Back From the Farm
12:28 on Sunday, April 11, 2004 • 2 responses
Apart from a three-week stay in rural Illinois, my extended hiatus from this site can be attributed to a number of relatively large projects bearing down on me right now: my Ph.D. qualifying exams (late May), upcoming wedding (late June), and my dissertation prospectus (August). Much of the last month has been spent in Illinois at the farm, planning the wedding and studying (in my own way) for the exams. Poog will be finishing up a Master’s degree thesis in the coming months, so it’s extremely fortunate that neither Poog nor I lack the desire for a big-to-do kind of wedding.
I have to say, there’s nothing like time on the farm to remind me of something a friend recently said: “turns out those rumours of life outside of the computer are completely true.” Indeed they are, and for the time being I’ve succumbed to the pressures of offline endeavors. Thanks for your patience and your messages of concern. I’m quite alright, albeit a little overwhelmed, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel and I’m pretty sure it’s not a jerk with a laser pointer.
In other news, I’ve decided to pay the bills with graphic design while working on my dissertation rather than eke out a living teaching for peanuts. I’ll be taking on design projects starting August 1st. Jobs are already queuing up, so contact me soon if you have a small to medium-sized project (commencing in August mid-October or later) involving web, print, database, or UI design.
Update: Until further notice, September and October have been booked.