u/Midnight_Thoughts77

I am in an interdisciplinary social science PhD program. I failed my comps/quals last year. We had to sit in for four papers, I did excellently in 3 and failed the 4th in the tiebreaker. I failed the retake too because I was going through some personal issues. The department wants me to retake two papers with the new cohort later this year. But I have been so far removed from the courses, and they have completely changed the format of the exam. And the personal issues in my life have only gotten worse. I am almost certain I will fail again.. Been feeling very low the past year or so, like I have never felt this big a failure ever before.. Anybody deal with failing these exams before? How did you cope (I haven't been able to process it for about a year now), and navigate the path forward?

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For me it's this game vs Bayern in 2012. The season was going brilliant. We had a fantastic team that year. We finally had an upper hand against pep's Barcelona. But everything was about the much coveted la Decima then. For a long time, it had seemed like we were never gonna win it. This year was the exception. And all the hope shattered. Ronaldo, and Kaka of all people missed their penalties. The 17 year old me thought we were never gonna win la Decima... Yes, we went on to do fantastic things in the competition over the years which feels like a deam.. But remembering this day still makes me wanna cry..

What is your favorite Chitra Singh ghazal? Bonus points if it's not very mainstream and not well known..

I'll start- beyond all her popular songs I absolutely love Yeh Haqeeqat hai. Also the album Passions is one of her most underrated works. (What a loss for us that she stopped singing 💔)

With no football rn, I am listening to old episodes of the football cliches podcast. I only started to listen to the pidcast last year so lots of ‘new content’ for me. So far I have listened to all the quiz episodes, and the pure La Liga, Serie A, and Bungesliga XI episodes. Anything else you guys recommend? Thanks :)

I am in an interdisciplinary humanities PhD program. I failed my comps/quals last year. We had to sit in for four papers, I did excellently in 3 and failed the 4th in the tiebreaker. I failed the retake too because I was going through some personal issues. The department wants me to retake two papers with the new cohort later this year. But I have been so far removed from the courses, and they have completely changed the format of the exam. And the personal issues in my life have only gotten worse. I am almost certain I will fail again.. Been feeling very low the past year or so, like I have never felt this big a failure ever before.. Anybody deal with failing these exams before? How did you cope (I haven't been able to process it for about a year now), and navigate the path forward?

It's almost 1:30 Am where I am.. Anything going through your mind lately when you are up?

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I got the tickets a while back and can't decide if I should go or not lol.. Anyone else daring to go? Any tips?

We have had our cat for 8 months now. She doesn't get as excited for food anymore. We feed her dry food and wet food every day. She always finishes the food but she takes breaks now. She'll eat some and leave for a while and get back to eating.. Before, she used to just finish everything the first time.. No change in bathroom habits or anything else. Is this normal?

We have had our cat for 8 months now. She doesn't get as excited for food anymore. We feed her dry food and wet food every day. She always finishes the food but she takes breaks now. She'll eat some and leave for a while and get back to eating.. Before, she used to just finish everything the first time.. No change in bathroom habits or anything else. Is this normal?

Additional info: American domestic shorthair, Age 2-3 years, neutered, 6 pounds-ish, no medical history..

Scleral lens wearers, just curious what was/ is your vision without the lenses and what is it with then lenses?

EDIT: Mine was 20/50 on my right eye and 20/100 on my left before scleral lenses. Now it’s about 20/25 in both eyes with lenses..

3 AM where I and struggling to sleep as usual.. Does anyone feel lonely at night? Like even if you don’t feel that way during the day.. What other feelings does depth of night unlock for you guys?

We have given her the Costco brand Chunks in Gravy for the last 5 months since we had her.. It has the salmon and chicken flavor that we rotate and give that to her once a day.. Recently, she is getting more and more reluctant in eating it. She doesn’t finish it right away or waits an hour before she even gets to the food.. No issues with dry food.. Is she just getting bored? Or is that a health issue sign? Do you guys rotate between different brand or types of wet food? Thanks

2:53 AM and having weird thoughts.. What’s on your mind, especially if it’s past midnight where you are?