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is my life now. What I’m working on: 3500 words each on Oromo ethnicity and nationalism for my East Africa class, longterm conflict in Central Africa for Anthropology of Development class, and Lévi-Strauss’ structuralism in myth for Anthropological Theory class. Plus a 2500 word review of Shadows of War by Carolyn Nordstrom, also [...]
Classes started this week for me, and James starts his new job Monday morning, so we’ve begun to settle into our routine. My schedule is fairly good, except for the Friday thing. I have classes Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays - would much rather have Fridays off. But as long as I’m diligent enough to keep [...]
I left my house early this morning to go to school - not that classes have started or anything, in fact I’m not supposed to enrol until tomorrow - but there were free yoga classes at the Institute of Education, so I decided to go to the 9 am one. My commute - 4.8 miles [...]
Applying for a UK student visa is a process fraught with bureaucracy and idiocy. I mailed mine today (99% sure everything is correct) and so I’m going to write a little bit about the process.
First, if you live in Canada or the US (and possibly other countries, I don’t know) you have to go through [...]
The thing that has been occupying my mind the most is housing. It’s really not the first priority (that would be getting visas) but I’ve started spending ridiculous amounts of time combing through housing ads. Here are some things British housing ads feature that Canadian ones generally do not:
rents are generally listed weekly; the monthly [...]
As you may or may not know, studying and/or working in another country involves getting a visa. I need a student visa, and my husband comes along as my dependent - odd, since *I* won’t be making any money, and his official job description is now Sugar Daddy. In any case, the British [...]
As of now, this blog is gonna be about going back to school and being an expat. Why? Because I’ve been accepted to the MA Social Anthropology of Development program, at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
In other words: Moving to London. In two months. I’m [...]
Winter so far has been strange for Vancouver. Lots of cold, clear days. That means icy roads, and I bike to work every day. Today was my first ice-related crash, and now I have a bruised hip and elbow and a headache. I think I had a pretty good winning streak [...]
UBC is off my list… they require a 3.75 for the final two years. 3.75!! I was good enough to get a blue cord strung around my neck at commencement, indicating to all that I was between 3.5 and 3.7 (it was 3.49 actually, good thing they round up) but a coveted yellow [...]
When I finally dragged James out of bed this morning (it takes several attempts) he slouched over to the computer and googled “my girlfriend wakes up too early.”
I phoned up Dalhousie to see about applying there and I think I will not. They don’t really have anything to do with linguistics at all, and [...]