely undergraduate problem: coming up with a good idea.
Psychology/Education/Behavioral Sciences
Kupfersmid, Joel. 1996. An Author's Guide to Publishing Better Articles in Better Journals in Behavioral Sciences. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Silverman, Robert J. 1982. Getting Published in Education Journals. Springfield, Ill.: Thomas. Social Science/Sociology/Social Work
Becker, Howard S. 1986. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Cuba, Lee. 1993. A Short Guide to Writing About Social Science. 2nd ed. New York: HarperCollins.
Johnson, William A. 1997. The Sociology Student Writer's Manual. New York: Prentice Hall.
Political Science
Martin, Fenton. 1997. Getting Published in Political Science Journals; A Guide for Authors, Editors and Librarians. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association.
Scott, Gregory M. 1997. The Political Science Student Writer's Manual. 2nd ed. New York: Prentice Hall.
History
Hellstern, Mark E. 1997. The History Student Writers' Manual. New York: Prentice Hall.
Marius, Richard. 1989. A Short Guide to Writing about History. 3rd ed. Reading: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers.
Philosophy and Religion
Graybosch, Anthony. 1997. The Philosophy Student Writer's Manual. New York: Prentice Hall.
Watson, Richard A. 1992. Writing Philosophy: A Guide to Professional Writing and Publishing. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.
Other
Gannon, Robert. 1996. Best Science Writing : Readings and Insights. Oryx Press.
(this list is a bit dated now, many books have newer editions)
Recommended Boice, Robert. 2000. Advice for New Faculty Members: Nihil Nimus. Allyn & Bacon.
The best work by the best writer on academic writing. "Nihil Nimus" means "nothing in excess." This advice is based on Boice's finding that moderation is the single-most reliable predictor of success in academic life. The book is full of practical rules for combining teaching, socializing, and brief, daily sessions of writing. "It is the first guidebook to move beyond anecdotes and surmises for its directives, based on the author's extensive experience and solid research in the areas of staff and faculty development," says an Amazon.com review.
Robert Boice. 1992. The New Faculty Member: Supporting and Fostering Professional Development. Jossey-Bass Publishers.
An earlier excellent text by the leading authority on academic writing.
Boice, Robert. 1990. Professors as Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing. Stillwater, Oklahoma: New Forums Press.
An extremely helpful practical guide by the leading authority on academic writing. Includes an extensive diagnostic questionnaire.
Writing for Publication
Cantor, Jeffrey A. 1994. A Guide to Academic Writing. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Useful focus on publishing strategies rather than writing. Includes chapter on writing for professional journals. Advises on writing conference papers and grants. Deals at length with book publication, including contracts, prospectuses, and textbooks.
Luey, Beth. 1995. Handbook for Academic Authors. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
A comprehensive book on academic publishing. Includes only twenty pages on writing for journals. Includes a useful chapter on revising a dissertation into a book. Discusses at length how to work with publishers. Addresses submission mechanics.
Matkin, Ralph E. and T. F. Riggar. 1991. Persist and Publish: Helpful Hints for Academic Writing and Publishing. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.
General methods for increasing "productivity and achievement in the publish-or-perish academic world." Many useful figures and tables. Includes twenty pages on writing for journals.
Day, Robert A. 1998. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. 5th ed. New York: Oryx Press.
Specifically for those in the sciences. Amazon.com says "each edition of this witty and practical guide to writing, organizing, illustrating, and submitting scientific research for publication in a scholarly scientific journal has become an instant bestseller."
Parker, Frank, and Kathryn Riley. 1996. Writing for Academic Publication: A Guide to Getting Started. Superior: Parlay Enterprises.
Broad advice on writing academic reviews, book reviews, abstracts, conference papers, and articles rather than concentrating on journal articles.
Silverman, Franklin H. 1999. Publishing for Tenure and Beyond. New York: Praeger.
