Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone. You're all great people.
Tonight, Tara and I are going to order in Indian and watch Doctor Who. tomorrow, or the next day, we're going to eat at a Thai place in gastown. I really want yellow curry, but I also don't want to miss Dr. Who (I'm such a geek).
On my thesis, the professor I was working with thought that I was still too unfocused to get a thesis out of what I had been working on, but he agreed to do an independent study with me on the topic and turn my term paper into a major paper. I actually don't mind not doing the thesis at this point, because I'll still get to spend some time sinking my teeth into the issue, and hopefully I'll be able to cultivate enough of a professional relationship with my professor that I can get him as a dissertation supervisor for my PhD, giving me an "in" on UBC's PhD program.
Other than that, I've been trying to unwind since my term has been over for two weeks now, but I'm still a little keyed up. I should start getting articles to read for the fall so that I have something to do. I've been reading some Lovecraft Mythos fiction, and I started rereading Starship Troopers. Vancouver comes in in sci-fi more than I expected. At any rate, it predates filming science fiction shows in Vancouver, which is what I immediately attributed as causal.
Anyway, I'm going to go take a shower and play Planescape:Torment for a while. If you're not familiar with the title, I recommend picking it up. It's from about 1999, so it's dirt cheap, and despite its greatness, it went completely under the RADAR. In my humble opinion, it's the best transfer of D&D (2nd ed.) ever. If you like role-playing games where dialogue is more important than combat, Torment is a great game.
Tonight, Tara and I are going to order in Indian and watch Doctor Who. tomorrow, or the next day, we're going to eat at a Thai place in gastown. I really want yellow curry, but I also don't want to miss Dr. Who (I'm such a geek).
On my thesis, the professor I was working with thought that I was still too unfocused to get a thesis out of what I had been working on, but he agreed to do an independent study with me on the topic and turn my term paper into a major paper. I actually don't mind not doing the thesis at this point, because I'll still get to spend some time sinking my teeth into the issue, and hopefully I'll be able to cultivate enough of a professional relationship with my professor that I can get him as a dissertation supervisor for my PhD, giving me an "in" on UBC's PhD program.
Other than that, I've been trying to unwind since my term has been over for two weeks now, but I'm still a little keyed up. I should start getting articles to read for the fall so that I have something to do. I've been reading some Lovecraft Mythos fiction, and I started rereading Starship Troopers. Vancouver comes in in sci-fi more than I expected. At any rate, it predates filming science fiction shows in Vancouver, which is what I immediately attributed as causal.
Anyway, I'm going to go take a shower and play Planescape:Torment for a while. If you're not familiar with the title, I recommend picking it up. It's from about 1999, so it's dirt cheap, and despite its greatness, it went completely under the RADAR. In my humble opinion, it's the best transfer of D&D (2nd ed.) ever. If you like role-playing games where dialogue is more important than combat, Torment is a great game.