cheapsophistry

Today an acquaintance whom I haven't seen in a few months asked me how my summer was. I said, it was okay. What did I do during it? Not a lot, just sort of chilled. Did I go anywhere? No, not really. Oh. Right.

But that's kind of exactly the way I wanted summer to be. From September until May things are so crazy that...
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O_O

Cannot focus today.

Happy academic new year!

It's officially the first day of school (at least in my neck of the woods). The new students look so young. It is because they are getting younger as the years go on. That is why.

I am running tutorials this year. In Mississauga. Blech. Or: . Thank you, barfing emoticon.

Don't get me wrong: I like running tutorials. Just...
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It's 3 a.m., not what time this site says this post has been made. I think I accidentally set something to to some different time zone, I don't know. I think if you add about 3 hours to the time it says on my postings, then you'll get the actual time of my posting.

This is a drunk posting, which I've yet to do here...
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I had really thought there for a moment that there was a good chance that I would never go to Alberta again, or, at least, not for a very long time.

A month ago, something compelled me to submit a paper to a conference that's taking place in Calgary at the end of October. It's an okay conference, not as prestigious as some but better...
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Why is e-mailing professors so difficult? I swear it takes an hour to compose even a brief letter that I feel won't make me sound like an idiot. I guess I need to be less .

I have been so sick. Like, worse than this: . I'm talking this: . I spent five days on my couch, and I couldn't do any real work for...
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Edmonton trip: check.
Best man speech and stag party: check.
Ridiculous drunken wedding shenanigans: check.
Last term paper *ever* submitted: check.
Conference paper sent in: check.
First ever real journal article submission sent in (it's just a review, but whatever, I'm still pretty pleased about it): check.

Any research assistant work done in the past month: not check.
Area exam committee put together: not check....
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I am the best man at my friend's wedding.

Apparently being the best man also means that I am (at least partially) responsible for making bachelor party arrangements.

I have never done this before and am a little bit lost.

This is where the "you" to whom this post is dedicated comes in.

Any suggestions on interesting/unique and fun things to do for a bachelor...
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I like music. Here is some of the music that I've been liking recently:







Yes yes yes.

Also: apparently I am going to being going to the Sleigh Bells/Die Antwoord concert in July? That is going to be the craziest thing there ever was. Ever.

Also: Montreal was delightful. So civilized, what with the acceptable public drinking and pedestrian streets. Montreal: je t'aime (mais seulement...
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Tomorrow: Montreal for a few days. I haven't been to Montreal since I was 18; jesus, that's almost a decade ago. Right. It's conference time once again, which will make five in three months, although this time I'm going mostly to hang out with friends.

Then a couple weeks later it's off Edmonton for possibly the last time in my life. I am not looking...
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