You might be a grad student if..

     you can analyze the significance of appliances you cannot operate 

     your carrel is better decorated than your apartment 

     You know what a "carrel" is 

     you are startled to meet people who neither need nor want to read 

     you have ever brought a scholarly article to a bar 

     you rate coffee shops by the availability of outlets for your laptop 

     everything reminds you of something in your discipline 

     you have ever discussed academic matters at a sporting event 

     you spent more than $50 on photocopying while researching a single paper 

     there is a microfilm reader in the library that you consider "yours" 

     you actually have a preference between microfilm and microfiche 

     you can tell the time of day by looking at the traffic flow at the library 

     you regard ibuprofen as a vitamin 

     you consider all papers to be works in progress 

     professors don't really care when you turn in work anymore 

     you find the bibliographies of books more interesting than the actual text 

     you reflexively analyze Greek letters before you realize it's a sorority sweatshirt 

     you find yourself explaining to children that you are in "20th grade"