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And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.
--Dylan Thomas
End of the first month of the new semester. Research is poised at a balance point... I think if I get just a bit further, several parts of the project could fall into place together, but so far, nothing really impressive has happened. Of course, I can't be sure about the balance point thing-- it could be I'm just stuck.
This has been a month that makes me want to reconnect with friends before I just lose track of everyone. A friend of mine was murdered-- not a close friend, but still someone I wished well. Yet another reminder that the universe isn't ordered so as to give people what they deserve. On Yom Kippur, we read that God saves Jonah and the Ninevites alike-- and they're basically a bunch of jerks. It's the sailors from Tarshish who he would have killed.
I skipped Rosh Hashana this year, though I usually manage to get to services. I signed up for a 5k on the same day by mistake, then figured I'd run it since I paid the fee. I ran 21 flat... felt like I was getting there faster, but apparently that last sprint was longer than it looked. Still a personal best, since my last timed 5k was high school. I'm trying to run with friends a few times a week. Now, if I can keep up training until Thanksgiving, maybe I'll finally better my 10k time.
My lab, and the department, seem to have survived the recent departures of several good friends of mine. (For the second time, I got to throw the doctoral rubber chicken... good times.) Despite missing them, I'm not really at a loss for people to chat with in off-hours or bounce ideas off. More departures are expected, including a member of my thesis committee, if I ever get around to having a thesis committee.
Plans for October: revise journal paper. Get some damn results, so I can make definite plans for the NAACL/ACL deadlines in the winter. Call, email or IM you. Yes, I mean you. But if I don't, feel free to preempt me.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.
--Dylan Thomas
End of the first month of the new semester. Research is poised at a balance point... I think if I get just a bit further, several parts of the project could fall into place together, but so far, nothing really impressive has happened. Of course, I can't be sure about the balance point thing-- it could be I'm just stuck.
This has been a month that makes me want to reconnect with friends before I just lose track of everyone. A friend of mine was murdered-- not a close friend, but still someone I wished well. Yet another reminder that the universe isn't ordered so as to give people what they deserve. On Yom Kippur, we read that God saves Jonah and the Ninevites alike-- and they're basically a bunch of jerks. It's the sailors from Tarshish who he would have killed.
I skipped Rosh Hashana this year, though I usually manage to get to services. I signed up for a 5k on the same day by mistake, then figured I'd run it since I paid the fee. I ran 21 flat... felt like I was getting there faster, but apparently that last sprint was longer than it looked. Still a personal best, since my last timed 5k was high school. I'm trying to run with friends a few times a week. Now, if I can keep up training until Thanksgiving, maybe I'll finally better my 10k time.
My lab, and the department, seem to have survived the recent departures of several good friends of mine. (For the second time, I got to throw the doctoral rubber chicken... good times.) Despite missing them, I'm not really at a loss for people to chat with in off-hours or bounce ideas off. More departures are expected, including a member of my thesis committee, if I ever get around to having a thesis committee.
Plans for October: revise journal paper. Get some damn results, so I can make definite plans for the NAACL/ACL deadlines in the winter. Call, email or IM you. Yes, I mean you. But if I don't, feel free to preempt me.