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17 years ago
Hello everyone in FA world!
Well I wasn't lying...Life has been kicking my ass lately and I've been doing all I can to keep up. Ya know those plate spinning guys that have to keep running from plate to plate to keep everything going? That's about how it feels >.<
Thesis work is coming along slowly but surely. I just got a rather unpleasant update recently...the museum where I'm putting together my exhibit just emailed me one day and said "yeah, we know we told you at the beginning of the semester that you could do you exhibit in June, but that's changed...now it has to be in no later than April 28." O.O WTF? So now I'm frantically trying to get things together to make sure I can open on time with everything in place. I've also been helping on of my close friends with his thesis work...Stats can be quite evil sometimes and computer programs never work the way they should :-P
Next week I'll be presenting at a rather large regional conference up in NC...SEAC, the Southeastern Archaeology Conference. A friend and I have been working on a large project trying to get archaeology more integrated in the school systems...a good way for kids to learn hands-on history and learn critical thinking skills. My friend's in England right now, so I'll be presenting the paper solo...in front of some of the biggest names in SE archaeology. AHHHHHH! I've gotten the presentation done and practiced it a few times, but I'm still scared as hell.
I have been trying to have fun lately as well...all our graduate cohort is stressed out with thesis writing, so we try to get together when we feel the ragged edges of sanity creeping up on us. A friend had a birthday party on Friday with a pinata and all! ^.^ That was great fun...I want a pinata! Also tonight I get to go see the Trans Siberian Orchestra. I love their Christmas stuff, so I can't wait.
We had a nice little ferret adventure last night. Pudge has decided he's bound and determined to be upstairs (strictly off limits). We usually catch him before he gets too far, but last night he made it upstairs...and then dissapeared. Kiro and I were looking for him for about 20 minutes before we heard something from the laundry room. Turns out there's a little gap above a vent in our bathroom (upstairs) which Pudge managed to squeeze through and ended up in our HEATING UNIT (downstairs). o.O Thank God it hasn't been very cold lately otherwise it may have been running when he fell in. We had to call the air conditioning people to come out and open up this little U-bend piece where he was stuck. Thankfully he was completely unharmed (though rather dirty and confused). The guy who came out was really nice too...he said now he had a story to tell and didn't charge us for the visit. Its people like that who give me hope there's still good in the world.
I think that's about it...haven't had time to be overly creative, though I did finally finish a badge for Lucky the Evil Dog...he's been kind enough in years past to allow me to run around in his Ooga Chaka suit, so I wanted to do something for him in return. I'll try to post some pictures once I get them off my camera.
Hopefully I'll be emerging from my cave of thesis writing soon!
Well I wasn't lying...Life has been kicking my ass lately and I've been doing all I can to keep up. Ya know those plate spinning guys that have to keep running from plate to plate to keep everything going? That's about how it feels >.<
Thesis work is coming along slowly but surely. I just got a rather unpleasant update recently...the museum where I'm putting together my exhibit just emailed me one day and said "yeah, we know we told you at the beginning of the semester that you could do you exhibit in June, but that's changed...now it has to be in no later than April 28." O.O WTF? So now I'm frantically trying to get things together to make sure I can open on time with everything in place. I've also been helping on of my close friends with his thesis work...Stats can be quite evil sometimes and computer programs never work the way they should :-P
Next week I'll be presenting at a rather large regional conference up in NC...SEAC, the Southeastern Archaeology Conference. A friend and I have been working on a large project trying to get archaeology more integrated in the school systems...a good way for kids to learn hands-on history and learn critical thinking skills. My friend's in England right now, so I'll be presenting the paper solo...in front of some of the biggest names in SE archaeology. AHHHHHH! I've gotten the presentation done and practiced it a few times, but I'm still scared as hell.
I have been trying to have fun lately as well...all our graduate cohort is stressed out with thesis writing, so we try to get together when we feel the ragged edges of sanity creeping up on us. A friend had a birthday party on Friday with a pinata and all! ^.^ That was great fun...I want a pinata! Also tonight I get to go see the Trans Siberian Orchestra. I love their Christmas stuff, so I can't wait.
We had a nice little ferret adventure last night. Pudge has decided he's bound and determined to be upstairs (strictly off limits). We usually catch him before he gets too far, but last night he made it upstairs...and then dissapeared. Kiro and I were looking for him for about 20 minutes before we heard something from the laundry room. Turns out there's a little gap above a vent in our bathroom (upstairs) which Pudge managed to squeeze through and ended up in our HEATING UNIT (downstairs). o.O Thank God it hasn't been very cold lately otherwise it may have been running when he fell in. We had to call the air conditioning people to come out and open up this little U-bend piece where he was stuck. Thankfully he was completely unharmed (though rather dirty and confused). The guy who came out was really nice too...he said now he had a story to tell and didn't charge us for the visit. Its people like that who give me hope there's still good in the world.
I think that's about it...haven't had time to be overly creative, though I did finally finish a badge for Lucky the Evil Dog...he's been kind enough in years past to allow me to run around in his Ooga Chaka suit, so I wanted to do something for him in return. I'll try to post some pictures once I get them off my camera.
Hopefully I'll be emerging from my cave of thesis writing soon!
TSo is great! I've seen one of their shows, Hope you don't get the seats by the jets, In the arena I went to I was a good 200-300 feet away and the flames toasted my face a little ^_^ 'course, i was on the second story too.
I had ferrets once...
I didn't appreciate them nearly as much as I should have, i kinda feel really guilty about it now.
And I'm sure that Lucky will be pleased to finally get that badge ;p
V.
This is your reminder, whenever you've got time, that the next OAR is up. ;3 Best of luck in your travails, brave adventurer!
Oh yeah, thesis is a-go. *sagenod*
Jeez, I'm only just switching to the major and I'm already on the verge of meltdown... I should pull it together if I'm going to even get to starting a thesis one day.