What's making you happy today? - Page 399

Griff · 10-10-2010, 12:35 PM

A peaceful mind is good Syc.

Went mountain biking this morning despite being quite sore from working out with a potential 2012 Olympic fencer yesterday. About an hour and a half into the ride I caught the flow, mind and body went all quiet and smooth for a few minutes. It was so very nice, bar-ends close to the trees, leaf covered trail hiding the little obstacles that can get in your head, a very fast swooping track. Then one of my buddies flatted and broke the spell, but I kept the natural buzz.

Cloud · 10-12-2010, 07:40 PM

my 11 y.o. grandson is a voracious reader and we I bond over books--like Percy Jackson. So, when I found out the first book of Rick Riordan's new series comes out today (Oct. 12), I pre-ordered from Amazon and sent it to him as a surprise (only $10--couldn't resist!)

His mom called me so he could open it while I was on the phone. He was soooo stoked! I told him it came out today and he was the first to read it!

Kinda special.

Aliantha · 10-12-2010, 09:22 PM

That's just lovely Cloud.

That brought a smile to my face. It's people like you that remind me why I keep coming here.

monster · 10-12-2010, 09:24 PM

Chilean miners rescue is underway

Cloud · 10-12-2010, 09:45 PM

@ Ali

casimendocina · 10-13-2010, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Chilean miners rescue is underway

Also happy about this.

TheMercenary · 10-13-2010, 09:08 PM

Last day on the water with the boat. It was just absolutely beautiful. Mid 80's, water was flat. Fished for a few hours and got nothing.

Nudity abounds.

The fish never bit.

The day was a complete success.

classicman · 10-13-2010, 09:13 PM

Me no like the biting "fish"

DanaC · 10-16-2010, 04:09 AM

*Grins*

I handed in my Masters thesis yesterday.

I was supposed to hand it in two weeks ago, but I got ill, and then got into a bit of a state with it all, and ended up with my tutor arranging a 2 week extension to my deadline.

Even so, I ended up having to pull an all nighter (actually, in the end it was 38 hours straight working :P) to get it in.

So, yesterday...having been up and working since 7:30 Thursday AM, I went straight through and into Uni...just about managed to get the last couple of bits done (the front page and contents, bibliography etc) and had to run across campus to the print shop to leave it with them for binding.

Then went and taught a class for an hour and a half (having not slept lol) and then....finally....at 3:30 PM I handed the bastard in at the office.

I now have to wait for my Viva (oral exam with a panel of three examiners, one from uni and two externals). At which point they will probably tell me to go away and tidy it up *grins* before final submission.

The word limit on the research MA thesis is 30k. With lots of furious cutting and pasting, and rewriting and reorganising....I managed to bring it in at 28,700 words :P

I then came home and was so hyped I couldn't make myself go to bed. 2:30 am by the time I got in bed: 43 hours after getting out of bed on Thursday.

[eta] Oh yeah. And I am now the proud owner of an i-phone 4

limey · 10-16-2010, 06:34 AM

Just catching up here: Syc - I hope the peaceful mind lasts; Cloud - you rock; Merc, Griff - stopping to smell the roses, great; Dana - well done, grrl! (I've got a poor man's Iphone 4 (an Ipod 4), fun aren't they!

!).

xoxoxoBruce · 10-16-2010, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I then came home and was so hyped I couldn't make myself go to bed. 2:30 am by the time I got in bed: 43 hours after getting out of bed on Thursday.

Kudos, on the accomplishment! I'm happy to see despite all this book learnin' and workin' within the system, indeed, becoming part of the establishment, you've managed to remain true to thyself.

btw, iPhone5 will be out after the first of the year.

HungLikeJesus · 10-16-2010, 10:26 AM

Dana - you've probably mentioned this somewhere - what was the subject of your thesis?

DanaC · 10-16-2010, 10:30 AM

*Smiles*

It was about 18th century British army deserters and their families. Specifically identifying female agency and the role of the domestic in influencing soldiers to desert, and looking at cultural responses to deserters and the relationship between military and domestic spheres.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-16-2010, 10:36 AM

Oh, why it was women that brought down the Empire.

footfootfoot · 10-16-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

*Smiles*

It was about 18th century British army deserters and their families. Specifically identifying female agency and the role of the domestic in influencing soldiers to desert, and looking at cultural responses to deserters and the relationship between military and domestic spheres.

*chuckles*
Ha ha Ok, no. But seriously. What was your thesis about?

10-10-2010, 12:35 PM	#5971
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A peaceful mind is good Syc. Went mountain biking this morning despite being quite sore from working out with a potential 2012 Olympic fencer yesterday. About an hour and a half into the ride I caught the flow, mind and body went all quiet and smooth for a few minutes. It was so very nice, bar-ends close to the trees, leaf covered trail hiding the little obstacles that can get in your head, a very fast swooping track. Then one of my buddies flatted and broke the spell, but I kept the natural buzz. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-12-2010, 07:40 PM	#5972
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	my 11 y.o. grandson is a voracious reader and we I bond over books--like Percy Jackson. So, when I found out the first book of Rick Riordan's new series comes out today (Oct. 12), I pre-ordered from Amazon and sent it to him as a surprise (only $10--couldn't resist!) His mom called me so he could open it while I was on the phone. He was soooo stoked! I told him it came out today and he was the first to read it! Kinda special. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-12-2010, 09:22 PM	#5973
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That's just lovely Cloud. That brought a smile to my face. It's people like you that remind me why I keep coming here. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-12-2010, 09:24 PM	#5974
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Chilean miners rescue is underway __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-12-2010, 09:45 PM	#5975
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	@ Ali __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-13-2010, 09:08 PM	#5977
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Last day on the water with the boat. It was just absolutely beautiful. Mid 80's, water was flat. Fished for a few hours and got nothing. Nudity abounds. The fish never bit. The day was a complete success. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-13-2010, 09:13 PM	#5978
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Me no like the biting "fish" __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-16-2010, 06:34 AM	#5980
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Just catching up here: Syc - I hope the peaceful mind lasts; Cloud - you rock; Merc, Griff - stopping to smell the roses, great; Dana - well done, grrl! (I've got a poor man's Iphone 4 (an Ipod 4), fun aren't they! !). __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-16-2010, 10:26 AM	#5982
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Dana - you've probably mentioned this somewhere - what was the subject of your thesis? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-16-2010, 10:36 AM	#5984
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, why it was women that brought down the Empire. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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