Lego Grad Student

[Lego Grad Student]

Rehearsing his job talk, the grad student frequently pauses to question whether he will ever get a chance to give it for real.

[Lego Grad Student]

Overcooking the Thanksgiving turkey, the grad student ruins everything that he touches.

[Lego Grad Student]

Going on a date with a non-academic, the grad student deploys his best impersonation of a normal human being.

[Lego Grad Student]

This Halloween, LGS is dressed as the one monster that could truly make him shriek in existential terror: his advisor.

[Lego Grad Student]

Hoping to get a phone call for a job interview, the grad student sinks deeper and deeper into despondency with every passing hour.

[Lego Grad Student]

Shaking hands with someone he is certain torpedoed one of his manuscripts, the grad student imagines the sounds of bones being crushed.

[Lego Grad Student]

Swiping the toilet paper in his department’s restroom, the grad student scores a cheap and scratchy victory.

[Lego Grad Student]

Enjoying his work, the grad student solemnly ponders whether he has fallen victim to Stockholm syndrome.

[Lego Grad Student]

Serving as a discussant, the grad student lobs passive-aggressive shots at the panelist who only circulated his paper the night before.

[Lego Grad Student]

Facing an imminent deadline to send in his conference paper, the grad student slowly but surely lowers his standards.