"Provides graduate students who intend to pursue a career in academia and tenure-track junior faculty with candid information about developing an adequate publication record … [and how to] maximize the likelihood of having their articles accepted for publication by peer-reviewed professional, scientific, and scholarly journals." For graduate students and junior faculty, it focuses on journal article publication and the large picture-what content is selling today
Moxley, Joseph M., and Todd Taylor. 1997. Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors. 2nd ed. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield.
Collected volume of essays by various authors. Broad book on academic publishing. Little on journal article publishing.
Huff, Anne Sigismund. 1998. Writing for Scholarly Publication. Sage Publications.
Not focused on journal articles and devoted largely to prewriting rather than revising.
Germano, William. 2001. Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Written by the publishing director of Routledge, this long-time academic editor details why editors chose some books and decline others, how the publishing process works regarding books, how to read a contract, and other details of publishing a book.
Staying Motivated and Sane
Bolker, Joan. 1998. Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
Excellent and very popular text on the psychological aspects of writing your dissertation. For writing a dissertation, not academic articles. Focuses on the emotional management of graduate school writing. Well written and to the point. She is a clinical psychologist who has spent the past two decades at Harvard exclusively helping blocked dissertation writers, so it is not surprising that she brings real skill to her task.
Becker, Howard S. 1986. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
This now fifteen-year old book represents an insightful analysis of why most academic writing is so terrible and a personal reflection on the task of writing. More motivational than concrete. For social science only.
Peterson, Karen E. 1996. The Tomorrow Trap: Unlocking the Secrets of the Procrastination-Protection Syndrome. Health Communications.
Good advice on avoiding procrastination.
Zerubavel, Eviatar. 1999. The Clockwork Muse : A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books. Cambridge: Harvard Univ Press.
Focused on time management of long projects.
Caplan, Paula J. 1994. Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
A useful book for anyone, male or female, in the academy about its "unwritten rules,"twenty-seven "myths," and fifteen "catch-22s." Gives some general principles for coping with these myths and gives specific suggestions on dealing with specific challenges. Extensive bibliography of guides for non-dominant groups in the academy.
Goldsmith, John A., John Komlos, and Penny Schine Gold. 2001. The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School through Tenure. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Gives advice on how to manage graduate school-working with mentors, writing a dissertation, and landing a job-as well as how to handle being an assitant professor, teaching and doing research, getting tenure, and how to combine work and your personal life. Written as a conversation among the three authors.
Writing Well
Williams, Joseph M. 1997. Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 5th ed. New York: Longman.
The famous book on how to write clearly. Now in its fifth edition. His advice is based on the concept that articles, paragraphs, and sentences have a story to tell through "characters" and "actions." Clarity results from "mapping characters and actions onto subjects and verbs" (101). Excellent advice on cohesion as well.
Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. 1995. The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Largely for undergraduates, but a good refresher on how to pick and pursue a topic.
Strunk, W., Jr., and E. B. White. 1979. The Elements of Style. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan.
Still the bible of elegant, clear writing.
Nonnative Speakers of English Guides
Feak, Christine B., and John M. Swales. 1997. Academic Writing for Graduate Students : Essential Tasks and Skills : A Course for Nonnative Speakers of English (English for Specific Purposes). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Another useful book for anyone seeking extremely specific advice about how to write graduate-level research papers. Aimed at students for whom English is a second language, this guide is useful for anyone not entirely sure about what is expected in various parts of an academic paper.
Oshima, Alice. 1998. Writing Academic English; A Writing and Sentence Structure Handbook for International Students. 3rd ed.: Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Style Manuals
Style manuals give detailed instructions for the preparation and publication of academic materials. Since authors and editors from around the world in various fields have different trainings and therefore present information in widely varied ways, style manuals are attempts to standardize these presentations. By setting rules on matters of taste and choice, style manuals insure that all the articles in a journal or book are presented in a uniform manner. For instance, while everyone agrees that a period should appear at the end of a sentence, should a footnote number preceed the period or follow it? There is no right or wrong answer, but since regular patterns increase readability, it is helpful if the editor can make sure that the number always appears in the same place throughout your article and the others in the volume.
