Same old thing...

Although I officially bid adieu to 'studentdom' this past friday, going in to work this morning didn't feel much different.

...And I guess it's pretty much status quo when it comes to this blog. Darn it, I really need post more things. It's not like there hasn't been lots going on to share. I'm usually pretty good when I'm on a schedule or when I set some sort of goal. So maybe I should add 'post of blog' to my list of things to do.

Wow

It seems like the past week was the most stressful. I mean, that's probably not true, because I did get quite frantic during other parts of this process, but making sure that I dotted all of my i's and crossed all of my t's was stress inducing, that's for sure. Headings and subheadings seemed to magically change their indentation.
I didn't actually have to make any revisions, really. I'd done that all before the big day. It did take me a couple days to write my acknowledgements, though. And last night, I worked myself up into such a frenzy thinking about APA. I actually had to put it away after a certain point because I got so worked up. Today, it took me WAY too long deciding what keywords to use. And then I was panicking over 1.5 spacing versus 2.0 spacing. And then I stressed over...well, a lot of other things.
I'm neurotic, I admit it.
I don't even want to think about all of the typos that are still in there.
Final count:  241
But that's it. Everything done. Officially.
Well, I do have to walk across a stage at some point.

The penultimate hurdle

Only ~1h15m. We started two minutes early at 9.58am. I was called back into the room at around 10.15am. I should have paid closer attention to the actual time. Maybe is was 10.17am or something like that. I kind of wanted it to go on longer. It was a lot of fun, actually.

What will google come up with next?

They really are on the cutting edge... ;)

 1. Google Nose

2. Gmail Blue

YouTube's ready to select a winner

Clearly today's a day for procrastination. ;)

The June Phenomenon: Graduation rates and teacher absenteeism

If they had done a mixed methods study, they would have been able to truly understand the phenomenon at play. ;)

TTC introduces the "personal car"

No matter how many people complain about the TTC, I love it. ;)

Seriously?

Those diss Gods aren't playing around. My laptop is showing signs that the end is near and is doing some really wacky stuff. Hold on little guy, hold on!!!

Clawing towards the finish line

It started with a tickly throat this past Tuesday. I hadn't taught a full class since January, so I thought it was just me overusing my voice. But, no. Sick.
Sinus cold. My muscles ache. My face hurts. My breathing is laboured.
The diss Gods are really making me work for it.

Another step closer!

~36 minutes. That's all it took for my committee to discuss my diss. After they were done, I thought they'd just finish their first round of suggestions/comments, and were just preparing me for the slaughterhouse, but they were done. Like, totally done. And everything that we discussed was awesome. All valid and aimed to make my diss better. I need to do a couple edits, but then it's off. Off to the externals and in six weeks the big meeting!
I can't believe this is happening. And it's pretty awesome.
I told you this would be a roller coaster ride!

The important thing...

Same task as last year, new batch of students. Here are a couple:

The important thing about measurement is that it puts things in perspective.
The speed in which life pulls you from an infant to a grown-up,
How deeply you can fall in love,
How much weight you lost to fit in the prom dress,
How time slips with a tick and a tock of a clock,
How the years of your life are not as infinite as kilometers.
But the important thing about measurement is that it puts things in perspective.

***************

The important thing about a cone is that it holds ice cream.
It has a circular base and a pointy top.
Its Surface Area is (pie x radius) x (radius + height).
Its volume is 1/3 Base x height.
It is a very complicated geometric figure.
But the most important thing about a cone is that it holds ice cream.

***************

...I'm absolutely exhausted, but the important thing about life is that I love what I do. 

Just keep swimming...

I should have posted an excited note that same day, but I was in a rush to live my life and forgot.
At 6.02pm EST on Monday night, I sent off Round 3 to the committee. I think my page counts have been document totals as opposed to a page count without the extras before and after. Anyway, I'm now at 224. Being one page off from Round 2 means that the end is near. Well, so does sending it to the committee.
BLAM-O!

Round 2

223 pages.
At least now I'm within an acceptable range. Who knows about the quality of the document itself, though.
I don't think I'll merrily skip to the TTC stop tonight. I'm looking forward to fresh air, but it's a busy week so I should probably grab a cab and get a smidge more sleep than I otherwise would.

Happy New Year!

Soon, we will end 2012 in the Gregorian calendar.
It's been another action-packed year, and I expect 2013 to be more of the same. I suppose I wouldn't want it any other way.
For all you gents heading out for a nice soiree tonight, here's a fun little video to help you keep things cool. =)

Completely drained

My goodness. There's just so much going on right now. Lots of mundane stuff. Lots of awesome stuff. Lots of tragic stuff. Personally, professionally, and within the community. I'm surviving, and I know my stresses are nothing compared to what some other folks are going through, so although I try to keep a perspective on things, it's me, so I am going through my stress patterns.
Anyway, hopefully at some point I will tend to this blog a little bit more regularly.

For now, I just want to post two things that helped get me through today.
1. Damn You Auto Correct! (Some of these elicited uncontrollable laughter. I was definitely needed.)
2. City Rising (I love my city, and watching this video was timed perfectly because I needed a little zen.)

CeeLo Green "All I Need Is Love (ft. The Muppets)"

I've got the shakes

I'm not sure if my hands are shaky because I haven't eaten anything substantial in over 12 hours or because I just finished a pseudo-draft of my thesis.
I wish I had a Meredith so that I could have a much needed 30 second dance party.
(Current thesis page count: 412 - uh oh.)

Ain't no SBB, but it's still A-OK

See, if you say SBB properly, it'll actually rhyme. =) I'm blogging as I sit on the train. I've only taken the train once before in Canada.
You know what, it's not that bad. The seats are comfy, you get free internet, there's a refreshments trolley that goes by. It would be better if it ran more frequently, but the price isn't atrocious. Oh and of course there isn't that lovely welcome announcement. I can still hear it in my head.
I mean, I don't really need to go anywhere that taking the train would make sense, but for the times that it does, I think I might consider it more often in the future.

If only I had twitter (and an iGadget)

Leaving work at 11pm. Fall air hitting my face. This song would’ve been the cherry on top: tinyurl.com/ybjgxj8 #GameOn #It'sThesisTime

Last skating video post for the day...

Yeah, so word on the street is that Kurt's going to reprise his Singing in the Rain program for his comeback competition. Awesome.