I am waiting for a chum to finish designing me the awesomest tattoo ever. I have given her lots of pointers but she’s super busy – hopefully she’ll give me some design ideas soon cos I’ve been waiting nearly a year!
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5. Get a tattoo
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How I did it: I started well, full of enthusiasm and gusto and new ideas. Experiments, writing up, demonstrating for undergrads, planning new experiments, conferences, getting published, public speaking, skills training - it was all interesting stuff. Then the thesis started. I've never come closer to complete physical and mental breakdown. I was working a postdoc at the same time as writing up: two full-time activities and one … Read how I did it…
When he came to my university to accept an honorary degree at the graduation ceremony, I was sore amazed. Since he’s all about the Physics, he came to visit our department. I hovered in the corridor like a nervous schoolgirl, and when it came time for him to leave I stepped up and asked if I could take a pic of him with my fiancée. Anita Dobson said “how could we say no to that?” and in the end she took pics of me, Brian and my fiancée. Brian is amazingly lovely, wished us luck with the wedding, accepted our gushing praise and shook our hands. WOWSERS!

