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An enormous American flag covers the entire background.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289573300-WDOWXXR2LUOYFEMU9SIY/flag.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 8, 2016 (Morning) Today is going down in the history books. Please vote if you have not already. (Election day.) [LGS stands at a voting booth. An enormous American flag covers the entire background.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289381660-M2VPFA6JFRTRPF98EFVL/fallen2.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 8, 2016 (Night) (Late into election night.) [The American flag, which was the backdrop of the first image, has collapsed into pieces. The voting booth and LGS are buried under the wreckage.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289743566-DHL7GSS9VSAUHQF5SEFT/rebuilding.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 9, 2016 (1) We are all still processing things in our own ways, on our own timelines. Each person has that right. But eventually, we will have to start getting to some serious work. [A large American flag has collapsed into pieces. LGS places a small brick back on to it.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289344665-V6YXLNPTETIXLVVK8PY9/assist.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 9, 2016 (2) Many of us still need time to ourselves. But ultimately, this will only get better when we try to genuinely understand and work with others. [A large American flag is partially broken on top. In front, an unknown individual hands a small blue broken piece of the flag to LGS.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506290208676-1K9AL8UM0ZDLOQ3H6T78/triangle.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 9, 2016 (3) It takes lots of people to actively rebuild. But as we do, we must cooperate to denounce, yet not define each other by, our worst examples. [LGS stands on top of a pyramid of five other individuals to place a replace a brick on the near the top of a partially broken American flag.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289563884-3F61KAO0PGRV1USNYBQ0/finished.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 10, 2016 Some things have broken and cannot be fixed anytime soon. But no matter what, we have to move forward, stay focused, and keep trying. [A large American flag is largely intact, except for a small triangular chunk that is chipped off the top right corner. That chunk lies on the floor beside a voting booth. LGS is seen walking out of the frame.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289842554-VGHVDWU05KW5X3L04G0O/retrieve1.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 16, 2016 (1) We will gradually go back to living our lives. But we cannot forget that something is fundamentally wrong. [A large American flag is largely intact, except for a small chunk that is chipped off the top right corner of the flag. That chunk lies on the ground beside a voting booth.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289865008-60ANPJ0EOL9IWXENSN1L/retrieve2.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 16, 2016 (2) So we need to carry it with us until we can fix it. [A large American flag is largely intact, except for a small chunk that is chipped off the top right corner of the flag. LGS picks up this chunk from the floor.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289934720-LT4QQF33GG2RRYA6A02C/retrieve3.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 16, 2016 (3) Because we have to fix it. [A large American flag is largely intact, except for a small chunk that is chipped off the top right corner of the flag. This chunk is no longer visible because LGS has walked away with it.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289331332-Y54GCU6KHPAOFKF8A4BR/behind.jpg A Flag in Pieces - December 10, 2016 [LGS looks behind a large American flag and finds a much smaller Russian flag.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289678712-XIGOILGDIRCOSMDTFRR7/Orange2.jpg A Flag in Pieces - January 20, 2017 (Inauguration.) [LGS stands in front of a large American flag. He looks down at the bottom right corner of the flag, which has turned orange.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506290282309-YXHSJ6W3Q9OT3ZYP8ARS/wall.jpg A Flag in Pieces - January 28, 2017 (Muslim travel ban.) [LGS stands in front of a large American flag that has turned orange on the bottom right. He peers up at the top left corner, which has turned into brown bricks.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289774441-SVJVHNKAE34Y4VDJ8O91/press.jpg A Flag in Pieces - February 17, 2017 Now is not the time to use incognito windows to read more articles. Stay informed and support a free press by subscribing to a newspaper. [A large American flag is in the backdrop. The bottom right corner is orange, and the top left corner is made of brown bricks. LGS stands in front of this flag with a newspaper held up in the air.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506290125941-AGVOGNNXUBTJMERWW4RE/russiandoor.jpg A Flag in Pieces - March 1, 2017 Today's Washington Post and New York Times articles on Russia are powerful evidence of why journalism is crucial to democracy. Read and support. (Washington Post: "Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose" and New York Times: "Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking") [A large American flag is in the backdrop. The bottom right corner is orange, and the top left corner is made of brown bricks. It has opened up in the center to reveal a Russian flag. LGS peers into this hole with a newspaper in his hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289977569-3005PPV3ZN6JRWPMERSG/russiancornersmall.jpg A Flag in Pieces - March 20, 2017 A foreign adversary may have undermined our country, and many prefer to look the other way. We need answers. Do not stop demanding them. [A large American flag is in the backdrop. The bottom right corner is orange, and the top left corner is made of brown bricks. LGS looks down at the bottom left corner, which has a small Russian flag lodged in it.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506290117574-MB5XRMDMXWQ8XWBLXU8Q/tilt.jpg A Flag in Pieces - May 9, 2017 We must demand our leaders and fellow citizens to stand up and call for an independent investigation before erosion slips into collapse. (Firing of James Comey.) [A large American flag is in the backdrop. The bottom right corner is orange, and the top left corner is made of brown bricks. Part of the orange corner has eroded, and the flag has tilted over to the right. LGS stares at this erosion.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289474397-G96CYHOXW6F2ZR3TSB7F/fenceafter.jpg A Flag in Pieces - July 27, 2017 (2) We broke through. Have hope. Keep fighting. (Senate fails to pass BCRA) [A large American flag is tilted to the right. The bottom right corner is orange, the top left corner is made of brown bricks, the bottom left corner is green. A fence in the foreground is broken, and LGS tends to the green corner.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289512571-SEABTTANK2SRWMMO2G4G/fenced.jpg A Flag in Pieces - July 27, 2017 (1) The future health of millions is being decided by group of disgraceful politicians who seek to shut us out of our own government. (Senate vote on ACA repeal) [A large American flag is tilted to the right. The bottom right corner is orange, the top left corner is made of brown bricks, the bottom left corner is green. LGS stands behind a fence in the foreground and is unable to get near the flag.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1509332839843-GIFE7S6OWC4URDF7VTBQ/hammer.jpg A Flag in Pieces - October 29, 2017 A hammer is about to fall. We will soon witness how much is fixed or broken. (The night before Mueller's first indictment.) [A large American flag is tilted to the right. The bottom right corner is orange, the top left corner is made of brown bricks, and the bottom left is gray. An enormous silhouette of a hammer is cast over the entire flag.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506289675711-E9GXDFLP25G1S0FB7DBI/grayed.jpg A Flag in Pieces - August 12, 2017 (Charlottesville and Heather Heyer.) [A large American flag is tilted to the right. The bottom right corner is orange, and the top left corner is made of brown bricks. The bottom left corner has now turned gray. LGS sits and stares at this new change.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506290220060-Q3PITQNOGYWXJUA4HHPG/tool.jpg A Flag in Pieces - August 13, 2017 Dismantle hate together. [A large American flag is tilted to the right. The bottom right corner is orange, the top left corner is made of brown bricks, and the bottom left corner is gray. LGS and several other individuals use a LEGO piece separator to partially fix the gray corner.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1512201869906-F9PKBDX3ROHWR96HRD2U/taxpass.jpg A Flag in Pieces - December 2, 2017 Tonight, 51 senators subverted the legislative process to please their mega-rich donors by blindly robbing from millions of current and future Americans. Don't stop fighting it now. And never forget it later. [A large American flag is tilted to the right. The bottom right corner is orange, the top left corner is made of brown bricks, the bottom left corner is gray. A green dollar sign now appears near the center of the flag.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1510109111728-VEWD1BMG05MLRH5I7O9Y/flaglater.jpg A Flag in Pieces - November 7, 2017 It has been a rough year. But this Election Day, we are showing that we are fighting back for our values, rights, and institutions. And we are showing that this is just the start. (Election Day 2017; Democratic victories in Virginia, New Jersey, and many other offices across the US.) [A large American flag is tilted to the right. The bottom right corner is orange, the top left corner is made of brown bricks, the bottom left corner is gray. LGS stands in front of a voting booth in front of the flag.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1513140753107-CCH6NXF3SA2PLDUWBPLS/jones.jpg A Flag in Pieces - December 12, 2017 Numerous problems lie ahead. But through lots of little actions by many people, we took an incredible--and enormous--step toward slowly making things right. (Doug Jones's Senate victory over Roy Moore in Alabama.) [A large American flag stands in the backdrop. The bottom right corner is orange, the top left corner is made of brown bricks, the bottom left corner is gray, and a green dollar sign is planted in the flag. Two small pieces support the bottom right corner of the flag and remove the flag's tilt.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1515734558968-9QPBIIM8KQDHW7NI0PJ5/hole.jpg A Flag in Pieces - January 11, 2018 (Washington Post: "Trump derides protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries"] [A large American flag sinks into a brown sinkhole--or more specifically, a shithole. LGS looks at the sight.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1516436226400-W79G07VMVFRX2TOWECMF/image-asset.jpeg A Flag in Pieces - January 20, 2018 [Shutdown.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1517275475457-QJS2A1TKWC74F1GNJ101/moretilt.jpg A Flag in Pieces - January 29, 2018 (Deputy FBI Director Andrew Cabe steps down; House Intelligence Committee votes to release classified memo. Also, State Department opts not to enforce sanctions against Russia.) [LGS stands in front of a large American flag. 