Funny coincidence that the one year anniversary of this certified Oklahoma meteorology grad student moment was also my PhD graduation

postdoc/job applications: what is your expected salary? my american butt: health insurance

I've caught a few in-text citation errors when reviewing because I was familiar with those papers, and I always put in my review "please check all other references for accuracy" because while I'm not going to review every reference, I sure want the authors to do so

why have I spent so much time this evening thinking about how I could make videos explaining recent weather and climate research as a fun little side project while I apply to postdocs and jobs

one of these days I will stop being haunted by fortran things I did not write but that are nonetheless in the backbone of my research but apparently today is not that day

the most disappointing part of getting my PhD is I can no longer use the "I'm not Dr [lastname] that's my dad" joke when random unknown scientific journals cold email me trying to get me to write articles for them (I haven't actually ever replied to those emails that way I just think it to myself)

Me: the temperature is really nice (~80°F) let's go running this afternoon! The weather: also has 40°F dewpoint and a brisk southwesterly (dry) wind The uphill sections of my favorite trail: either towards the south or west Me: *dying running uphill against the wind into the sun with a dry mouth*

So I accidentally read all of Empire of Storms in four days and I may have written one of my favorite sentences in my review, wherein I say "I consider myself something of a connoisseur of cliffhangers" because I've read and written my fair share of them but that whole book is a masterclass in them

My flavor of anxiety is getting more worked up about a survey question about my post-graduation plans than about my actual literal dissertation defense

It would be my luck that we would get thunderstorms that disrupt our power the day after my dissertation defense, and that somehow a circuit would trip in my room but not the rest of the apartment

The atmosphere is really trying to test my patience (or anxiety coping skills?) with another active severe pattern forecast for the days immediately before my dissertation defense

As a scientist in the weather and climate field: - Good AI: a machine learning model that is built specifically to do better data assimilation so that we have better initial conditions for weather models so that we have more accurate forecasts - Bad AI: the water-guzzling plagiarism machine

me: i'm not that impulsive how do i have combined type adhd also me: has the most aggressive click first think later approach to playing minesweeper

I'm such a weather nerd I just went out onto my balcony to enjoy some thunderstorm outflow before the actual storms get here

It appears we have traded "being late for class/exam" stress dreams for "being late to doctor's appointment" ones

the reasons I dislike my apartment's dishwasher's rack design are numerous, but chief among them is that it has lost the lids for my smallest rubbermaids multiple times, destroying them in the process

so I started working on my dissertation defense slides this afternoon and the second non-title slide currently has the presenter note "you have activated my trap card" which yeah I guess a dissertation topic is basically an academic trap card

Okay now that my dissertation is sent to my committee and I can actually look at the weather again, why is there a severe weather chance near me every day for the next five days I was joking when I said that this weekend is the acceptable time for severe weather this month

I am in LaTeX compiler hell

If I could stop having "just one more thing" thoughts with my dissertation and just send it to my committee that would be great

It is once again roof goose season at my office and I hear roof goose but I do not see roof goose

Coming back from an academic conference in a different time zone to go straight into Easter and the crazy hours the choir pulls is sure one heck of a way to mess up my body's idea of when I'm supposed to eat and sleep

the wildest thing at this conference all week has been meeting people who use or are interested in my database and especially the ones that are surprised that I am, like, a chill grad student and not a scary late-career scientist

The session was indeed awesome, and also led to some good networking so a successful first day at the conference (though the postdoc search continues)

I'm getting close to the end of my dissertation and words like "rainy" and "driest" no longer look like words to me

My hard work better be about to pay off since I defend my dissertation in a little over a month

Got bored. Made cookies. I'm finally embracing my desire to be the sort of person who bakes because they feel like it and then brings the goodies into the office to share

Currently in Oklahoma

I have two more weeks until my dissertation needs to be finished and then I go to an academic conference the week after, so needless to say instead of observing spring break this week with the rest of my university, I will be taking a delayed (and much-needed) break after Easter

my new academic nemesis is "will be reported in a future paper" and then the future paper doesn't appear to exist

It is March 4 and I am already tired of severe weather season and keeping an eye on day 3-7 forecasts can we just not with the tornadoes and hail this year please

why does the "please provide a phonetic pronunciation of your name" in the graduation ceremony registration scare me more than my actual dissertation?

me: has literally never been ice skating in my life me seeing the winter olympics: that (figure skating, speed skating, etc.) looks like something fun to try

i want to thank whichever nerd it was that introduced me to the portmanteau "jarlic" for jarred garlic

so glad that this doesn't appear to have been necessary tonight #p4a2026

not me explaining the jarrod advance notice rules in discord in terms of weather watches and warnings like jarrod is a tornado or a hailstorm or something #p4a2026

being a science nerd watching #p4a2026 is wanting to make the over strong p4atorade but boiling the solution so that more of it can dissolve because there is no way that much sugar and salt is going to dissolve in that little water at room temperature

this science and grad school talk is such a niche vibe but as someone in the last semester of their PhD in meteorology, I'm here for it #p4a2026

please tell me this parody is in the ddb #p4a2026

so what do we think the odds are of floor confetti being a perk again this year because I really like the frame I made with it and the postcard prints last year and I want to make another one #p4a2026

i am so proud of this #p4a2026

Unrelated to p4a, I think I'm having a minor crisis about whether I can actually finish my dissertation this semester even though I've already got the defense scheduled and it will break other paperwork things if I don't finish

Hank I can't have you being this ridiculous this early in the stream I'm still trying to get some work done in my office I can't die laughing until after dinner #p4a2026

john saying he's worried about if we'll use up all of the matching funds has me thinking he's underestimating the power of nerdfighteria #P4A2026

P4A bingo cards get your #P4A2026 bingo cards! Use any (or all!) of 'em, or reply here for your own custom card!

and if you use firefox mobile, ublock origin works on there, and therefore so does this filterlist. Be free of the ai summaries!

Me: made up a disappearing star for a story I was writing back in 2020 where it vanishes from most forms of detection but is still kinda there by ✨ magic ✨ The universe: hold my beer

Seeing as we already broke the P4A website yesterday... Presenting: Project for Awesome 2026 Bingo Cards #p4a2026 As in years past, I can re-run the generator to create custom cards on request! New this year, I can also turn the colors off for printer-friendly B&W cards.

So when should I start making and posting the #p4a2026 bingo cards? Besides maybe adding a few more color combo options or trying to add little decorative fishies around the borders, the code updates for this year are done (automatic txt files of alt text is my proudest upgrade this year)

Whether or not Jarrod returns, the bingo card generator is ready with so many past p4a mascots