Hunting and Colonisation on Wednesday
Despite being on either side of an ocean, here are three things that Elizabeth and I managed to do on Wednesday:1. Decide (unilaterally or, rather, bilaterally) that TUWSNBN should have a Scavenger Hunt (thanks to Preposterous Universe for the idea, see the 6 May post) where incoming and current students (and, perhaps, faculty) participate. All in the interests of forming/strengthening the PhD community.
Chances of this happening: depends on who is around at that time.
Chance of me joining (eeek social event): Will have to restrain the urge to run away from people in groups.
2. Decide we would colonise/take over the annual meeting of APSA. For those of you who don't know about APSA, it is the American Political Science Association. After much discussion, we decided that APSA can only benefit from our colonisation. We shall bring progress and prosperity to APSA. Much-needed, really. And, it will fit right in with their theme this year of "Mobilising Democracy".
Chances of this happening: quite high, especially since APSA types are not very likely to note potential colonisation going on in their midst. Hopefully.
3. Create roles for ourselves: I am the angsty existentialist and Elizabeth is the angry feminist po-co.
Not bad for a Wednesday, eh? Okay, off to read Kierkegaard (which, since it means graveyard or a cemetery, seems to fit in well with the angst)
and Super N to get in part.
posted by Priya @ 6:10 AM
1 Comments:
1. Scavenger hunt idea went over surprisingly well at weekly phd happy hour. At least, no one actually said "what a stupid idea" direectly to my face.
2. As colonizers of APSA, should we be looking for sturdy volunteers to support our expedition?
3. I'm not entirely sure about the po-co part. Shall have to think further about whether I can be po-co and systems at the same time.
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