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Alex
@alexlg.bsky.social
Astrophysics at ANU // Canberra // 31
Almost a year later and I am staring down the barrel of a full time APS job and fluctuating between wanting to start my masters part time versus just leaving it… life really is just a series of “how stressed do I want to be in the near future” type decisions huh
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Been applying for jobs like crazy ever since my degree oficially wrapped up! By applying for jobs I mean playing Baldur’s Gate 3 for 10 hours a day
December 16, 2024 at 6:24 AM
So I’m fairly certain I passed all my classes this semester, which means I’ve effectively finished my degree… it feels so weird not having to think about classes next semester 😭 I can’t believe I have to find a job now. I’ve been scammed
November 14, 2024 at 12:44 PM
3 hours until I sit my FINAL final exam of my degree, I’ve been waiting for this day for what seems like forever 🥲 (this cheat sheet is also my masterpiece)
November 11, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Just submitted my final assignment of my undergraduate career!! Exams next. Imagining how I'll feel walking out of the last one should provide ample motivation.
October 27, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Just realised my last two posts consist of me dreading meeting my supervisor to me giving my final presentation on the project which he supervised. Clearly I was just locked in this semester and not wasting time on other websites
October 23, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Gave my talk on classifying polarised spectra using self-organising maps today! Surprisingly it seemed to go off without a hitch. Now to just finish writing the paper... surreal to think I may actually be graduating in just over a month!
October 23, 2024 at 3:16 PM
I'm meeting with my potential supervisor for a research project in 3 days and I am equal parts excited and wrought with dread, I know next to nothing about galactic magnetism LOL I need to hit these books hard
July 9, 2024 at 7:15 AM
2 exams in one day on 2 hours of sleep! I am the original starwalker
June 5, 2024 at 3:57 AM
If there's anything this journal club assignment has taught me, it's that I have no idea how to process scientific articles efficiently. Is it normal to have to stop reading every few lines to google a word?
April 28, 2024 at 2:08 PM
New Alien movie! Interesting to note that the last time one came out, I was only just starting my tertiary education journey to study astronomy - fitting to close out the final year of my degree with another?
March 21, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Just started reading House of Leaves. Roughly 100 pages in and I can see why this novel should never be adapted for film (it could never do the book justice)
January 16, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Christmas shopping done! Everyone gets absolute dust this year
December 24, 2023 at 4:54 AM
Passed all my final exams and managed to do well on all my courses this semester! One more year of this whole uni thing until I'm free (until I inevitably come wandering back begging to be accepted to study my masters)
November 30, 2023 at 1:12 PM
Just sat 3 exams within the space of 22 hours; I think I’ve earned myself 5 minutes of not having to experience the burden of thought
November 9, 2023 at 6:49 AM
Had a really fun Halloween with my friends last night; we even did some pumpkin carving for the first time! No power outage like last year though, so noticeably less spooky.
November 1, 2023 at 7:06 AM
I think I'm just going to treat this platform the same way I did twitter back in 2011. Only then, I was still in high school... now I'm about to finish my third year of my BSc! If I survive exams...

(To all 0 of my followers, don't ask me what I spent doing in the intermittent 6-8 years)
October 24, 2023 at 3:29 PM