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For all ~three of you who aren't on Facebook: I got my hair cut short and dyed bright red a while ago. (see new userpic: -->) My husband thinks it's super-hot, my mom thinks it makes me look "like a Brit" (whatever that means), my brother didn't recognize me, and my grandparents hate it. It's been entertaining. I never got into crazy hair-dying as a teenager, so I didn't really appreciate until now how much it can make one feel like a different person. Which, of course, totally makes sense as something identity-seeking teenagers would gravitate towards. Hmm.
Laura - it turned out to be this picture, and not Blood Falls (OMG BLOOD FALLS) that finally inspired Tim to say, "I don't fucking care how cold it is, I so fucking want to go there." Hmm, maybe I should get back into neutrinos and find myself a job on IceCube...
Being in London is fun and interesting but in a lot of ways I feel like I am just waiting around. Waiting for Tim to figure out how to get his book published or otherwise find something worthwhile to do with himself. Waiting until we are in a position to join in the latest rage of producing new humans, or even, say, get a dog. I should probably be using this time to be getting lots of research done and trying to actually publish papers and stuff, but I don't really feel like doing much of anything. (As evidenced by the fact that I'm writing an LJ post when I should be working, clearly!) I have been working really hard for the past, I don't know, ten years or so, can't I take some time to slack off and rest? Not really, apparently. Plus, living in London has been, for various combinations of reasons, a grueling exercise in missing people I care about. It gets pretty exhausting.
Tim and I will be in Los Angeles from Dec 30-Jan 2 - looking forward to hanging out with Nate and Annie! If other LA folks will be in the area, give us a shout. Also, apologies to all the MN peeps we won't get to see this year.
In the spirit of actually visiting other places in Europe while we're here, we're going to Dublin this weekend! I understand that flying there on Ryanair will be an adventure in its own right - one of my UCL friends was not convinced that booking flights for 1p each was a good deal since he wouldn't fly with them again if they paid him. We shall see! Regardless, I am very much looking forward to drowning my sorrows in Guinness and Jameson.
Laura - it turned out to be this picture, and not Blood Falls (OMG BLOOD FALLS) that finally inspired Tim to say, "I don't fucking care how cold it is, I so fucking want to go there." Hmm, maybe I should get back into neutrinos and find myself a job on IceCube...
Being in London is fun and interesting but in a lot of ways I feel like I am just waiting around. Waiting for Tim to figure out how to get his book published or otherwise find something worthwhile to do with himself. Waiting until we are in a position to join in the latest rage of producing new humans, or even, say, get a dog. I should probably be using this time to be getting lots of research done and trying to actually publish papers and stuff, but I don't really feel like doing much of anything. (As evidenced by the fact that I'm writing an LJ post when I should be working, clearly!) I have been working really hard for the past, I don't know, ten years or so, can't I take some time to slack off and rest? Not really, apparently. Plus, living in London has been, for various combinations of reasons, a grueling exercise in missing people I care about. It gets pretty exhausting.
Tim and I will be in Los Angeles from Dec 30-Jan 2 - looking forward to hanging out with Nate and Annie! If other LA folks will be in the area, give us a shout. Also, apologies to all the MN peeps we won't get to see this year.
In the spirit of actually visiting other places in Europe while we're here, we're going to Dublin this weekend! I understand that flying there on Ryanair will be an adventure in its own right - one of my UCL friends was not convinced that booking flights for 1p each was a good deal since he wouldn't fly with them again if they paid him. We shall see! Regardless, I am very much looking forward to drowning my sorrows in Guinness and Jameson.