when my mind thinks in Latex

you know youre working too hard when you start using LaTeX nomenclature while writing the old fashioned way: with paper and pen.

i was working on an outline today while sitting in a talk, and wrote $z=2$ (instead of simply, z=2) when describing galaxy populations at a redshift of two.

the worst part is that i didnt realize it until i was back in my office re-reading my notes!!!! ugh.