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j.chmiola

is overeducated, underpaid and very annoyed.

About Me

professional student, scientist, and self-proclaimed smarty. i lean to the right but i write with my left. misser of old buds and miser towards old bums. fiercely loyal and friendly local. deliberately displaced, dependant and ultimately despondant. AIM.madnoodle.

My Interests

science sometimes, sometimes sleep, but mostly being confused all the time. (gettin dat paper, hustlin and other such colloquialisms)

I'd like to meet:

those with quirks, cool hair, fly bikes, and/or a smooth sense of style.

Music:

a lil' of this and a lil' of that

Television:

TV's for sucka's

Books:

The Dune books. Lolita. Updike's Rabbit series. Most Hemmingway. Joyce sans Finnigan's Wake. Bell Jar. McGlinchies Bathroom wall prose and poetry. The I Love you I Hate You's in the Citypaper. Science.

Heroes:

Richard Feynman. Richard Smalley. John E. and Holly Chmiola.

My Blog

mega bummed...

i just found out that mr. wizard died tuesday morning of cancer and it's ruined my day. i can easily say that that man played a large part in my deciding to give up on life to be a scientist. i partic...
Posted by j.chmiola on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:34:00 PST

there comes a time...

Ph.D. Thesis ProposalDrexel UniversityDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringDevelopment of Carbide-Derived Carbon Electrodes for Electrochemical CapacitorsJohn ChmiolaAdvisor: Prof. Yury Gogo...
Posted by j.chmiola on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:02:00 PST

chicago day 3

ugh. i'm drunk and doing work in another city. i just want to play. i already gave my talk (went well - maybe a hundred or so nerds that i was obviously cooler than listened and wished they could hav...
Posted by j.chmiola on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:10:00 PST

windy city likes me...

so i finally get off of my plane at 1:45 after being stuck on the philly tarmac for 45 minutes waiting for who knows what and then stuck taxiing at ohare for close to an hour because apparently shit w...
Posted by j.chmiola on Mon, 07 May 2007 08:17:00 PST

dance of solids

All things are Atoms: Earth and Water, Air and Fire, all,Democritus foretold. Swiss Paracelsus, in's alchemic lair,Saw Sulfur, Salt, and Mercury unfold Amid Millennialhopes of faking Gold. Lavoisier d...
Posted by j.chmiola on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:58:00 PST