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Finding my voice...: July 2011
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Tuesday, July 5, 2011. I'm in the writing stage of my thesis. I'm writing, and making figures, and tying up loose ends with my data. In other words, I've reached the, "don't ask me how it's going" phase. For the last two years, as my thesis project has evolved, I've had lots of ideas and questions floating around in my head. Every time they popped to the forefront, I told myself I'd deal with it later. Well, "later" is here. Posted by Tannis McCartney.
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Finding my voice...: December 2012
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Saturday, December 1, 2012. The first three months (with furniture). Just over three months ago, my apartment looked like this:. And then it looked like this:. Now it looks more like this:. I like it here. I really like the people in my department. It's nice to be part of a small department, where all of the faculty and grad students at least acknowledge each other in passing, and are friendly. Posted by Tannis McCartney. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Finding my voice...: An open letter to undergrads
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Wednesday, February 8, 2012. An open letter to undergrads. I was one of you once. I was not perfect. I'm still not perfect. But I have learned a lot in the intervening years, both in the workforce and since I returned to university for a graduate degree. I want to share some of those lessons with you. Don't be afraid to be wrong. That is how you learn and how you grow. Seize every opportunity you can to be better: a better student, a better fr...I spe...
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Finding my voice...: August 2011
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Monday, August 22, 2011. In my adulthood, there has been one active federal politician who has inspired me with his leadership, his charisma, his passion, his integrity. And in the wee small hours of August 22, he passed away. I don't even want to think about what this might mean for the immediate future of Canadian politics- it's too bleak to imagine. My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than des...Such ...
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Finding my voice...: The first three months (with furniture)
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Saturday, December 1, 2012. The first three months (with furniture). Just over three months ago, my apartment looked like this:. And then it looked like this:. Now it looks more like this:. I like it here. I really like the people in my department. It's nice to be part of a small department, where all of the faculty and grad students at least acknowledge each other in passing, and are friendly. Posted by Tannis McCartney. View my complete profile.
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Finding my voice...: May 2012
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Wednesday, May 23, 2012. It turns out that tying up loose ends is exhausting. I feel like that's what I've been doing for a couple of months now, but I will still be doing it for two more months. And the long, drawn out good-byes that comes with having several months to prepare for a big move are hard. The story of how this whole Syracuse move happened is actually a pretty good one. By the end of the month, I was flying down to Syracuse, to spend two ...
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Finding my voice...: May 2011
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Sunday, May 29, 2011. In which I rediscover my kitchen. As much as I love being a TA, that last semester was challenging and exhausting, and it has taken me nearly a month to mentally recover from it. In that time, I also put together and presented a talk on my research at a convention in Calgary. Posted by Tannis McCartney. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sometimes the things you want the most are also the things you are most afraid of.". Across the (Big...
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Finding my voice...: November 2012
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Four Years, and Four More. I remember this night four years ago so clearly. I remember watching the coverage of the US election. I remember the intense feelings of relief, and joy, and hope when Obama was declared the winner. I cracked open the bottle of bubbly I kept in the fridge "just in case," a la Martha Stewart. Celebrating the US Election in 2008. Thankfully, the Electoral College re-elected Obama tonight. I am so...
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Finding my voice...: June 2011
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Cool things about living in central New York (State). Monday, June 20, 2011. From the android of. The last thing I need is another distraction these days, but I got a new phone today. I love it already. Posted by Tannis McCartney. Thursday, June 16, 2011. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. But is it just me, or was incredibly naive of city officials to think that a repeat of the 1994 riots wasn't possible? It's not just me. What if the only difference between Vancouver last n...