Each style manual represents particular conventions of standarizing punctuation, spelling, foreign languages, capitalization, abbreviations, headings, quotations, numbers, names and terms, math, tables, figures, notes, and reference citations in text and references. Some of the most common manuals are listed below.
American Psychological Association. 2001. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Commonly called the APA, this manual is the standard for those in the social sciences, not just psychology. It focuses on the preparation of journal articles, not books. It provides more advice for authors on writing than some style manuals as it was originally designed for first-time authors. In addition to technical matters of style, it addresses designing and reporting on research, structuring articles, writing clearly, following ethical standards, avoiding bias in language, and converting the dissertation into a journal article.
Gibaldi, Joseph. 2003. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America.
This manual is the standard for those in the humanities, and particularly for those writing on literature or language. It can be used to prepare either articles or books. Like the APA, it is more addressed to authors than editors. In addition to technical matters of style, it addresses selecting a journal or publisher, wading the minefield of copyright issues, and writing for a particular audience.
University of Chicago Press. 2003. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
Commonly called Chicago, this manual is the standard for the preparation of books. That is, it has a focus on books, rather than journal articles, and is oriented toward editors more than authors. It gives almost no advice on writing, but is much more comprehensive than any other style manual about technical matters. It includes an entire section on printing issues, such as composition and binding.
Hale, Constance. 1999. Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age. Rev. ed. New York: Broadway Books.
Leading guide to the presentation of material related to the internet. Includes dictionary of relevant technical terms.
Connolly, William G., and Allan M. Siegal. 1999. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper. New York: Crown Publishers.
Not for the preparation of academic articles.
Goldstein, Norm. 1994. The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. Not for the preparation of academic articles.
Dictionaries
Schwartz, Marilyn. 1995. Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing. Indiana University Press. Findings of the Task Force on Bias-Free Language of the Association of American University Presses.
Gives clear advice on how to avoid disparaging, exclusive, or otherwise incorrect usage.
Maggio, Rosalie. 1991. The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage: A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language. Phoenix: Oryx Press.
Now out of print, but still useful advice on writing without discriminating.
Merriam-Webster. 1993. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster.
Some dictionaries are more equal than others. Webster's is the standard dictionary for academic writing and is particularly recommended for use with the Chicago Manual of Style.
Writing for a Particular Discipline
General
Kirszne. 1994. The Handbook on Writing in Disciplines. 3rd ed. New York: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Art/Music/Film
Barnet, Sylvan. 1989. A Short Guide to Writing About Art. 3rd ed. New York: HarperCollins.
The Short guides are specifically aimed at undergraduate students and address a largely undergraduate problem: coming up with a good idea.
Wingell, Richard J. 1990. Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
Psychology/Education/Behavioral Sciences
Kupfersmid, Joel. 1996. An Author's Guide to Publishing Better Articles in Better Journals in Behavioral Sciences. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Silverman, Robert J. 1982. Getting Published in Education Journals. Springfield, Ill.: Thomas. Social Science/Sociology/Social Work
Becker, Howard S. 1986. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Cuba, Lee. 1993. A Short Guide to Writing About Social Science. 2nd ed. New York: HarperCollins.
Johnson, William A. 1997. The Sociology Student Writer's Manual. New York: Prentice Hall.
Political Science
Martin, Fenton. 1997. Getting Published in Political Science Journals; A Guide for Authors, Editors and Librarians. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association.
Scott, Gregory M. 1997. The Political Science Student Writer's Manual. 2nd ed. New York: Prentice Hall.
History
Hellstern, Mark E. 1997. The History Student Writers' Manual. New York: Prentice Hall.
Marius, Richard. 1989. A Short Guide to Writing about History. 3rd ed. Reading: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers.
Philosophy and Religion
Graybosch, Anthony. 1997. The Philosophy Student Writer's Manual. New York: Prentice Hall.
Watson, Richard A. 1992. Writing Philosophy: A Guide to Professional Writing and Publishing. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.
Other
Gannon, Robert. 1996. Best Science Writing : Readings and Insights. Oryx Press.
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