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231 - Kicking off Kicking off spring break, the grad student watches videos of places he wishes he could visit. [LGS sits in front of his laptop in his apartment. He views images of a bridge and holds a cup of coffee in one hand. He is not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1616432372114-NGTFIZR2892CF29BVFU3/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 230 - Coughing Coughing unexpectedly, the grad student slips into another round of panic. [LGS stands in his kitchen with a spatula in one hand. He covers his face with his other hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1616432293729-SP1YWF6ZCT3V6K0EEUPH/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 229 - Breathing Breathing a sigh of relief about the state of democracy, the grad student gains the mental bandwidth to fully contemplate the state of his dissertation. [LGS bends forward and places his head on his desk. A laptop is on the desk in front of him. He is also not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1616432138839-H0E5LMBBJ3UGKJX8AGNB/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 228 - Dropping by Dropping by his office for the first time in months to pick up some materials, the grad student is startled to realize that he misses this place. [LGS stands inside his empty office. The office has no lights on.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1616432018960-CL8J0DUZ3Q0MRFOHSO9W/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 227 - Wanting Wanting to live and not spread death, the grad student spends Thanksgiving break alone. [LGS stands at the window of his apartment. He is holding a slice of pie and has a plate of turkey in front of him. He is not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1604558187800-R04UXCJEFRI4PYOSQ7D8/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 226 - Exercising Exercising for the first time in months, the grad student crumples into a mushy pile of agony. [LGS lies on the ground of his apartment, right beside a treadmill. He is not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1604558116361-89YYS31FK9RIS7SCC4IP/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 225 - Experiencing Experiencing a moment of happiness, the grad student is immediately consumed with guilt. [LGS sits beside his bed and stares off into space. Many plates of food are placed on the bed.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1604557959435-W6CUEGQKZF0YYZ0CPSAL/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 224 - Receiving Receiving yet another email with precipitous changes in his institution's COVID-19 policy, the grad student yearns for any sense of stability. [LGS leans against the side of his bed and looks at a new message on his phone. He is not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1595872600561-2RYFVVM027LWB8HDF0AD/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 223 - Videoconferencing Videoconferencing from his apartment with his advisor, the grad student feels like the victim of a home invasion. [LGS looks at his laptop. It features the blurry face of his advisor.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1592849761195-PFADFE8RXPJE2PP0UXJN/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 222 - Processing Processing the current state of the world, the grad student remains in bed. [LGS lies in his bed with a pillow over his head. He is not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1588376369252-MZFNJ3YOF4FEJ268LAJJ/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 221 - Logging on Logging on to a videoconferencing session, the grad student squeezes himself into the one remotely clean corner of his apartment. [LGS stands in the corner of his cluttered apartment with his laptop perched on a stack of books. He is not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1588376318798-V7QRA0B8G97GBG8EGPJL/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 220 - Staying Staying safe in his apartment, the grad student seizes the opportunity to socially distance himself from pants. [LGS sits in front of his laptop at his desk in his apartment. He is not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1588376106819-IGZBJFQ435RENOGJQCXH/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 219 - Grabbing Grabbing a pack of toilet paper, the grad student clings to an utterly irrational source of comfort in the midst of extraordinary uncertainty. [LGS stands in the middle of a barren grocery aisle with a large pack of toilet paper obscuring his face.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1579632009204-X9CYS605GTRYX42QHZV7/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - 218 - Editing Editing a paper draft to an obsessive degree, the grad student relishes a rare moment of having control. [LGS sits in a chair beside his bed in his apartment. He is working on his laptop with books and a can of soda strewn around him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1577822491798-BZIJ5X5KLPQU64LMDE0I/image.jpg Gallery - 217 - Exiting Exiting his office for the last time this decade, the grad student does not (have any desire to) look back. [LGS walks out of his office and refuses to look backward as he does.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1575995916134-HCUY1ZKLVG3L9BY74W3F/216+-+Garnering+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 216 - Garnering Garnering applause on the last day of class, the grad student suspects the undergrads are simply happy about never having to deal with him again. [LGS is surrounded by a classroom filled with students that have their hands in the air.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1574094385841-BSB4P73WCBCS97HYSK2A/215+-+Ordering+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 215 - Ordering Ordering an irresponsible number of items via online shopping, the grad student temporarily distracts himself from his feelings of emptiness. [LGS opens the door to his apartment and sees a large stack of boxes.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1571245546543-7OJTEJGZLOUD4UWDU10R/214+-+Carving+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 214 - Carving Carving out an entire day to do uninterrupted work, the grad student promptly loses all motivation and watches movies instead. [LGS purchases a ticket from the ticket stand at a movie theater. Other individuals walk around him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1568309328611-41WRX7XX2VP08XW7C5KC/213+-+Making+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 213 - Making Making a cultural reference that his undergrads do not understand, the grad student abruptly feels his own age. [LGS stands in front of a class of students. He blankly looks down at the ground.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1566319639882-Q9BI6CZ2DPBWV3QGBTE5/212+-+Bumbling+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 212 - Bumbling Bumbling though a conversation with an eminent professor, the grad student outdoes his own stupidity with every remark he makes. [LGS speaks with an older professor in a room at a conference. He is partially obscured by chairs in front of him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1564592479280-C8UMF3WBJIB2GCV4F25I/211+-+Chugging+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 211 - Chugging Chugging another caffeinated drink to finish a document with an urgent deadline, the grad student rushes towards having a dead heart. [LGS energetically consumes a cup of coffee in his kitchen. Many empty mugs are strewn around him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1562692181875-XYP120GPKSQ8E1C2ZSA6/210+-+Running+into+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 210 - Running into Running into his advisor and his family in a non-academic setting, the grad student could not feel more disoriented. [LGS stares at his advisor standing with his wife and daughter. Everyone is outside a local bookstore.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1560444023514-WX7Q6F9S7V5BIR7WD5H5/209+-+Having+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 209 - Having Having his first day off in months, the grad student does not know what to do with himself. [LGS sits on his bed and stares off into the distance.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1558542761050-Z4KRDFZN6D2B74ASW2QJ/208+-+Accepting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 208 - Accepting Accepting a calculated risk, the grad student naps during his office hours. [LGS passes out at his desk. A student stands at the office door and looks at him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1556125010572-O4RD1K5IYVV9HA0WAA6D/207+-+Noticing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 207 - Spotting Spotting a student on her phone in the front row, the grad student begrudgingly respects how little she cares about the class. [LGS looks at a student sitting in the front row of a lecture hall. She is prominently holding up her phone.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1554915777501-D87ERPCV1XFP5EYT3R0E/206+-+Attending+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 206 - Attending Attending a meeting scheduled for Thursday, the grad student realizes today is Wednesday. [LGS stands in an empty conference room. He stares ahead blankly.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1553531624524-D5FJ4UPGZIIKAU8OCM1L/205+-+Jamming+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 205 - Jamming Jamming gym clothes into his luggage for a conference, the grad student gets the only workout he will have during the entire conference. [LGS stomps on his carry-on luggage to attempt to stuff his gym clothes inside them.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1551810392807-1ALR9ZUCJJ7QUIKUVHP9/204+-+Detesting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 204 - Detesting Detesting an arrogant admit, the grad student concocts a strategy to persuade him to choose a different program. [LGS is outside and stands at a table. He listens to an admitted student who is talking too much.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1550688210847-AHEPH6NDPTD9J9ZPU7PF/203+-+Reorganizing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 203 - Reorganizing Reorganizing papers that he has no serious plans to read, the grad student engages in barely productive procrastination. [LGS inserts a paper into a file cabinet in his office. Piles of paper surround him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1549906875969-9N7Q1SFGD5IZXTEAFDMC/202+-+Remembering+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 202 - Remembering Remembering that Valentine's Day is approaching, the grad student is completely unaffected. [LGS notices a bouquet of roses sitting on a table outside a store on a small city block.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1548094293955-ORE3N3T8CQYR4PEQVYR5/201+-+Greeting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 201 - Greeting Greeting his advisor in the hallway, the grad student is not entirely certain that his advisor recognizes him. [In the foreground, LGS waves at his advisor. In the background, the advisor stares back at LGS.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1546366964200-29JHAZ6OTR2FBZ5TXACE/200+-+Counting+on+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 200 - Counting on Counting on the first moments of the new year to fill him with renewed motivation and hope, the grad student feels nothing. [LGS solemnly sits on the floor of his apartment with his back resting against his bed. He stares at the front door. An open bottle sits on his bed.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1545678445433-JZSNQ1KNGTNQVXVP0UEZ/199+-+Laying+2+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 199 - Laying out Laying out some cookies and milk, the grad student feverishly wishes for Santa to bring him a passable dissertation. [LGS peers around a doorway at a table in front of the fireplace. Cookies and milk are on top of the table.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1545157509727-JS2JXSWGJ7QQF9GTOX8F/198+-+Composing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 198 - Composing Composing an annual report for a grant, the grad student describes an alternate universe where everything is going according to plan. [LGS sits in a colorful coffee shop with his laptop. A wall decoration that looks like thought bubbles rests behind his head.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1543515548399-YZ255UKMCICT4OVNW4R7/197+-+Rehearsing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 197 - Rehearsing Rehearsing his job talk, the grad student frequently pauses to question whether he will ever get a chance to give it for real. [LGS stares into space while standing in front of a monitor with this presentation on the screen.