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Eva Dunn's Journal
Eva Dunn's Research Diary
This spiral bound waterproof notebook give off a slight aroma of formaldehyde and bodily fluids.
Downtime
PhD
Well It's come to time in my career to get a PhD. This should open up a lot of opportunities in my future and help with achieving my goal. It does mean a lot of work though. Not that I've struggled with academics in the past.
I've been accepted to three schools but decided to go with Harvard. I know that Duke and Columbia both offered much better scholarship programs and it seems foolish to go to Harvard and put myself in near poverty. While there certainly is a shallow part of me that made this decision to have the most impressive name to drop in conversation I also think this is the correct choice in the long term. I say this because I know that other people are similarly shallow. While Duke or Columbia would be impressive on my resume I know that Harvard will really wow. The networking alone will open doors the other two couldn't.
An Auction in Austin
Downtime
Academic slog
This Harvard PHD program is certainly much harder than any of my previous academics. Especially with all the stress of moving in. Of course I've managed to keep up with my research and my studies. I haven't been able to accel in the way I'm used to though. Maybe I'm not the smartest person in Harvard. I mean of course I'm not but it is and interesting change of pace being average for once. I don't think I've ever really been average. I've always breezed through my studies before and every since high school have rocked it in the social circles as well. I wonder if I'll be able to get my studies under tight enough wraps to join a sorority. Probably not, who's ever heard of a PhD student in sorority anyways. Although I'm sure the Greek life at Harvard is top notch. Oh how I miss have too many shots with the girls and making bad decisions.
On Ice
Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.