December: thus far it's like being invited to a party where the host expects you to choke down some hideously weird food, and everyone will be horribly offended if you don't. Just when I think I've swallowed the last of the testicles or eyeballs of what-have-you it seems there's another course ( Read more... )

 This week I printed out a hardcopy of my dissertation and went through it page by page making corrections with a red pen.  It's amazing how things I don't notice on my computer screen are big glaring errors on a printed page.  Today I made all the corrections and I now have the final pdf ready to print.  I need to pass in five copies to TST.  They ( Read more... )

So I missed poker because a cap came out again. After some frantic visits to dentists I concluded I shall stay with my current dentist, even though he doesn't give the UofT discount. At least he's nice and knows my mouth. Plus, I understand him when he speaks to me. I have to go there again today at 6, and have the cap sent away for cleaning. ( Read more... )

It's one of those days where I work at night and then wake up early to work during the day. I'm sleepy. This is going to be a regular thing for me since the schedule got changed because of people needing to integrate their work and school schedules. I don't (as yet) have a school schedule. I do have a looming German exam ( Read more... )

My dental visit went really well. I did the yoga breathing, but it wasn't really necessary.

They were the friendliest dental place I'd ever been to. mr_pugh found them in the Pink Pages (Thank-you M. Pugh!). Dr. Elon Griffith's office is right across from my apartment, so it's convenient. They explained everything to me like a grown-up before they ( Read more... )

I'm all grouchy right now. I chipped a tooth at work tonight. It reminds me that I need to go to the dentist really soon and get a whole shitload of work done. I hate going to the dentist, mainly because I went so much as a teen and because of the terrible experience I had getting my wisdom teeth out. I won't go into the gory details. Suffice ( Read more... )