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1542737561774-6LTUFJMS9C6RWGD0U7BS/196+-+Overcooking+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 196 - Overcooking Overcooking the Thanksgiving turkey, the grad student ruins everything that he touches. [LGS stands next to a turkey inside the large kitchen of his parents’ house.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1541179442050-V72S8010FT041GPAYHSU/195+-+Going+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 195 - Going Going on a date with a non-academic, the grad student deploys his best impersonation of a normal human being. [LGS sits across from another individual in a speakeasy-style bar. The two are having drinks.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1539624461427-1ANLA0ZNH1KDQRSR5MJ0/194+-+Hoping+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 194 - Hoping Hoping to get a phone call for a job interview, the grad student sinks deeper and deeper into despondency with every passing hour. [LGS lies on his bed with his head turned toward his inactive phone.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1538412635063-FTR348UX7Q2UTXLIEKDU/193+-+Shaking+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 193 - Shaking Shaking hands with someone he is certain torpedoed one of his manuscripts, the grad student imagines the sounds of bones being crushed. [LGS shakes hands with another man in a suit. They are standing near the door of a conference center room.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1537204136731-6TKZV3HFFR48TP8FNTWP/192+-+Swiping+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 192 - Swiping Swiping the toilet paper in his department's restroom, the grad student scores a cheap and scratchy victory. [LGS sneaks out of the stall in a public restroom. He is holding two rolls of toilet paper.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1536166062949-ZKW14T8AMSRU9YYBZ1VR/191+-+Enjoying+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 191 - Enjoying Enjoying his work, the grad student solemnly ponders whether he is an unwitting victim of Stockholm syndrome. [LGS sits by himself in the reading room of a library. He works in front of his laptop, but his head is turned away slightly from the screen.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1535651276171-FFUL52H4MTMG1LD4L5IY/190+-+Serving+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 190 - Serving Serving as a panel discussant, the grad student lobs passive-aggressive shots at the panelist who only circulated his paper the night before. [LGS stands at a lectern in a sparsely attended conference panel. Four people are seated at tables next to him. LGS speaks while staring at one panelist. The panelist stares back at LGS.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1534957700760-BE03F37R7G6KTSQ0R8SH/189+-+Facing.jpg Gallery - 189 - Facing Facing an imminent deadline to send in his conference paper, the grad student slowly but surely lowers his standards. [LGS sits in a seat at an airport terminal. He is holding his laptop and staring off into space. Other people are shuffling around him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1534352646229-YVXZLHVXEXF12C3Q1WO2/188+-+Submitting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 188 - Submitting Submitting his grant application materials after checking countless times for errors, the grad student suddenly notices several errors. [LGS is in a coffee shop, standing on his seat with his head against the wall. His laptop is on the table and his cup is on the floor. A customer watches the spectacle.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1533748350635-PGYGL1H3U3O2833IK4I6/187+-+Being+told+2+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 187 - Being told Being told repeatedly by a committee member to "try it both ways," the grad student becomes terrified of his exponentially growing workload. [LGS sits across from a dissertation committee member. His head is between two monitors and in front of two picture frames.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1533143020818-QX6J5IXSG09UKYEJR5OV/186+-+Attempting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 186 - Attempting Attempting to write the first draft of his cover letter, the grad student is paralyzed. [LGS sits in front of his laptop in his office. His hands float over the keyboard in a frozen state.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1532538363931-41T1RW6Q6BEG5IF7HOEH/185+-+Reading+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 185 - Anticipating Anticipating an uneventful summer day, the grad student is blindsided by an email about the upcoming job market. [LGS is knocked out of his chair in front of his laptop.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1531932756723-WIB75EPC5M96EKQ581S5/184+-+Dining+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 184 - Dining Dining alone, the grad student fills the social void by eating for two. [LGS sits at a restaurant table by himself and is surrounded by tables filled with couples. He has two servings of food on his table.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1531329503217-B6TRX0B9PCD2FTNFP91O/183+-+Toiling+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 183 - Toiling Toiling away at a major conference, the grad student gets distracted by carefree senior faculty who are in vacation mode. [LGS sits alone at a table. He looks at several faculty members, who are drinking with great enthusiasm at the hotel bar.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1530118257346-0SK0MUW3PEF0Y8RQ5B89/182+-+Learning+2+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 182 - Smelling Smelling leftover food in the kitchen, the grad student drops everything. [LGS runs frantically out of his office, leaving papers strewn on the ground.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1529516025793-1TIC0BRXOPNOM724IFF3/181+-+Streaming+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 181 - Streaming Streaming a show while outlining a paper, the grad student is neither entertained nor productive. [LGS lies across two chairs in his office. He watches a show on one monitor and has his writing open on his laptop.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1528823797757-PER23XMKNVLPNWCQ4DO4/180+-+Gazing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 180 - Gazing Gazing at a professor's vast bookshelves, the grad student absorbs a vivid reminder of how little he knows. [LGS looks at a series of bookshelves surrounding an office door.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1528304687271-8CY8TP4V9LQRC011LHJ0/179+-+Reviewing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 179 - Verifying Verifying his bank account balance, the grad student is worthless. [LGS sits on the ground next to two ATMs and a garbage can.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1527699273507-VS0PIOXTLTVVG4DOZYJ5/178+-+Balking+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 178 - Flipping Flipping open his laptop, the grad student subconsciously shields himself from whatever his advisor will say about his latest draft. [LGS obscures his face with his open laptop. He sits in front of the advisor.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1527095703333-B1H1F0K2U0K4CI1CF7TN/177+-+Gritting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 177 - Gritting Gritting his teeth as his friend asks why he has not finished yet, the grad student teeters on the edge of exploding with incalculable fury. [LGS stands inside his friend’s opulent house. He stares at his friend.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1526576761596-YWCLEARJNPC1TXLI5X8E/176+-+Averting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 176 - Averting Averting his eyes from a friend who erroneously congratulates him for graduating this year, the grad student feels his soul collapse. [LGS stands in his friend’s house. The friend has his hands up in the air, but LGS is looking down at the floor.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1525886623125-I93FG1HCOED7HWAWNZIV/175+-+Complimenting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 175 - Complimenting Complimenting a professor for asking a "great question," the grad student hopes to flatter his way out of having a terrible answer. [LGS stands in a conference room, giving a talk. He looks at a professor seated near him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1525368100432-BBB32Y3SJFAHHX8GK1JP/174+-+Incorporating+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 174 - Incorporating Incorporating every piece of feedback he received for his paper, the grad student mangles his work beyond recognition. [LGS stands on a chair in the library. He stares down at his laptop in terror.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1524676032375-2YV3XSHY3NMY70K494G1/173+-+Interesting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 173 - Hearing Hearing a colleague call his new research "interesting," the grad student is unsure whether she is being supportive, indifferent, or hostile. [LGS in a coffee shop with his colleague. He stares at her as she speaks.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1524019208757-KWO5V7XBJZ1MF5GN24A0/172+-+Ice+cream+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 172 - Floundering Floundering after learning that his article was rejected, the grad student unconditionally accepts an ice cream blowout. [LGS sits on the floor beside his desk. He holds an ice cream cone and a popsicle.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1523465858171-G4UO45KE65B9WQD582V0/171+-+Catching+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 171 - Catching Catching himself saying something to an undergrad that his advisor has often said to him, the grad student fears what he is becoming. [LGS talks to an undergrad in his office. He stares off to the side.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1522860072423-YSPX35BMN6AXKSI4TYFP/170+-+Brewing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 170 - Brewing Brewing a pot of coffee, the grad student revels in a makeshift aromatherapy session. [LGS holds a donut and sits in front of his coffee machine in his kitchen.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1522258186583-7LPJIWI9ZK806B7LR8PR/169+-+Reading+%28trimmed+smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 169 - Seeing Seeing a new e-mail from his advisor, the grad student confronts a landmine that could obliterate his spring break. [LGS sits in a chair outside of a beach house. He is holding a computer.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1521651378300-URFD67VI8AK4AU2TGFWF/168+-+Planning+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 168 - Planning Planning to sit near the door so that he can eat the free food and leave the workshop early, the grad student is not alone. [LGS stands near the door of the seminar room and holds a plate of pizza. Four other grad students are already seated near the door.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1521046627273-PTMXNS8SF9VOH7OWGC5I/167+-+Asking+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 167 - Asking Asking a committee member whether he is ready for the job market, the grad student suffocates in the hesitant silence. [LGS sits in a chair across from his committee member, who is staring back at him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1520446465298-GVL680SYE025NB0GCKFE/166+-+Family+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 166 - Crossing Crossing through the crowded lobby of the conference center, the grad student pities the bewildered family staying in the hotel. [LGS walks through a hotel lobby filled with academics. He sees a family of three confused people at the check-in counter.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1519840600988-RF1PEY80SBFC3KJI4ECV/165+-+Enduring+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 165 - Watching Watching a senior professor's "brief question" turn into an interminable monologue, the grad student wishes his head would explode. [LGS stares at a pontificating professor.