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mythichistorian

Return of the Native

Jan 14, 2007 19:26

Well.

I'm back.

Doesn't entirely feel like it yet - I think I'm still running on French time, and I've still got that living in a hotel room feeling, where everything around me seems out of place and temporary. This may be because my little flat is a lot like a hotel room sometimes, but I suspect it's just that having a week away with a clear focus ( Read more... )

doctorate, rl

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caarianna January 14 2007, 20:02:45 UTC

Hey, congratulations on the success of your presentation!!!! Very well done, particularly given everything else you juggle in life. Clarity of thinking, that's what it is. The ability to focus. Oh, and probably being a genius helps a little!

So glad you had a lovely time in Grenoble. I'm really glad it wasn't all work and you got some down time to simply enjoy the place. Not enough down time in your life!

mythichistorian January 15 2007, 22:58:04 UTC

Not enough down time ...

So true! Managed to wind down a little bit, only to be wound straight back up again by going to work today. Only took about half an hour! The capper was finding out I had to cancel my workshop because less than three of the volunteers were actually going to turn up. Three is not a sufficient number to be a representative sample of anything. (Except maybe Dahok fans. *g*) So it's back to the drawing board and everything set back by a couple of weeks. *sigh*

Hope your day was better!

tweedisgood January 14 2007, 20:03:26 UTC

Congratulations on all the "highs" and so glad you had a fab time. Hope the workshop is likewise a "high" :-)

mythichistorian January 15 2007, 22:59:23 UTC

Thank you. :-) I'd hoped for another high too, but I've had to postpone the whole thing due to lack of people to participate in it! Have to start rounding up another bunch ...

hobgoblinn January 14 2007, 21:01:02 UTC

Congrats! Glad you're making academic progress and that you got to have some fun on the trip.

I just have one question, though-- did you use the BS slide from Mark Jason Dominus' presentation tips? (Seems like it might be appropriate for an academic discussion, at some point....)

Ok, yes, there's a Reason I got out of academia..... And no, I'm not bitter or anything.

No seriously, glad you're back and that you did well.

Hob

mythichistorian January 15 2007, 23:06:10 UTC

The picture was tempting, but as I was condensing 33 slides down to 10 there wasn't much room for illustrations. :-)

I think the quality (or otherwise) of academia depends which discipline you're dealing with. The innovation and organisation studies bunch (my lot) tend to have had practical experience in the real world, so they're not so bad.

phoebesmum January 14 2007, 21:13:29 UTC

Well done! It was lovely to see you, and thank you for the choklits, which are amazing. Um, are you going back to Grenoble next year ...?!

Sadly, Tig's Little Problem has not gone away.

mythichistorian January 15 2007, 23:08:07 UTC

Tig's Little Problem has not gone away.

That does make life difficult. :-(

Glad you enjoyed the choklits. Not sure about another trip next year - but if I do, I know where the shop is now ...

headrush100 January 14 2007, 22:38:05 UTC

Hey, well done you! I'm so glad to hear the trip went well despite the occasional hiccup. Thanks for the trip report, too - very interesting.

Good luck for Tuesday!!

mythichistorian January 15 2007, 23:09:25 UTC

Thank you. :-)

I think the Fates have other plans for my research - I've had to cancel this workshop due to lack of workshopees. But hopefully when I do get a group together they'll have lots to say!