Daily Asker » grad school http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress An experiment about gender and negotiation Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:58:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 How do you explain grad school to an 8-year-old? http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/07/06/how-do-you-explain-grad-school-to-an-8-year-old/ http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/07/06/how-do-you-explain-grad-school-to-an-8-year-old/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:04:00 +0000 La Roxy http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/?p=499 Saturday, July 4.

I was at the beach, sleep-reading (there really should be a word for half-trying to read while drifting off to sleep under the sun, lulled by the sound of the waves… somnolection? any suggestions?), when a little girl interrupted.

“Excuse me. Can I borrow your cell phone?”

My first, decidedly non-parental instinct was suspicion. Was [...]]]> http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/07/06/how-do-you-explain-grad-school-to-an-8-year-old/feed/ 2 Help me avoid interest and penalties? http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/07/06/help-me-avoid-interest-and-penalties/ http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/07/06/help-me-avoid-interest-and-penalties/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:05:00 +0000 La Roxy http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/?p=497 I have a new strategy, and a new goal, which I’ll unveil Monday, along with the first set of data.

In the meantime, here are three recent requests, as I shift gears for Year Two…

Wednesday, July 1: Didn’t ask a thing! BREAK!!

Thursday, July 2: My undergraduate student loans go into automatic repayment once I graduate. Since [...]]]> http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/07/06/help-me-avoid-interest-and-penalties/feed/ 0 Help me talk to the pharmacist? http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/06/06/help-me-talk-to-the-pharmacist/ http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/06/06/help-me-talk-to-the-pharmacist/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:14:00 +0000 La Roxy http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/?p=469 June 6. Day 341.

Years ago, I took a latin class as part of my grad studies. I don’t remember much grammar now, but it was a daily class, which means I do remember the following: that for 6 months, every morning at 10, I met with 10 other people. We saw each other get sick, [...]]]> http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/06/06/help-me-talk-to-the-pharmacist/feed/ 0 Salary injustice, close to home http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/05/06/salary-injustice-close-to-home/ http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/05/06/salary-injustice-close-to-home/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 07:13:00 +0000 La Roxy http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/?p=437 May 6. Day 310.

La Sorella called me this morning, flustered.

She took on a babysitting job in Seattle. A baby and a toddler. $10 per hour. It takes her an hour to drive there and back, not paid. Plus the family comes home late and doesn’t pay for the extra 10 or 15 minutes. Should she [...]]]> http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/05/06/salary-injustice-close-to-home/feed/ 1 My new crush, and thanks to the mechanics on Cotner Avenue http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/05/02/my-new-crush-and-thanks-to-the-mechanics-on-cotner-avenue/ http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/05/02/my-new-crush-and-thanks-to-the-mechanics-on-cotner-avenue/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 06:37:00 +0000 La Roxy http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/?p=432 May 1. Day 305.

Somewhere on the I-405 between Culver City and Sepulveda Blvd, something amazing happened to me.

I became a Ryan Seacrest Fan!!!

Ry-an! Ry-an!

Before today, I’d see his air-brushed face on billboards advertising his talk show and think “Belch.” I mean, Ryan Seacrest? He represents everything I loathe: mass produced, lowest common denominator, manufactured to [...]]]> http://dailyasker.com/Wordpress/2009/05/02/my-new-crush-and-thanks-to-the-mechanics-on-cotner-avenue/feed/ 2