May. 18th, 2008

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May. 18th, 2008 08:37 am
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I'm still figuring out this livejournal thing; I hope nobody's un-friended me for useless posts!  Let's try again with the Life News.

On Wednesday I got my doctoral regalia in the mail.  The University of Washington has purple robes with lots of gold and velvet trim.  The hat is octagonal, made of purple velvet, with a gold tassel.  Thoughts of that hat kept me going through grad school, and then I graduated in August to take a position in September.  No graduation ceremony for me!  But yesterday I got to wear it as part of the "platform party" and be recognized for my collaboration efforts.  Graduations are still deadly dull, but I get to be purple if I go to them!

On Friday I got the printed copies of my book in the mail.  This realizes my childhood dream of becoming an author, even if it isn't a fantasy novel!  I've decided that the best use of my few free copies is to distribute them to central locations where friends/relatives/co-workers can borrow & share them.  Of course a few will be used as bribes.

My grandmother turned 99.  She's the oldest person in Mattapoisett!

I have a week to get ready for the summer semester and I haven't finished everything from the spring semester.  I also forgot to bring home the textbook for my summer course.

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So my 99 year old grandmother will be staying in the nursing home she's now at rather than returning to her apartment after a couple months.

I have an inkling of a plan to give her a hexapod on Tuesday with instructions to send it out visiting to bring back pictures of itself doing fun stuff.  Would anyone care to offer comments on, suggestions for, or critiques of this plan?

I know she's supposed to eventually have a frame that displays digital photos in her room.  I don't know how easy it is to transfer photos to that frame.  I don't know if her friends have digital or even analog cameras.  But, heck, might as well try it and see what happens!

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