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Good bye, 2011!
I'm less into New Year's resolutions than reflecting what I've accomplished and experienced this year, and how I'd like to go about similar or different things next year. Last year I said vague things about my academic life, but in actuality, I've managed to complete a first draft of my dissertation, which is a MAJOR accomplishment, so hey, not bad ( Read more... ) -
footnotes or endnotes?
Most of the venues I've published in prefer endnotes to footnotes, so that's what I currently have in this (almost complete YAY) draft of my dissertation, and it's what I'll stick with unless my committee tells me otherwise.
BUT... what do you think? Footnotes or endnotes? Why? -
time flies
...when you're nose-deep in dissertation-writing all the time? Oh, and dancing. Here's a recent solo I performed in Tallinn. And time either flies or really drags when you're recovering from some kind of winter-induced infection that caused me to have to "rest" and "take it easy" (whatever that means ( Read more... ) -
fall & falling
Long time no post. My whirlwind trip back to America for a conference was largely a success; I gave a paper, saw old friends, met new friends, got in some delicious food, and somehow didn't collapse from either jet lag or sleep deprivation (pro tip: don't start a conference with sleep dept ( Read more... ) -
and what it comes down to is...
I am only half-heartedly following the George R. R. Martin feminism/rape/etc internet debates, but here's what it comes down to in Sady's words:
That’s what it’s actually like, being a woman: Playing nice with every random asshole, because this random asshole might be the one who hurts you. And then, if he hurts you anyway, they’ll tell you that ( Read more... ) -
toe issues
Dangit, I think I sprained the little toe on my right foot, or at least bruised it. I must've been hooping a little too enthusiastically in flip-flops (not enough foot support) on Sunday, since on Monday when I went to run, I noticed a little pain. I already had a blister on my little toe, so I thought maybe the bandage was too tight. I readjusted ( Read more... ) -
more estonia pics + life here
Whew, it's been busy. Dissertation continues to eat my life (except on weekends, when I unwisely stay out too late exploring the night life). I posted some more pics of Tartu here... just a few photos, really, documenting the places I walk and work ( Read more... ) -
adventures in Estonia!
I finally got around to uploading some recent pics into a Picasa album. Highlights include the adventure park at Otepää where I seriously confronted my fear of heights, like whoa. I almost lost my shit on one of the higher routes, but I came through and clung to a rope while jumping off a high platform (I was hooked in by a climbing harness belt ( Read more... ) -
live from estonia!
After a whirlwind trip of some of the towns in the Netherlands surrounding Amsterdam, I'm getting settled in Estonia, making all the arrangements to live here for 10-ish months (getting a local phone number, university ID, bank account, etc). It's really beautiful here ( Read more... ) -
travel + catching up on other stuff
Sitting in the Toronto airport, where happily there is free wifi. Unhappily, however, I was told that my luggage from Indianapolis would check straight through to Amsterdam, but no, it did not--I had to retrieve 2 giant suitcases from the carousel and lug them between terminals and recheck them ( Read more... )