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1518719442588-WCFVFENA9GAS239VN7TK/164+-+Having+spent+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 164 - Having spent Having spent Valentine's Day alone, the grad student has a fiery rendezvous with heavily discounted post-holiday candy. [LGS is in a convenience store. He walks out of the frame holding a massive stack of Valentine's Day candy.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1518026816348-MUH118AYGV1QAHZRYJ15/163+-+Reopening+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 163 - Re-opening Re-opening a paper draft he has not touched in months, the grad student has no idea what he was thinking. [LGS hides his head in the crevice of a library wall. Beside him is his laptop, which has a text document open.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1517509704475-NYBXQWWUQO1JBISTSIL2/162+-+Joining+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 162 - Jumping Jumping on to a new project, the grad student makes exceptional progress in denying his dissertation's existence. [LGS stands in an office with two other grad students, who are seated. They are excitedly discussing a new project.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1516817147008-A9M2JL5IX37CGK1BIQ6F/161+-+Shopping+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 161 - Shopping Shopping for groceries late at night, the grad student minimizes his exposure to other people. [LGS stands by himself in the middle of a grocery store. He holds on to a cart filled with carbs.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1516213846828-TSKJI5IWA2RXS0WRFB0L/160+-+Remaining+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 160 - Remaining Remaining silent through an entire seminar, the grad student sees the only other quiet individual forsake him. [LGS sits at a table with several other students. Another student seated beside LGS raises her hand and obscures his face.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1515607741791-PNYNLPABIOHG4BMY7GJ7/159+-+Leaving+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 159 - Leaving Leaving his childhood bedroom to head back to campus, the grad student is already homesick. [LGS holds two suitcases and stands in front of his bedroom door. He looks back at his room.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1515002991323-HO6LGKUSHHGW4F2FT6JV/158+-+Describing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 158 - Describing Describing his research to his ever-supportive grandmother, the grad student watches her eager eyes steadily glaze over. [LGS sits across a fireplace from his grandmother. Both are holding drinks.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1514447533429-PC95VZPHRZTRNR5VMBVK/157+-+Reuniting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 157 - Reuniting Reuniting with high school friends that are home for the holidays, the grad student has nothing new to say. [LGS is seated at a bar with a drink. He faces away from four friends and a baby that are in conversation.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1513880166250-O9FVB4BV3Y4TTWELV2AY/156+-+Collapsing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 156 - Collapsing Collapsing onto his childhood bed, the grad student crashes from a months-long adrenaline rush. [LGS is sprawled on a small bed. Two open suitcases filled with books and papers are in front of him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1513359979118-FD26H5GFZC4D2OQBZSU2/155+-+Packing.jpg Gallery - 155 - Packing Packing multiple books and papers to read while at home for winter break, the grad student deludes himself. [LGS places a book into an open suitcase. Another suitcase filled with books and papers is behind him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1512437449898-KFMT1ASZFCSWXRXDEL74/154+-+Hosting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 154 - Hosting Hosting a final review session, the grad student sees an undergrad that had vanished for months magically reappear. [LGS stands at the front of a classroom. He stares at a student walking through the door with a coffee cup in hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1511807851039-V7JY5OHD1K908RFGHKNI/153+-+Weighing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 153 - Weighing Weighing himself after Thanksgiving break, the grad student feels his dismay grow as dramatically as his waistline. [LGS stands on a scale in his bathroom.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1510857397129-A21Z1I8L6BH03M3QM633/152+-+Fending.jpg Gallery - 152 - Fending off Fending off the advisor's questions about his lack of progress, the grad student doubles down on a new set of unrealistic promises. [LGS stands in front of his advisor, who is seated. LGS has his hands up in front of him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1509557988524-SS15U52HKG7D785TZ9Q8/151+-+Observing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 151 - Observing Observing an unequivocally fantastic job talk, the grad student mentally prepares himself for unemployment. [LGS sits at a seminar table, looking at a slideshow presentation. The presenter's face is visible in the background.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1508953017075-JS3KECPFSERA52V6I1WI/150+-++Comforting.jpg Gallery - 150 - Comforting Comforting a friend that feels woefully inadequate, the grad student feels woefully inadequate. [LGS places his hand on the shoulder of another individual, who has her face planted on her desk.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1508431690167-KT4BZ5ODN8KIOE88AFVS/149+-+Entering+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 149 - Entering Entering the house owned by a friend working in the private sector, the grad student anxiously reassesses many of his life choices. [LGS looks at the foyer of a large house. His friend (and homeowner) stands beside him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1507621385516-APOI5PYSZE3YMSCDYPJH/148+-+Leading+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 148 - Leading Leading undergrads in a discussion about readings that he barely managed to skim, the grad student flagrantly abuses the Socratic method. [LGS stands in front of a classroom filled with students.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1507053825822-RIZ1G78GPPYNQPWGI32J/147+-+Roaming+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 147 - Roaming Roaming by a cluster of first-years that are too young to know him, the grad student is pelted by quietly judgmental glances. [LGS walks in front of three other individuals, who are staring at him from behind. LGS slightly swivels his head back.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506360824848-GWDAONOQ65D2DYZ8K7XM/146+-+Washing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 146 - Washing up Washing up for bed after accomplishing nothing that day, the grad student instinctively refuses to look at himself in the mirror. [LGS washes his hands at his bathroom sink. His reflection is visible in the mirror and shows that he is looking to the side.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233839043-H5T0P41LJ934MO2EI7FL/145+-+Writing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 145 - Writing Writing meticulously planned notes on the board, the grad student grumbles as a disinterested undergrad nonchalantly takes a picture. [LGS is standing in front of a whiteboard filled with notes. This is seen through the screen of a smartphone.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233839343-HNUY5V37K180FDTX7WCE/144+-+Returning+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 144 - Returning Returning books due at the library, the grad student takes a humiliating whirlwind tour of everything his past self had planned to read. [LGS deposits books into a large receptacle outside of a library building.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233810839-62FNOLOVI0079RORE5QS/143+-+Celebrating+2.jpg Gallery - 143 - Celebrating Celebrating his birthday, the grad student blows out another year of his life. [LGS sits at a restaurant table with four friends. He blows out a birthday candle, and its smoke obscures his face.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233805724-MJZKQHWHR6V3IBGU764Y/142+-+Crumbling.jpg Gallery - 142 - Crumbling Crumbling in the face of mounting obligations, the grad student takes an undeserved stress nap. [LGS sleeps in a library reading room. His head is on a chair and his legs are on a table.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233748439-02GMIA58XMWXLYL8MOIY/141+-+Bristling+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 141 - Bristling Bristling at the sight of undergrads trickling back from break, the grad student watches a youthful plague gradually consume the campus. [LGS looks outside from his office window. He sees several students talking, loitering, and making noise.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233748560-PV0G71WJEA3Q4743VQUY/140+-+Glancing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 140 - Glancing Glancing at his university's first e-mail concerning the new academic year, the grad student reflects upon his dismally unproductive summer. [LGS lies on his bed, face-first, without pants on. Papers, open bottles, and a flipped laptop surround his bed.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233724890-X6P0ISO61LVHYAVN6QPP/139+-+Scrolling+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 139 - Scrolling Scrolling by another new wedding photo on his social media feed, the grad student wrestles with reawakened fears of dying alone. [In the foreground, a laptop shows an image of a wedding picture. In the background, LGS stares out his apartment window.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233727274-P3N2278DISI7WQV9M1PT/138+-+Racking.jpg Gallery - 138 - Racking Racking his brain for a smart question to ask the workshop presenter, the grad student neglects to pay attention to the actual presentation. [LGS sits in a seminar room. While everyone else is facing at an angle toward the speaker, LGS is staring forward.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233697856-ZL4B3FVYZ9NIIMXWI0UW/137+-+Drawing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 137 - Drawing Drawing a blank when giving some tourists directions to a campus landmark, the grad student is a stranger to his own land. [LGS holds a map in his hand and looks at an open street and courtyard. A family of three stares at him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233679074-PPQ436FOHEEVTTOBIZWE/136+-+Ascertaining+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 136 - Ascertaining Ascertaining that his favorite dining hall is closed for repairs, the grad student questions why he even bothered to get out of bed. [LGS looks inside a dining hall with its lights off. He is standing outside with his hands placed on the transparent doors.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233678085-2J6BBWD8A4G1JV15CL4N/135+-+Peering+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 135 - Peering Peering up on the Fourth of July, the grad student hopes that his career can at least go down in flames as colorfully as the fireworks. [LGS looks up at fireworks that illuminate the scene around him. Several individuals and families are around him, also looking up.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233649289-124ZL7BZYUGPI786GU15/134+-+Lopping+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 134 - Lopping off Lopping off parts of his draft article to meet a journal's word limit, the grad student feels his inner spirit slowly and angrily die. [LGS lies underneath his office desk. Office chairs, books, and a plant are messily strewn around the room.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233657223-G7E3Y1B7VVLZJWK5G9IP/133+-+Graduation.jpg Gallery - 133 - Witnessing Witnessing the graduation of several colleagues, the grad student is abandoned. [LGS sits in an auditorium seat. He looks at four individuals wearing caps and gowns on the stage.