Not my most attractive photo, but what can I say? It was the Halloween workout at Crossfit, and we were told we had to dress up as our favourite superhero. I didn't have a lot to work with :) Crossfit is my new favourite workout. It's tough but fantastic! The principles are based on Olympic lifting and gymnastics. Here, you see me doing some front squats. In the three weeks that I've been doing Crossfit, I am already seeing huge changes in my body and my mind. I am even getting my running fitness back! Saturday I did about an hour and change run--a run that included reaching the summit of Mount Douglas! So, not a flat route, to say the least. Today's workout was an easy 40 minute recovery ride along the (muddy) Lochside trails. Tomorrow is a rest and massage day! I am happy to be back to training again. What a difference a workout makes...

Back in action!

Well, I can't begin to explain why I have neglected this blog for so long. So much has changed. I defend my PhD dissertation on November 23rd, 2009. I'm now living in Victoria, BC. I'm training again. I am feeling fit again and ready to prepare for the 2010 race season. Oh, and I have a new homepage: http://corpora.ca.

Dissertation

I'm now in the middle of revising my dissertation. It's actually quite a fun process, because I get to go back and take a look at my argument, fill in the holes, and clean up my "draft" writing. Today I've decided to go back to the drawing board. When I started doing my research, I began putting together an annotated bibliography, a skill I learned during my graduate coursework. But somewhere between research and writing, I stopped adding entries to it. All of my reading went directly into my chapters, which is more efficient, but perhaps not as efficacious in the long run. So I think it's a good exercise to keep up, and it also means that I have easy access to all of my research readings. So today, while I read through Empson's Some Versions of the Pastoral, I will be adding notes to my annotated bibliography. Off I go.

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Christmas Disorders

A friend of mine sent this to me, and I thought I'd share (thanks, D). This is humour, and is not intended to offend anyone.

Christmas Disorders

1. Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear?

2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are

3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas

4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me

5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and ...

6. Paranoid --- Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me!

7. Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire

8. Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why

9. Attention Deficit Disorder --- Silent night, Holy ... oooh look at the Froggy ... can I have a chocolate ... why is France so far away?

10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder --- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells ..