Control
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I got my first choice of external examiner for my dissertation defense, which will likely be in March or April. The end is in sight!
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Man, just had some issues with my order. They initially applied the cybermonday to an already discounted item, and then removed the discount after I placed the order. I think I've finally got it solved (after two visits to their customer service chat).
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Oh man am I quite tempted to pick up the ZATOICHI box set with this deal. It's down to about $85 with the discounts. Xmas gift to myself?
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Man, Mags, where have you been for eight months?
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Yeah, but 12 year olds have terrible taste in everything.
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So how do you see a potential Werdum-JDS rematch going down? Werdum's improved striking, and just knowing what he's getting himself into, would obviously change things considerably, but I'm wondering if you'd still give JDS the advantage. -
I want them both to win.
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Better than last season, I think. My mind doesn't extend as far back as 6.
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What if his next companion is Rusty the Dalek? Are we ready for a Dalek companion? Yes. The answer is yes.
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Canada.
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Pretty ambivalent about this finale. Liked the character beats for the Doctor, but there was a lot of overwrought human drama and a needlessly convoluted storyline. However, Michle Gomez and Peter Capaldi could make even the worst episode worth watching.
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Jingus: sorry to hear that. You said that the college is doing what it can: do they offer counselling? Many universities (or at least the ones I work for) have counselors, and sometimes psychiatrists, on-site, and you can see them for free. Look to see if they have a financial aid service that help students with budgeting and other financial matters. Finally, do you get any sort of health/mental health coverage from being a student? Again, tuition to most universities (at least in Canada) usually includes some form of healthcare. Universities and colleges often have a lot of built-in services that could be of great help at a time like this.
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Teaching two 75-minute classes on music next week, which will be a new experience. Most looking forward to the class on music as community-forming and as a form of social resistance.
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From IMBD trivia: "Clara's Birthday is given as November 23rd. The Shows anniversary." This supports my theory that Clara is meant to be a stand-in for (NuWho)fans. First falls in love with boyish Doctor, eventually checks him out at every point in his life (and perhaps adds continuity that wasn't really there), becomes skeptical about his morals on further investigation, etcetera Edit: not claiming that this theory is particularly original or well thought out.
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Yeah. Admittedly, it's a knee-jerk reaction, based solely on reading results.
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That would have been terrible. This whole season did a lot of work to transform Clara from a Manic Pixie Dream Girl into an actual character. Turning her into an even more sexist stereotype--the hysterical, evil jilted lover--would have been a massive step in the wrong direction.
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Read the results for the WRESTLE-1 show. Lulz.
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I'm bizarrely interested in the "big" upcoming Wrestle-1 show, with Muto, Alberto, and Matt Hardy, even though common sense tells me it will be a pretty lacklustre affair in the ring. Just based on reading results, it seems like they've done a not half-bad job with their booking, storyline-wise.
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Your quality scale seems mighty precipitous. Certainly there's gotta be a gradient of quality between average and awful. "Below average" being an obvious choice.
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I just submitted my dissertation to my committee. It'll be Doctor Control soon(ish).
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I dunno--I only saw the one pick, but I could buy weight loss + age + new/different makeup.
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I'm watching SCANNERS and it's even more gloriously Canadian than I remembered.
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Just part of the healing process.