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233628268-FL9DL8SJ5WW1HWW2KPG3/132+-+Deducing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 132 - Deducing Deducing which student wrote a scathing teaching evaluation, the grad student spitefully wishes them a life of unrelenting failure. [LGS looks at his laptop. His eyes are just visible over the top of his laptop screen.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233625087-ERVQE6XK67EVZI9XPAOL/131+-+Enthusiasm+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 131 - Hearing Hearing his advisor speak to another student with unfamiliar enthusiasm, the grad student simmers in a stew of jealous despair. [LGS stands outside his advisor's office. The door is open. Inside, the advisor is speaking with another student. Both people have their hands up in the air.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233602577-37PHKMHE6N54V5OIZ5I9/130+-+Custodian+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 130 - Staying Staying in his office past midnight, the grad student perceives the deep-seated concern hiding behind the custodian's smile. [LGS looks back at a custodian who has entered his office. It is dark outside the office.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233601611-KLAQ524CZVIOI7CYI0E7/129+-+Avoiding.jpg Gallery - 129 - Avoiding Avoiding his work by gorging on carbs, the grad student chooses a flavorful way to spiral out of control. [LGS sits at a table filled with cookies, cupcakes, pies, and a croissant. His laptop is on a chair. Two individuals stare at him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233579515-EUBF9UJJAAMMEKHJJ08E/128+-+Struggling+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 128 - Struggling Struggling to start his day, the grad student impotently summons the will to put on pants. [LGS is bent over with his hands on an open cabinet of his dresser. He is not wearing pants.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233565605-1U8HSYGDBEGX6LU79RWR/127+-+Encountering+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 127 - Encountering Encountering an honors student to whom he gave a B-, the grad student senses his whole body tingle from a fight or flight response. [LGS walks toward his department building. He stares at another student, who is standing in front of the building's door.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233556597-OAOELUXMU5B4U8RTFY6J/126+-+Microwaving+2.jpg Gallery - 126 - Microwaving Microwaving some dreary leftovers, the grad student worries that anybody might walk by and see his lunch of shame. [LGS is in a small office kitchen and is standing guard at the door. A hotdog is in a microwave oven behind him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233538785-PW7013O9603IRAA1RKIB/125+-+Grading+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 125 - Grading Grading a slew of mediocre final papers, the grad student watches his months of arduous teaching bear little fruit. [LGS sits at a coffee shop table with an open laptop and a large stack of papers. He stares out the window.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233527469-TMLDHQG9AIDFKAF4CS8O/124+-+Keeping+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 124 - Drowning Drowning in a relentless deluge of news, the grad student gets nothing done. [LGS stands on his office chair and peers down at his laptop. His phone, another monitor, and two coffee cups surround the laptop.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233505776-GCVXPDSRPFLRNT16483B/123+-+Hanging.jpg Gallery - 123 - Hanging out Hanging out with a friend not in academia, the grad student feels like someone who just crawled out of a bomb shelter. [LGS sits in a room with two couches and a table. A pizza and drinks are on the table. A friend is seated across from him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233469147-WP5ET6BROO5J2L7DBBQ3/122+-+Contemplating+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 122 - Comtemplating Contemplating whether or not to leave his apartment and engage with the outside world, the grad student decides that today is not the day. [LGS partially opens the door to his apartment. Half his face is visible. Two individuals, a box, and the sun are shown outside.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233457254-7N7N125RLH9N1C58E91E/121+-+Babbling+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 121 - Babbling Babbling incoherently in response to an undergrad's question, the grad student is alarmed to watch the class write everything down. [In the foreground, two students type notes on their laptops. In the background, LGS is staring at these students.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233447798-Z850VSZSALZM8KUDDBKE/120+-+Learning+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 120 - Learning Learning that another grad student got her paper accepted into a top-tier journal, the grad student is struck by a top-tier wave of envy. [LGS stands outside of his office. He sees a colleague standing on a file cabinet with a phone in one hand. Several other colleagues stand on the floor around her.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233423903-K2VHKY3KDMTS34ZY02R5/119+-+Printing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 119 - Printing Printing a single article, the grad student fumes while waiting for a colleague to first finish printing a rainforest. [LGS stares at an individual who is standing in front of a laser printer. The laser printer has printed many pages of paper.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233422939-ZWF7YN6VTGCFB4DW2I73/118+-+Running.jpg Gallery - 118 - Running Running into a paywall for yet another article, the grad student is pummeled anew by the academic-industrial complex. [LGS stands on his office chair and is bent over so that his face is on his desk. His monitor has a red screen and is knocked over.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233399121-K6WMIAA6MVMO2B2J9DZS/117+-+Approaching+2.jpg Gallery - 117 - Approaching Approaching the end of seminar, the grad student bitterly accepts that they will not discuss the one reading that he understood. [LGS sits at a seminar table with several other students and a professor. The other students are looking at the professor, but LGS is looking at the clock in the back of the room.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233384763-2B6OVFUGDYZL4T2GES0G/116+-+Cleaning+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 116 - Cleaning Cleaning his apartment with atypical fervor, the grad student tries to convince himself that he is a useful member of society. [LGS vacuums the middle of his apartment.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233356847-Y4S22PI2FRK3E6MW11T3/115+-+Mulling+2+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 115 - Mulling Mulling over an admit's question about which of three programs to attend, the grad student catatonically murmurs, "No." [LGS sits in a chair beside another individual. The individual is looking at LGS, but LGS is looking directly ahead. Several other students and admits are in the background.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233349696-V895XQVI7EHX67BZMTQP/114+-+Introducing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 114 - Introducing Introducing himself to an admit, the grad student learns that she is actually a first-year. [LGS and another individual stand inside the elevator. They are looking at each other.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233334590-PFLL8GZ7O0T69F60TGCY/113+-+Ignoring+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 113 - Ignoring Ignoring the admits during a department-funded dinner, the grad student obsessively focuses on having his best meal in months. [LGS sits at a table of eight in a fancy restaurant with well-dressed waiters. He looks away from the seven other diners.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233319549-3ROV5JBV9QD0SHJIC8CL/112+-+Peeking+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 112 - Peeking Peeking into a faculty panel speaking to the admits, the grad student ruefully chuckles at their wildly cheerful overview of the program. [LGS sneakily peers into a room. Inside, four professors are seated facing an unseen group of admitted students.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233308567-AN2RZD3ME1YYDFXGWD54/111+-+Wandering+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 111 - Wandering Wandering by eager admits on their prospective visit, the grad student sees a new crop of souls unaware that they, too, will be shattered. [LGS walks by the door of a conference room filled with many admitted students that are talking to one another.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233294386-5EKEU0NF85GB3X79Z3D0/110+-+Scrambling+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 110 - Scrambling Scrambling to catch up on piles of work over the next week, the grad student makes the most of what undergrads call "spring break." [LGS sits at his desk in his studio apartment. He has his laptop open and a bottle of alcohol in one hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233289511-I4T6C2TGNP0QRTVMFCRM/109+-+Returning+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 109 - Returning Returning home in a plane seat next to his advisor, the grad student fantasizes about a meteor shower cutting the conference trip short. [LGS and his advisor are seated in adjacent seats on a plane. Both are staring directly ahead, and their hands uncomfortably close to one another.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233271732-YGQOZ9WREWCVSJFGZLXM/108+-+Receiving+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 108 - Receiving Receiving no questions during his panel's lively Q&A, the grad student wishes that he could literally disappear. [LGS sits on a panel with four other people. The room is filled with attendees.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233262198-NERNDU73OAX7I87FZ0DL/107+-+Purchasing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 107 - Purchasing Purchasing his sixth coffee of the day, the grad student categorically, indisputably, and vehemently does not have a dependence. [LGS stands in the middle of a busy coffee shop. He gazes at his new cup of coffee.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233241115-T2W1FXNO88VPD0GL7R24/106+-+Standing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 106 - Standing Standing in line at a crowded coffee shop near the conference site, the grad student loathes the existence of other people. [LGS is in a busy coffee shop. He stands in a serpentine line behind ten other people.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233234261-7E4BHKOFJSX0BX4B1OF5/105+-+Being+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 105 - Being Being the only audience member at a panel, the grad student pities everyone in the room. [LGS sits in the back of a room filled with unoccupied chairs. A panel of four people sit or stand facing him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233215168-2FYBD0I8ZCJ2Q8YYTV7N/104+-+Sharing+2.jpg Gallery - 104 - Sharing Sharing a hotel room with a colleague, the grad student questions the wisdom of sacrificing his personal space to save $80 a night. [LGS lies on a small bed in the dark. A colleague lies in the same bed behind LGS and is almost spooning him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233207032-O2GM0826928BJVZQV2HE/103+-+Charging.jpg Gallery - 103 - Charging Charging his phone's battery in the middle of a conference hall, the grad student simultaneously drains his sense of self-respect. [LGS sits on the floor of a conference hall with his phone beside him. Many individuals stand and walk around him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506235144838-BA009K95SLIS5CZOI0JZ/102+-+Rereading+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 102 - Rereading Rereading his conference paper on the plane, the grad student is unsure whether the smell of feces is from his work or the nearby lavatory. [LGS sits in a seat of a plane with his laptop open. His head turns back slightly toward the open door of the lavatory, which is directly behind him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506233183117-B968XGVTX2WMGDZ7SQ4R/101+-+Searching.jpg Gallery - 101 - Inspecting Inspecting his fridge for something to eat, the grad student peers into a box as barren as his stomach, heart, and wallet. [LGS peers inside a refrigerator that only contains a carton of milk, an apple, and a wedge of cheese.