No, is too much. Let me sum up.

[chanaleh]

Oh, so much happening all the time, so little leisure to write about it. I reflect, I sometimes begin to compose, but I fail to actually write.

On the other hand, I finally, finally got my hair cut this weekend. Not so's you'd notice... but *I* notice. Whew. (For those who would notice those three inches, I present a pictorial tribute to my longer hair, from the formal the previous weekend.



Otherwise known as Fun With Photoshop. At least, I had fun. The original, which ranks among the sweetest photos in the world, is here.)

Thesis Boy can go back to being Tiger Boy, as he has not only successfully defended but in fact turned in the dissertation. However, he then had exactly two days before flying to Orlando to present a paper (related work, fortunately) at this robotics conference. (Him: "But I could still submit thesis revisions when I get back..." Me: "NO! YOU ARE DONE!") I am flying down to join him Thursday afternoon, whereupon we will attempt to cram four theme parks (plus DisneyQuest and Cirque du Soleil) into roughly 73 hours. Aww yeah.

And in two more weeks we go to the Princeton Reunions. And a week after that, he graduates. Oh, and also, he has now accepted the postdoc at Harvard for next year, so that's official. *grin*

My own work proceeds apace. I finally sent The Cryptoclub to press on Friday, so it's onward and upward. Besides the books and covers and ads, tomorrow we have our first-ever shareholders' meeting and I got to design the annual report, so that was exciting. And in case I haven't mentioned, we're now looking to hire someone under me, so those of you who have (or know anyone with) layout chops... come on, guys, help me out here. :-)

Also, Honorable Menschen is holding tenor auditions next Monday night (or by appointment). You don't necessarily have to be Jewish, although the gig may interest you less if you aren't.

Meanwhile, we had had a Lag B'Omer barbeque scheduled at shul tonight, with a rain date of tomorrow night. However, this being roughly the sixth (is that all?) in a predicted 9-day stretch of rain, we have instead postponed to next Tuesday. This means I am freed up to... attend another shul meeting, of the "Long-Range Planning Committee" (a.k.a. the vision thing). So it goes. And here I go.

Comments

[miraclaire.livejournal.com]

I'm glad everything seems to be going well for you :) And it is a lovely picture :)

[nacht_musik]

Wheeeee! Yay. I'm very happy for you. =)

[nacht_musik]

FWIW, your akpeters image link is broken for me....

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know, I couldn't load it either actually; but I think it is a temporary problem with the server, not the link. Will reconfirm it tomorrow.

[cos]

You made that photo look like a painting, neat. I like it better than the photo :)

Me: "NO! YOU ARE DONE!"

Reminds me of the Teacher Evaluation Guide. Though that situation was the complement of this one. And I'm either too geeky or not geeky enough, in that I just spent 10 seconds convincing myself that it was the complement, not the inverse and not the contrapositive.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a very paintingy photo. :-) The available filters are not quite as magical as I would wish (nor, unfortunately, is the resolution, or I'd totally make an 11x14 canvas print out of it), but hey.

I'm not following your logical operations, or at least how they apply to the situations in question...

logic geeking

[cos]

The current situation: Boyfriend says "I can work on it some more", You say "no, you're done!"

Inverse: Boyfriend says "I'm done", You say, "work on it some more"

Complement: You say "I can work on it some more", Boyfriend says "no, you're done!"

Contrapositive: You say "I'm done!", Boyfriend says "you can work on it some more."

In the inverse and the complement, your positions on the question of "work some more" vs. "done" are flipped. In the contrapositive, your positions are the same as in the original.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Oh, La Nouba is my favorite Cirque show! I would love to see it again and just watch the four Commedia characters in white the whole time.

[besamim.livejournal.com]

Mazal tov to both of you, what a sweet couple, awww.

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Perfectionists...

Enjoy Orlando and La Nouba! Not to mention having underlings...

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Perfectionists...

Shyeah. >:-) Betcha dollars to donuts he does end up submitting revisions once we're home, though -- just because he will Not Know What To Do With Himself otherwise!

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Heh. That doesn't sound all that unlikely. I remember I and my friends were never actually relieved when major academic projects ended, just blank.

I'll check around to see if there's a Thesis Anonymous group. What with all the colleges and universities around here, there has to be someone filling that particular void.

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

Dude, just spend 73 hours at DisneyQuest.

Ok, that might be a *tiny* bit excessive, but it totally rocks. Possibly because it does a better job of evoking my inner 12-year-old than the rest of Disney...

[points.livejournal.com]

*Smooch* Yay all around! I will -not- be auditioning. All y'all are just too far away. :( As for the position, maybe ping that lady I pointed your way? :)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I should ping her, indeed, but probably not for this position. At least, not unless she has significantly more layout/design experience than is evident in the version of her resume that she sent me! Anyway, we'll talk.

*hugs*

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Yay! A vicarious mazel tov on the dissertation! Have fun in Florida... (and that is a lovely picture.)

[candle-light.livejournal.com]

Congrats on all the good stuff, and remaining in the area for a while :-)

WRT Honorable Menschen, would an older tenor be considered or are you only interested in "young professionals" (a quote from the website)? I ask because my father is a tenor in the Cambridge Community Chorus and might be interested in coming to the auditions. Thanks!

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I don't think we have a real age restriction in place... but we would want to bring in someone who will be comfortable in the social setting of the group, and it's possible that some of our members (in casting their votes) would feel more strongly about age as a factor. I certainly would encourage him to audition though, if he might be interested! The audition announcement should be up on our actual web page shortly, if you want a better pointer.