Yesterday, an undergraduate member of our local chapter of the Society of Physics Students stopped by the lab. She was updating the physics department website, specifically the grad student directory. Besides taking a picture of our newest grad student, she asked us senior students (namely James and me) if we wanted our pictures updated. Updated? Were they that old?
I pulled up the directory online and promptly noticed that I had no idea who any of these people are. I recognized my "friends" which consisted of members from my lab and the lab down the hall. A couple other faces vaguely rang a bell. "Who the hell are these people?" I tactlessly asked the undergrad.
"Um, that's our department." I was a little embarrassed. I scrolled down to my picture. It wasn't too outdated, save for a general look of naivety on my face. I kept scrolling down.
Aha! Someone I recognized that didn't work on the second floor. "I thought this guy was an undergrad." I commented.
"Mike? He's defending his master's next week." Oops.
So it's happened. I've become a physicist hermit. I feel like I've done an even worse job than the older generation did when I first got here. Some of these people have escaped my notice for more than a year. Granted, we are still rapidly growing and there are more new faces to deal now than when I first started.
I decided to update my picture just because the old one was taken up against a plain white wall, making it slightly reminiscent of a mug shot. I had the undergrad take my picture in front of my poster that I displayed at the last conference. I'm going to share it with you because I think it actually turned out pretty good:
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4109/1242/320/225363/me.jpg)
It reminds me that I should update the picture associated with my profile, it is a bit out of date as well. I should hunt down that undergraduate. She does good work. What was her name, again?
5 comments:
I think this photo is especially good because of all the physics crap behind you.
Yes, you seem so confident and studious. I like this photo.
sorry, to me you still look like you're about 5 years old...
Yup, your still our little girl!!!
I just put two and two together and believe I had dinner with a friend who is one of those people in the physics dept at USF. Small world - email me for more of the story!
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