1. What did you do in 2015 that you'd never done before?
Loaned a pony, and went for hacks in the country by myself. Made Bavarian dumplings! Spent Christmas away from home.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?I wanted to be kinder to myself and to finish a full draft of my PhD chapters. I'm sort of ( Read more... )

Is anyone on my flist familiar with Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5? I'm giving a lecture on it on Monday, and I love it and have a lot to talk about but it's also not my academic field and I'd appreciate a second opinion from anyone else who knows the book!

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Hah. Still, twice in one month is good going right now, so cheers to that ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2014 that you'd never done before?
Published. Got taken to hospital in an ambulance. Marched in a Pride parade. Attended a military formal mess hall dinner. Made my own sushi. Probably others, but I think the first two are the big ones.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?I can't ( Read more... )

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1. I passed Confirmation of Candidature on Monday, so now I'm a real PhD candidate as opposed to the faker I've been for the past two years... or some other sort of bureaucratic nonsense. Anyway, I passed. That's the important thing. I think it means I have to complete in the next eighteen months? Or twelve? Or two years? Or... fuck it, I haven't ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday in 50 photos. Cross-posted in documentaday.

( A day of books and tea )

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This week has been long and exhausting, so today I am sitting in bed with my cat and endless cups of tea, gathering momentum for the coming onslaught of more Busy Things. Is this why nobody updates LJ any longer? Did we all go and get grown up real lives that interfere with important things like Internet ( Read more... )