So I keep mulling over the idea of starting up a new blog on the Medium platform instead of continuing this one, and then I just choose to keep writing here partly for comfort's sake. I mean I've written here since January 2004 and it still works ( Read more... )

... with the noteworthy exception of November 7th when I was doing Extra Life. Blogging mored has meant a better focus on some aspects of my life, but also the redevelopment of a good habit. There's certainly no guarantee or plan for me to write quite as much in the other months of the year, but it was and is a good exercise I've taken part in ( Read more... )

People often say that if life gives them lemons, they ought to make lemonade ( Read more... )

So as you may or may not know (depending on how well you do or do not know me), I was a student for a very long time. Now that I'm not a formal student, I'm still trying to continue learning. And so, I keep trying to learn new things be they through social media, videos, in person lectures, or simply by trying something new. Learning keeps me ( Read more... )

So the last blog posting I wrote here talked about one chapter of my life ending and another beginning. Then I promised myself that I would actually take the chance to enjoy the month of May before job hunting in more earnest in June and beyond. And I think I've accomplished that to a certain extent thanks in part to the serendipitous timing of May ( Read more... )

I will never be the same cook as my mother. This is partially true because she likes to eat different things than I do, and partially because she had to satisfy different tastes than I do when I'm cooking. But it's also because the availability of food in grocery stores has changed, I own different kitchen appliances/tools, recipes are more ( Read more... )

Today I could write about a number of things, from the fact that I had people over for board games (and round food) last night, or the fact that I watched the season finale of Doctor Who this afternoon (after I finally got vertical enough to transfer myself to the couch to watch the episode). And I probably have much to say about both (though I ( Read more... )

And that, my friends is probably the best way of summarizing my headspace for the moment. I'm not entirely sure why I've chosen to dwell as much as I have lately on interpersonal relations (both in a positive and in a negative way) but I'm guessing it has something to do with it being a distraction from my all too frequent arm numbness/strange ( Read more... )

... it becomes remarkably satisfying to remember how to do said thing (and no, I'm not about to talk about bicycle riding. At this stage I kind of doubt that I'll ride my bike until after I get back from my next trip and/or the one after, but hopefully soon!). Today's small victory was doing a very shabby French braid with my long hair (yep it's ( Read more... )

I'm finally done the research phase of my thesis. Which means that now I'm beginning the writing phase (well the writing phase post the thesis proposal from WAY back) and that means I'm back in a stage of procrastination (though I seem to be getting better at that, thanks in part to my gamification strategy and also to the fact that my health is ( Read more... )