So, how've you been LJ? It's been a while, and some new things have developed since we last talked ( Read more... )

My parents visited this past weekend. Have some photos, since I'm actually pleased with some of them.


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I saw the latest X-Men movie last weekend. I wasn't very impressed, and my overall impression was one of sheer laziness. The writing was lazy (avoiding all intelligent discussion of 1960's sexism and racism, despite that the whole point of the X-Men franchise was to create an allegory to discuss oppression and marginalisation), the costuming was ( Read more... )

I think I am not going to be successful in my Spartan Resolution.

Work is going to have a ball, on the Saturday after my last day. Initially I had thought I wouldn't go, but thinking about it has made me realise that I would probably regret it. I have a team who are very friendly and I will miss them when I go - I would like to take the opportunity ( Read more... )

I ran again this morning. Since last week seemed to go very well I skipped to week 3 of the C25k plan. I had initially thought of trying week 4, but didn't want to push too hard and miss a run tomorrow.

Turns out, week 3 is also pretty easy. I am amazed (and pleased), and a little confused.

I have not run since I sprained my ankle, about 18 months ( Read more... )

I know what is causing the brain sliding around feeling!

CRYSTALS!

Well, technically it's Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) - you have these little calcium crystals that form normally in the ear, and sometimes they get dislodged. You feel vertigo when the crystals end up in the ear canals that help you sense direction - there's sensory ( Read more... )

This weekend has been a better one than I've been having lately. The past few weeks I've been feeling incredibly lethargic, and have been tempted on several occasions to call in sick to work, so my weekends have generally ended up being spent indoors not doing much.

Since I haven't any major symptoms of illness, I think I have to put this down to ( Read more... )

We had our monthly graduate videoconference yesterday. Our mix of grads has changed since 2010, and the videoconference just seemed to emphasise it. With the recent promotion of one of the grads to a coordinator role, we now have more females than males. Considering where we started in 2010, this is pretty cool.

Anyway. We discussed the next ( Read more... )

I have decided to take the Sydney rotation.

Every time I've tried to continue on from this first sentence, I find a blankness. I cannot explain why exactly I'm choosing this - I can only say it feels like something I should do. Something I will regret not doing.

Anyway. That's all I will write about that for now. This entry shall instead be a ( Read more... )

So I figure while posting is fairly recent in my mind I'll try and keep some of my promises.


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