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231816988-MU13025TU1CXJITNNM87/100+-+Handing+in+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 100 - Handing in Handing in his motivational deposit for dissertation boot camp, the grad student comes emotionally prepared to lose $100. [LGS places a $100 bill into a jar. The room is filled with other students working on their laptops and a table with coffee and cookies.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231809778-74249O1B9SWZEHDWSJZM/99+-+Valentines+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 99 - Meandering Meandering the streets on Valentine's Day, the grad student has no one. [LGS stands in the dark outside a very active and brightly lit restaurant that is packed with couples having dinner.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231797790-3DU4ORR9MJ0KX8LWN1YK/98+-+Completing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 98 - Completing Completing the first draft of a new paper, the grad student and his co-author awkwardly avoid the question of who will be the lead author. [LGS and a colleague sit in his office. Both stare at his computer monitor.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231778821-DS9F2OYOOCKWRIXPT69A/97+-+Sighing+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 97 - Sighing Sighing at the sight of a push notification from his phone's news app, the grad student braces himself for the next disaster. [LGS sits at his apartment desk with his laptop open. He looks at his phone, which is beside his laptop. The phone has lit up with a push notification.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231756421-QEKO5O6384O01VPO404G/96+-+Expecting+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 96 - Expecting Expecting a colleague to field him a softball question, the grad student is brutally and publicly betrayed by a trenchant critique. [LGS stands in a moderately full conference room with his slideshow presentation behind him. He looks at a colleague at the opposite end of the table, who is asking him a question.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231753655-FJO0GKZS5WNFX33E3FWW/95+-+Attempting+%28Redo+2+Smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 95 - Discovering Discovering one more activity that he cannot do, the grad student takes a familiar pose of pensive resignation. [Inside a yoga studio, multiple individuals perform a peacock pose. Meanwhile, LGS lies prostrate on a mat and stares out the window.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231726928-1X7BSLIHY2163MYNYMIF/94+-+Lacking+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 94 - Lacking Lacking funding for the next year, the grad student demands a meeting with the furtive graduate program administrator. [LGS stands outside an office door with his hands and one leg in the air. The administrator's face is visible through the door's window.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231724825-5I8VPFU6N51UU5VWI4DL/93+-+Digging+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 93 - Digging Digging a small grave, the grad student ruminates on how his graduate career has outlived yet another laptop. [LGS stands over a large hole in the ground. One hand holds a shovel, and the other hand holds a laptop.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231687929-Q7B03ZMZRGNOXEXBU534/92+-+Getting+ready+%28Smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 92 - Getting Getting ready to take a shower, the grad student identifies one place where he can conceal his tears. [LGS stands in front of and looks at the bathtub-shower in his bathroom.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231695557-Y8CYW5LZC9MXA3T0DWWK/91+-+Rummaging.jpg Gallery - 91 - Rummaging Rummaging through non-circulating books crucial to his research, the grad student can almost hear the clinking of his shackles. [LGS sits at a table at the very end of two long bookshelves. He stares ahead.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231648182-Y7UBDF3G7QDTYY13KV1L/90+-+Volunteering+%28Redo+Smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 90 - Volunteering Volunteering to serve on the graduate admissions committee, the grad student is consumed by inadequacy as he skims the applicants' CVs. [LGS sits in a seminar room with seven other people. While the seven people talk to one another, LGS continues to read a CV on his own.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231650921-LMK98GF5MGM5CLDT7Q71/89+-+Strolling+%28smaller%29.jpg Gallery - 89 - Strolling by Strolling by a storefront that reminds him of his department's walls, the grad student ruins his last day of winter break. [LGS walks by a store. Its exterior has a tan wall and brown molding, which is identical to the walls in his department building.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231618328-LZ0OS5DU0V5NI4L3FIHZ/88+-+Beholding+2.jpg Gallery - 88 - Beholding Beholding a raging dumpster fire, the grad student bids a proper farewell to an utter travesty of a year. [LGS stands in a dark alley and stares at a dumpster that has caught on fire. He holds a bottle of alcohol in one hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231623165-D3U5XIR6BCJIP4ZSJ62K/87+-+Eavesdropping+Far+4.jpg Gallery - 87 - Eavesdropping Eavesdropping on his mother's phone conversation, the grad student repeatedly hears the phrase "not a real doctor." [LGS watches television in his home living room. He looks over at his mother, who is speaking on the phone.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231596708-0AQXZNL6P6SRWFE3I3HL/86+-+Viewing+Brighter.jpg Gallery - 86 - Viewing Viewing a movie instead of catching up on work, the grad student rapidly sinks into a torturous pit of guilt. [LGS sits in a seat of a movie theater. A couple and one other individual sit in the row behind him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231593681-TZ8Y30U9LVRZCRAKDTA7/85+-+Finishing.jpg Gallery - 85 - Finishing Finishing his grading and starting to enjoy winter break, the grad student learns that his manuscript was desk rejected. [LGS sits on the floor with his back against his bed. His laptop is open and has slid off his lap. Enormous stacks of papers are in the foreground.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231568057-NRF4FKD7LL6QIHQCWXUU/84+-+Realizing.jpg Gallery - 84 - Realizing Realizing that the advisor is contradicting his own thoughts from months ago, the grad student trembles with blinding resentment and terror. [LGS sits across the desk from his advisor. He stares directly at the advisor, who is speaking.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231545994-U9GQIHM8FDWKMM2UDMHB/83+-+Sensing.jpg Gallery - 83 - Sensing Sensing his hands get warm on the active copy machine, the grad student is unexpectedly reminded of how lonely he is. [LGS stands in front of a large copy machine. Both of his hands are placed on the machine.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231538484-3725U9TTQJKO55K7AK4Y/82+-+Listening.jpg Gallery - 82 - Listening Listening to his least favorite student ask for some extra credit before the final exam, the grad student can barely contain his laughter. [LGS and another student stand angled toward each other in a classroom.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231520844-ZMIZ9Q5PQKZXBBR21RK4/81+-+Thinking.jpg Gallery - 81 - Thinking Thinking of everything he has to accomplish before winter break, the grad student feels the weight of the world crushing his entire being. [LGS lies on his office desk. This is visible from the exterior of his office window.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231502567-KLV7R8N569Q4ONJZQX8V/80+-+Using.jpg Gallery - 80 - Using Using croissants and biscuits to explain why manufacturing jobs are not coming back, the grad student fails to get his point across. [LGS sits next to a man wearing a red cap at a dining table. Pastries are on the table. The man has his head on the table.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231492738-2M4H0OW3K0WA9YSZ5X9E/79+-+Watching.jpg Gallery - 79 - Watching Watching family members talk politics over Thanksgiving dinner, the grad student misses the days when they asked why he's still in school. [LGS sits at a dining table filled with Thanksgiving food. Four family members, including one with a red cap, argue with one another.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231477170-8AZ03HK46LWWRNOCKBVI/78+-+Voting.jpg Gallery - 78 - Voting Voting on Election Day, the grad student all too easily makes a larger impact on society than his research ever will. [LGS stands at a voting booth in a large room decorated in red, white, and blue. Many people are in line to vote.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231466016-V1PYQFX9CTVQO9YTH9LA/77+-+Locking.jpg Gallery - 77 - Locking Locking eyes with the administrative manager, the grad student braces for a severe lecture on wasting paper. [LGS stands in front of a printer with stacks of papers on the floor and in his hand. He stares at a manager, who is staring at him through an open door.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231442736-JXZNXQMGW1I2EU7LOLO6/76+-+Printing+%28alternate%29.jpg Gallery - 76 - Wanting Wanting to feel productive, the grad student prints multiple articles with reckless abandon. [LGS stands beside a laser printer. He has a stack of papers in one hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231431346-3X83RLA2B2LHCFIQEPEH/75+-+Showing+Up.jpg Gallery - 75 - Showing up Showing up at a departmental happy hour, the grad student cannot imagine a less happy hour. [LGS stands in a room and holds a bottle. Four other individuals are standing or seated around the room and are keeping to themselves.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231414914-UXVDLEELC6L5JQ80ETOT/74+-+Passing.jpg Gallery - 74 - Passing by Passing by some construction, the grad student sees a hole in the road smaller than the one in his dissertation's theory chapter. [LGS is about to walk across the street. He looks to the side and sees a construction worker inside a large hole in the street.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231405349-KRWOFHWH491IA6Q6BJXA/73+-+Enduring+%28brighter%29.jpg Gallery - 73 - Enduring Enduring a discussant's dismissive comments on his paper, the grad student is amazed her neck is not dislocated from talking down so much. [LGS sits at a table with five other people. He looks at the person beside him, who is providing comments.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231383811-EYEGE9CP3GMJ4UU45PPP/72+-+Filling.jpg Gallery - 72 - Filling out Filling out the "Significance" section of a grant proposal, the grad student gets a chance to exercise his creative writing skills. [LGS sits in front of his computer in his office.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231376282-YJECBXA86RSBACPX2GJX/71+-+Catching+Sight.jpg Gallery - 71 - Catching sight Catching sight of a junior faculty member in a familiar position, the grad student is chilled by what little change his future could hold. [LGS walks by an open office door. Inside, he sees a professor in a disheveled room. She is facing into the corner of her office.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231360394-7ZNXZ93JD2VY7PGGA6N6/70+-+Hearing.jpg Gallery - 70 - Hearing Hearing two advisors disagree about his dissertation, the grad student feels his brain and fate being torn in half. [Two professors sit on opposite ends of the table and are arguing. LGS sits in the center of a long table and faces forward. ] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231354449-OT4ZSFI4WU19YV8JJYYH/69+-+Picking+Up.jpg Gallery - 69 - Picking up Picking up a rare phone call with hopes of getting a flyout offer, the grad student slightly dies when he hears a telemarketer. [LGS stands outside his office. He holds up and stares at his phone.