Feb 08, 2012 20:57
Sorry all in LJland I know it's been a while. It's Feburary all ready, I intended to do a New Year's update to match up with the one I did last year. 2010 I felt chewed me up and spat me out. 2011 was a brilliant year. Got my phd and got a job and what's more it's a job that doesn't make me feel that I wasted my time at university. The Met Office has extended my contract so i will be working there until the end of March next year. I am working on getting a permanent job there.
I have also formally graduated now. Whole floppy velvet hat and gown occasion and the weather stayed more or less good. I had a brilliant day with friends and family.
Aikido, neither of my brown students graded last year, both are talking about going for blackbelt this year. I'm a touch sceptical both because they have been attending patchily and because they are both are going to become fathers again. It's not something I have to worry about at the moment though. I'm not the only teacher at the Exeter club now which a bit less stress and I have two new students, maybe three. :) This is really good news.
I'm still writing. Mostly a mixture of James and Dan, 'The story with no names' which is currently around 22,000 words with no names for any of the people or places therein. And in contrast 'The story with too many names' in which the (first person) narrator character has used about six different idenities in 2,000 words... I consider this an indication that there is some sort of balance in my head. More muses have been coming back since graduation. Apparently me being a graduand does not make my muses happy.
I bought a PS2, yes 2, while I was with my parents at christmas. Having a retro moment, or rather longer than a moment, but I have some games that I played once upon a time a long while back and they are even more fun than I remember.