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It is finished.

ckillian Jun 06, 2008 18:41

I have defended my dissertation, and filed it with the University. It's formatting has been approved by the appropriate people, and the Dean of Graduate Studies has approved my final paperwork. I believe that officially, I have now completed my Ph.D. Graduation is June 22nd, and my parents, in-laws, and brother-in-law (and of course Kristina) ( Read more... )

Destination: West Lafayette, Indiana

ckillian May 05, 2008 12:10

Well, to those of you following the job saga, it is now over (pending approval by the Provost). After 2.5 months of interviewing all over the country, we have decided to accept a position in the Computer Science department at Purdue University. None of the details are set yet, so don't start asking questions about when we're moving or anything. ( Read more... )

San Diego Fire Update

ckillian Oct 24, 2007 15:22

At this point, the active San Diego Witch fire (the one closest to us) seems to be at the North and East ends of the burn area, which effectively puts us out of danger. (This map http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/newsreleases/10242007_1400hrs_Evac_FirePerem.pdf of San Diego county can illustrate this ( Read more... )

September Theatre: Chicago

ckillian Sep 18, 2007 22:02

So for our September Theatre, we decided to go see Chicago (official site, review) at the San Diego Civic Theatre as part of Broadway San Diego. As a real treat George Hamilton was cast as lawyer Billy Flynn. What I didn't realize was that George Hamilton also played Billy Flynn on Broadway, in 2001 and 2002 revivals of the play. I, however, ( Read more... )

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August Theatre: Beauty and the Beast

ckillian Sep 17, 2007 23:00

So here I am, a month late, posting about our August theatre. This post will hopefully be quickly (within a day or so) followed by another, in which I tell about our September play.

So in August we made our way to San Diego's outdoor theatre in the park -- the Starlight Bowl at Balboa Park. This theatre had been built up for us as a cool place ( Read more... )

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Muffins and Zooloretto and Harry Potter 3-D

ckillian Aug 15, 2007 23:10

So I'm a little late in posting about this past weekend, but better late than never.

There were three things of note going on this weekend.

Muffins. Sunday morning we got up and wanted breakfast. But we didn't want to make pancakes, didn't have any bread made, and didn't have any green pepper for burritos (and anyway, we'd had a burrito at the ( Read more... )

July Theatre: Avenue Q

ckillian Jul 22, 2007 21:53

So today we went to go see Avenue Q. It marks our July trip to the theatre ( Read more... )

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5 years and counting

ckillian Jul 14, 2007 00:02

So today was our 5 year anniversary (and on Friday the 13th). A very pleasant anniversary. It was, as were our prior two, spent at the Hotel del Coronado for dinner. Unlike prior years though, it was spent with Kristina's parents, who provided the financial sponsorship of the evening ( Read more... )

Calzones

ckillian Jul 12, 2007 07:59

So last night I ventured to try out a new recipe. I sort of loosely followed the recipe in a cookbook for calzones. This meant I made the dough in our bread machine, using a cross between the recipe suggested in the book and the recipe out of my bread machine cookbook. Then, I made a filling by mixing some store-bought pizza sauce with some ( Read more... )

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Independence Day

ckillian Jul 04, 2007 21:30

So this mid-week event marks the beginning of a crazy season for us. Today we went to a party at a friend's, but she didn't have fireworks plans, so afterwards, we're back at home watching the NY fireworks on TV. I think it's nice, because I think I'm a little tired of seeing mediocre fireworks shows. I miss the NC Symphony in concert with the ( Read more... )