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231336808-Z3JFOFNKVON6FSXUUNN7/68+-+Wondering.jpg Gallery - 68 - Wondering Wondering why nobody else is in the reading room, the grad student glumly realizes that it is a late Saturday night. [LGS sits at a table in the back corner of a large and empty reading room. It is dark outside.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231331321-8627CCTF0L6126U9F79O/67+-+Trying.jpg Gallery - 67 - Trying Trying to grade sixty papers, read 800 pages, write four proposals, and reply to fifty e-mails in three days, the grad student simply cannot. [LGS stands facing a corner of his apartment. Massive stacks of books and papers are on his desk and the floor.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231309972-N8FS1WU94CGAP1KAMNL5/66+-+Borrowing.jpg Gallery - 66 - Borrowing Borrowing the department credit card to buy supplies for an event, the grad student fleetingly considers running away and never coming back. [LGS is in an office space. He takes a credit card from an office administrator.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231292521-8Z81SYHILEYQP39XGEIQ/65+-+Refashioning.jpg Gallery - 65 - Refashioning Refashioning his reviewers' rejection letters into confetti, the grad student emptily commemorates yet another failure. [LGS stands on his office chair with scissors and a paper in his hands. Many smaller pieces of paper are scattered in front of him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231284952-N5YJEI5X966GFWLOQ2A3/64+-+Drowning.jpg Gallery - 64 - Drowning Drowning in a committee member's incredibly technical and perplexing suggestions, the grad student has no idea why his head is nodding. [LGS sits in front of a professor in the professor's office.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231262502-0HM1MCKZ4C4XX6OG7OVR/63+-+Plopping+%28other+colors%29.jpg Gallery - 63 - Lying Lying in his bed in silence, the grad student has no distractions that can drown out the soft murmurs of self-doubt swirling in his head. [LGS lies flat on his bed in the dark.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231252212-655PSVIE8ZNGJ2OV3GWZ/62+-+Failing.jpg Gallery - 62 - Failing Failing to find a single functioning stapler, the grad student struggles to keep things together. [LGS leans against the wall of a computer lab in frustration. Several staplers are strewn on the floor in front of him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231235816-0UNJ2QCGA067GNH82MVZ/61+-+Stopping+by.jpg Gallery - 61 - Stopping by Stopping by a former student's graduation party, the grad student limply shakes the hand of the undergrad that he taught in her first year. [LGS shakes hands with another individual that is wearing a graduation cap. They are in the kitchen of a house, which is decorated for a party.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231226725-ML8WQYXBVQOIJR4UW64G/60+-+Kicking+off+%28fixed%29.jpg Gallery - 60 - Kicking off Kicking off his last office hours before the first major paper is due, the grad student regrets not setting up an online appointment system. [LGS peers out of his office door. He sees countless students packed in the hallway in front of his door, and they are all staring at him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231202802-N57SS8RM1UKBMEH3DK6S/59+-+Being+Reminded.jpg Gallery - 59 - Being reminded Being reminded of his childhood by his soft serve, the grad student flashes back to a time when he thought he would amount to something. [LGS stands in the middle of a dining hall. He is staring at a cone filled with soft serve in his hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231218759-X3ZVDGQW4PBY0PSYHQCW/58+-+Preparing.jpg Gallery - 58 - Preparing Preparing to ravenously stuff his face, the grad student catches the confused and pitying glances of two of his students. [LGS sits at a table in a dining hall. He looks to the side, where two students at another table are looking at him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231193266-MDRJV5IKDTX2B678KY00/57+-+Scanning.jpg Gallery - 57 - Scanning Scanning the smorgasbord at the dining hall, the grad student develops a plan of attack to eat away his sorrows. [LGS stands with an empty tray in front of a buffet area in a dining hall. The area has pizzas, chicken legs, hot dogs, sandwiches, and a salad bar.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231192655-LG6EUHKM1NHI1GECGRGF/56+-+Handing+%28alt+angle+2%29.jpg Gallery - 56 - Handing out Handing out his section syllabus, the grad student suppresses the thought that it will be his most widely read piece of writing. [LGS stands in front of twelve students, who are seated in a horseshoe pattern around him. He holds a stack of papers in his hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231159482-OFYNCVSBD2TAQM2U75F6/55+-+Needing+%28minor+fix%29.jpg Gallery - 55 - Needing Needing a letter of recommendation, the grad student begins to suspect that his advisor is avoiding him. [LGS leans against the wall next to his advisor's office. He looks to the side and sees his advisor peering around the corner, far away on the other side of the hall.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231156322-SVFGQI1Q906BITLFAUIH/54+-+Perusing.jpg Gallery - 54 - Perusing Perusing the latest journal issue, the grad student comes across an article that is uncomfortably similar to his dissertation. [LGS lies on the floor of the computer lab, in front of the printer. He has a paper placed over his face. A student sees him doing this through the window.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231142097-9X4VZQAT0GW57T37XZDV/53+-+Seeing.jpg Gallery - 53 - Seeing Seeing some colleagues head to an invite-only reading group, the grad student needs no book to know he is unwanted. [LGS peeks out of his office door. He sees three students with the same book walking in the same direction.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231123741-FJCOPMBF11UKPTVJYLMH/52+-+Mulling.jpg Gallery - 52 - Mulling Mulling over what his lackluster conference trip revealed about his life, the grad student takes a brief break from reality. [LGS lies across three seats in an airport terminal, beside a gate. One foot and one leg are dangling over the seats. An elderly woman looks down at him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1506231138819-I142LIQAPYG7ZQKCVB90/51+-+Updating.jpg Gallery - 51 - Updating Updating an old friend in the city about his life, the grad student hears himself say the word "still" a disconcerting number of times. [LGS and a friend walk down a city street with brick buildings behind them. The two individuals have their hands angled toward each other.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721082255-2PP3WB0CZ3T3BHHCP4FD/50+-+Visiting.jpg Gallery - 50 - Visiting Visiting the office of a colleague that recently became an assistant professor, the grad student stifles a deep sigh. [LGS stands in a very neat and ornate office. His colleague presents her office by putting out her hand with a flourish.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721071549-2GT9RM504FPD96EN3L81/49+-+Conversing+%28color+adjusted%29.jpg Gallery - 49 - Conversing Conversing with a very impressive presenter, the grad student withers when he learns that she is a rising second-year. [LGS and another individual stand outside a large conference room. They are talking to each other.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721076609-ECJ81CM35CI4LR0MDBDM/48+-+Attending.jpg Gallery - 48 - Attending Attending the panel that rejected his paper proposal, the grad student inwardly trashes each presenter's research. [LGS sits at the back of a room where a conference panel is taking place. He looks at an individual giving a presentation at the very front of the room.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721063130-010GFX70UVNRTPMU5TDE/47+-+Hoping.jpg Gallery - 47 - Drawing Drawing the motel's blinds with hopes for a better and brighter day, the grad student faces a brick wall. [LGS stands in front of the window in a drab motel. The curtains are open, and a solid brick wall is visible directly outside.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721061789-1WM10U75RVM3O70IPAGZ/46+-+Recognizing.jpg Gallery - 46 - Recognizing Recognizing a renowned scholar at a reception, the grad student is sucked into a black hole of panic and worthlessness. [LGS stands with a drink in the back of a busy room where a reception is taking place. He stares at a professor in the foreground, who is speaking to another individual.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721046373-I0XV8NQ8K7IHCVO0XUCL/45+-+Checking.jpg Gallery - 45 - Checking Checking that the coast is clear, the grad student makes his third casual pass at the free cookies at the large exhibition stall. [LGS stands in a large and active exhibition area. His hand is placed over a plate of cookies. He also glances at an individual that is nearby and looking at a book.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721049514-T717DY2KL97YAG44YPXN/44+-+Spotting.jpg Gallery - 44 - Spotting Spotting multiple errors on his poster, the grad student is almost relieved that nobody is looking at his research. [LGS stands in front of his large poster. While multiple people are standing at posters around him, LGS is alone and staring at his own poster.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721040617-F7DA83U7MPC818LOCMUX/43+-+Saving.jpg Gallery - 43 - Saving Saving money on the conference by sleeping in a budget motel, the grad student sits in the glow of an old TV that is brighter than his future. [LGS sits on his bed in a drab motel room. The room is dark, but he is illuminated by the glow of a television.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721030042-Y3GW8CU4ML6B5ALJS73L/42+-+Flying.jpg Gallery - 42 - Flying Flying to a conference, the grad student loses the ability to finish some last-minute work. [LGS sits in an airplane seat with his laptop open. The passenger in front of him puts his seat back, which shoves the grad student's laptop into his body.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721030355-071QOOVQ0S0L20CGWCK7/41+-+Overhearing.jpg Gallery - 41 - Overhearing Overhearing some business school students complain about their workload, the grad student tells himself to breathe and slowly count to ten. [LGS stands in a fancy outdoor area. He looks at three individuals seated and talking at a table. They each have a single book in front of them.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721024341-LE04ET8V0QC6EDKB4UYL/40+-+Soaking.jpg Gallery - 40 - Soaking Soaking in a committee member's advice, the grad student marvels at how the professor's random thoughts eclipse several months of his dissertation work. [LGS sits across the desk from a professor.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721013476-2DZ9PYWC5L94FPKIHMVV/39+-+Lounging.jpg Gallery - 39 - Lounging Lounging on the toilet, the grad student has the five most productive minutes of his day. [LGS sits in a bathroom stall of a public restroom. Only his feet are visible below the stall.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721010563-1WIHWXSODF7QX1EYR39I/38+-+Feeling.jpg Gallery - 38 - Feeling Feeling no less confined after coming to a spacious coffee shop, the grad student confronts the reality that his work is his prison. [LGS sits at the end of a long table in a coffee shop. He stares into his open laptop.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505721008078-NTL845MKORYHFELVD9JO/37+-+Having.jpg Gallery - 37 - Having spent Having spent the whole weekend coming up with one remotely useful comment, the grad student deflates as a classmate makes the point first. [LGS is seated with multiple students and a professor in a seminar. He stares directly at a student who has her hand held up in the air.