pirate proposal -- pending
helloooo friens.
time for a bogota update. by popular demand, i promise.
last week was momentous. first off, i was mostly sober. bonus. bought my first piece of real artwork (but really, i was sober). i'm obsessed -- especially because i saw the painting 2 years ago when i was here with ana and visited an exhibit with a painter friend. aanyhow, turns out i got in touch with the painter this month, i visited his place, had coffee with him and his wife (both very young) and then bought the last painting for sale in the series i saw. i'll post a picture when it arrives tomorrow!
then my new roommate arrived. she's a phd student in the american studies dept, doing her dissertation on coca cola's world development/expansion/business model/cultural hegemony, etc. and i like her -- super bonus.
col barry call count: 2 (as of week 3). these aren't just skype calls, either -- he's piped right into my groundline. col barry care packages so far lost in the mail: 1. i'm pissed -- it had bagels and last month's atlantic and harper's.
oh but right, i'm here for work. which is actually going well too. this week, got my hands on some datasets. proposed two joint projects with the NGO i'm "affiliated" with -- www.cerac.org.co. which i think will be good, given my lack of comparative advantage with estimation techniques but willingness to geo-reference lots of data, assess the methodologies of different datasets, and write in english. woo. now i think i just need to check in with the cmte to make sure i can use jointly produced material as a part of my dissertation. details, details.
also apparently the guy in charge here is having a spat with patrick ball (who has apparently accused him of plagiarism -- ouch), which doesn't sound very fun. i refuse to ask about details, though perhaps i should know what i'm getting into. oh the politics of academia. loves it.
is anyone sending in an APSA proposal? does anyone wanna organize a panel? on pirates?
a
ps if someone could jump all over ana and eudald and shower them with my long-distance love, that'd be great. and tickle the babies. thanksss.
time for a bogota update. by popular demand, i promise.
last week was momentous. first off, i was mostly sober. bonus. bought my first piece of real artwork (but really, i was sober). i'm obsessed -- especially because i saw the painting 2 years ago when i was here with ana and visited an exhibit with a painter friend. aanyhow, turns out i got in touch with the painter this month, i visited his place, had coffee with him and his wife (both very young) and then bought the last painting for sale in the series i saw. i'll post a picture when it arrives tomorrow!
then my new roommate arrived. she's a phd student in the american studies dept, doing her dissertation on coca cola's world development/expansion/business model/cultural hegemony, etc. and i like her -- super bonus.
col barry call count: 2 (as of week 3). these aren't just skype calls, either -- he's piped right into my groundline. col barry care packages so far lost in the mail: 1. i'm pissed -- it had bagels and last month's atlantic and harper's.
oh but right, i'm here for work. which is actually going well too. this week, got my hands on some datasets. proposed two joint projects with the NGO i'm "affiliated" with -- www.cerac.org.co. which i think will be good, given my lack of comparative advantage with estimation techniques but willingness to geo-reference lots of data, assess the methodologies of different datasets, and write in english. woo. now i think i just need to check in with the cmte to make sure i can use jointly produced material as a part of my dissertation. details, details.
also apparently the guy in charge here is having a spat with patrick ball (who has apparently accused him of plagiarism -- ouch), which doesn't sound very fun. i refuse to ask about details, though perhaps i should know what i'm getting into. oh the politics of academia. loves it.
is anyone sending in an APSA proposal? does anyone wanna organize a panel? on pirates?
a
ps if someone could jump all over ana and eudald and shower them with my long-distance love, that'd be great. and tickle the babies. thanksss.
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