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720998289-WHEKZIEBJB43IVJZUG9S/36+-+Fearing.jpg Gallery - 36 - Fearing Fearing that he will be cold-called, the grad student glares at the professor in an audacious game of reverse psychology. [LGS sits near the end of a table in a seminar. He glares straight at the professor, who sits at the other end of the table.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720994966-00VJ8J7GL8KIF7MQVDMJ/35+-+Explaining.jpg Gallery - 35 - Explaining Explaining why he gave the paper a D-, the grad student is informed that the undergrad is the son of a major university donor. [LGS sits in his office. A student is seated in front of him with a paper in his hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720979618-F6T8SDGZ3ZYHQX2IRS61/34+-+Meeting.jpg Gallery - 34 - Meeting Meeting a date for dinner, the grad student is trapped in a restaurant far exceeding his food budget. [LGS and his date sit in booths on either side of a restaurant table. LGS looks to the side and takes note of the menu.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720980867-3EDUYOU8ZQ02YHD2YO1F/33+-+Tripping.jpg Gallery - 33 - Tripping Tripping over the VGA cable, the grad student severs his research's connection with the physical world. [LGS is prostrate on the floor of an emptied and messy seminar room. A cable is visible near his feet.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720973561-BYW4NY7BD7QTKM51D11L/32+-+Listening.jpg Gallery - 32 - Listening Listening to a professor's remarks, the grad student learns that "three small points" means "three missiles designed to obliterate your work and self-worth." [LGS stands at a lectern in the seminar room. He looks across the room at a professor, who is making remarks.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720962131-PA6LIBURTSRIG8FMQPBS/31+-+Coming.jpg Gallery - 31 - Coming Coming to a particularly flimsy slide, the grad student nervously watches dozens of eyes stare at the work of a fraud. [LGS stands in front of his slideshow presentation in the seminar room. He faces out toward a multitude of professors and students.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720958078-Z338WCW8W1THG7VBTQ5T/30+-+Taking.jpg Gallery - 30 - Taking Taking a question, the grad student grits his teeth listening to a first-year's delusionally grandiose suggestion. [LGS stands at the front of the crowded seminar room. His slideshow presentation is on the screen. He looks over at a student seated beside him, who has his hands up in the air.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720956495-3SGKC1X2O9AGPUS3UDKO/29+-+Setting.jpg Gallery - 29 - Setting up Setting up his laptop for a workshop presentation, the grad student realizes he forgot to bring his dongle. [LGS stands in an empty seminar room, preparing for his presentation. His laptop is in one hand, and he stares at the end of a cable in his other hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720940999-DQ8RDQ5QYZNTCGX3O21F/28+-+Peering.jpg Gallery - 28 - Peering Peering over a vast empty office, the grad student dubs himself the King of Loneliness. [LGS stands in the middle of a series of empty cubicles.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720940480-XI2L3CWP8QSBBDUSN3MI/27+-+Checking.jpg Gallery - 27 - Checking Checking the mail for news about his fellowship application, the grad student finds a thin envelope. [LGS pulls an envelope out of his departmental mailbox.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720926658-4OCB30M24Q3E5JVDOV14/26+-+Complaining.jpg Gallery - 26 - Complaining Complaining about his advisor to a colleague over coffee, the grad student chooses an inopportune moment to ignore his surroundings. [LGS converses with a colleague at an outdoor coffee shop. In the background, and outside his line of sight, the advisor looks at him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720929181-CYK9CPAKPVU5SUQAVHHV/25+-+Finding.jpg Gallery - 25 - Finding Finding no coffee left at the front office, the grad student deems his day effectively over. [LGS holds a mug and looks at a coffee machine with two empty pots.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720920435-3AKQX8FOO5X17GR90QQ4/24+-+Walking.jpg Gallery - 24 - Walking Walking by first-years excitedly talking about research, the grad student faintly remembers a time when he was just as naive, misguided, and unbroken. [LGS walks by six first-year students that are seated and conversing in their individual cubicles.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720913287-ATUYRF2EW38KH9QVN9SW/23+-+Dropping.jpg Gallery - 23 - Dropping Dropping the barbell on his head, the grad student feels mild solace knowing that he could not have become any dumber. [LGS lies on a bench to do bench presses. A barbell has slipped out of one hand and has landed on his face.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720904332-W446BTXP69ZTBO2U7XH6/22+-+Exercising.jpg Gallery - 22 - Exercising Exercising on the treadmill, the grad student is well-trained to feel exhausted while going nowhere. [LGS walks on a treadmill in a gym. Another individual is performing bench presses beside him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720897945-M5CX2PZK4MEBU9M9TLLS/21+-+Revising.jpg Gallery - 21 - Revising Revising his paper, the grad student is unable to replicate his own statistical results. [LGS angrily holds his hands up in the air in front of his computer. His computer chair is tipped over.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720890634-6CNEW5EJ9745MZFOA5ZT/20+-+Sifting.jpg Gallery - 20 - Sifting Sifting through the library's basement stacks, the grad student cannot tell whether the musty smell is from the old books or his withering soul. [LGS looks up at a bookshelf. Several other bookshelves are in front of and behind him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720880978-ZH80YQJYZW2TIVVOO97L/19+-+Taking+%28lighter%29.jpg Gallery - 19 - Taking Taking a late-night break from work, the grad student is locked out of his department and his mind. [LGS pulls at the front door of a building.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720877857-V3EU088M2BOS90YFYZX2/18+-+Eating.jpg Gallery - 18 - Eating Eating his stolen sandwiches in the stairwell, the grad student contemplates how his life has come to this. [LGS sits in a stairwell and holds a sandwich in one hand.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720876381-28QKHJQ6LCS1DGAEFPU0/17+-+Picking.jpg Gallery - 17 - Picking up Picking up sandwiches with great relish, the grad student is caught red-handed by the disgruntled administrative assistant. [LGS picks up sandwiches from a table. An administrative assistant is standing behind him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720861125-GRX5MGPI4QMIX955NVEV/16+-+Starving.jpg Gallery - 16 - Starving Starving from a food-deprived afternoon, the grad student deeply covets the gourmet sandwiches left outside the next workshop. [LGS peers around the corner at an unattended table filled with sandwiches and drinks.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720866343-83WLZXN6B8M77ZW7QKE3/15+-+Glaring.jpg Gallery - 15 - Glaring Glaring at the glutton grabbing the last three pieces of pizza, the grad student is seized by a surge of animalistic rage. [LGS stares at an individual walking away with three pieces of pizza stacked on his plate.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720843567-AM1WZBGCL5635XGOQOTZ/14+-+Arriving.jpg Gallery - 14 - Arriving Arriving two minutes before the start of workshop, the grad student breaks into a cold sweat watching the pizza quickly dwindle away. [LGS is standing at the back of a line of people picking up pizza and drinks from a table.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720851067-P7RGP0C0T13OVR0TBW8C/13+-+Packing.jpg Gallery - 13 - Having Having packed academic books on terrorism to read on his way home, the grad student receives special attention at airport security. [LGS is patted down by an airport security guard. He is standing next to a luggage scanner.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720835130-ARR1890ZC30D0QFVZUVC/12+-+Opening.jpg Gallery - 12 - Opening Opening the grad kitchen refrigerator, the grad student smells a potent lesson on the tragedy of the commons. [LGS collapses to the floor in front of an open refrigerator.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720836549-MT82EA30L6J23I5IL1BW/11+-+Managing.jpg Gallery - 11 - Managing Managing to close the elevator doors on his advisor, the grad student cannot escape the glare of betrayal that will haunt his nightmares. [The advisor stares at LGS through elevator doors that are nearly closed.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720763748-STM10Q3B6BTE4T8JL0YN/10+-+Noticing.jpg Gallery - 10 - Noticing Noticing his advisor walking into the building, the grad student frantically attempts to close the elevator doors. [LGS pushes elevator button as he sees his advisor walking toward him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720760406-H6GCMOVDHY76Y8UC1K7L/9+-+Giving.jpg Gallery - 9 - Giving up Giving up on the jammed printer, the grad student finds a way to control at least one thing in his life. [LGS walks away from a printer, which is smashed into pieces and catching in fire.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720757446-T9NRST0HO4Q8HQW2E14E/8+-+Clearing.jpg Gallery - 8 - Clearing Clearing yet another paper jam, the grad student sees an uncomfortably close parallel between himself and the printer.   [LGS peers into an open laser printer, with shards of paper strewn around it.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720731678-KV76BLZKAQLO4MXF4X11/7+-+Sprawling+%28lighter%29.jpg Gallery - 7 - Sprawling Sprawling in his bedroom, the grad student desperately struggles to remember the feeling of happiness.   [LGS is prostrate underneath his bed in a dark room, with empty bottles surrounding him.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720735625-5WCF8ADRH9U7K329QYYD/6+-+Turning.jpg Gallery - 6 - Turning Turning his head at the sound of familiar footsteps, the grad student realizes that he did not properly lock the bathroom door.   [Advisor walks into the restroom, where LGS is draped over the toilet.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720717762-FNNT9K98A54SUNNTJRYJ/5+-+Reeling.jpg Gallery - 5 - Reeling Reeling from his meeting with his advisor, the grad student takes a moment alone to reflect.   [LGS drapes himself over a toilet in a restroom.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720704753-TTWOYQEH4HZJ5NLWVA5Q/4+-+Stepping.jpg Gallery - 4 - Stepping Stepping out of his advisor's office, the grad student exchanges a brief yet intense thousand-yard stare with the next person in line.   [LGS walks out of the advisor's office. He and another grad student, who is seated outside, look at each other.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720683730-5QDVPN3WW9YTU4TU5ILG/3+-+Sitting+%28Remaster%29.jpg Gallery - 3 - Sitting Sitting in front of his advisor, the grad student wonders whether the professor's lack of eye contact stems from bitter disappointment or profound apathy. [LGS sits across a desk from his advisor, who is staring out a window.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505550895575-OZEQVI2J6IIQRSD35LHU/1+-+Suffering.jpg Gallery - 1 - Suffering Suffering from writer's block, the grad student stares at a screen as empty as his hopes and dreams. [LGS sits in his office. He stares at a blank document that is open on his screen.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc9a021f318d2ce39268c8/1505720689345-LEKUVFX7LTTRRI0WM2AJ/2+-+Waiting.jpg Gallery - 2 - Waiting Waiting outside his advisor's office, the grad student ponders what tattered remains of his dignity will survive the meeting.   [LGS sits outside of an office. He holds a paper. His advisor's face is barely visible through the window of the office door.] https://brickademics.com/lgscv daily 0.75 2020-11-05 https://brickademics.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2026-03-20