T - 2 hours until I present my thesis!
Nov. 11th, 2020 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
allekhaWell, it's a few months past now, but I had a good birthday. Hung out with Z and ate my home-made cake before it, then Skyped with my parents for a few hours while I ate cake and drank tea. My own attempt at cake-making turned into this:
But once it was glued together with ganache...
...it was soooo rich and delicious. Definitely not a single-serving cake despite the small size!
I got a real cake from the bakery down the road for my birthday itself:
Will probably go pick one up after I finish another run-through of my dissertation presentation. For celebration. Or consolation (I hope not!). Might be a bit early but eh, the bakery closes before I'll be finished.
Mostly been working on research, but I've also taken a little more time for Japanese (I bought myself the whole Fukigenna Mononkean manga and have been re-reading it in Japanese) and am nearing the end of Genji, finally. I also finally had a chance to go ice-skating again after seven months off the ice - there are freestyle sessions with only a handful of people on them, mostly wearing masks. Have only been three times so far, but I also got with the program and got a pair of off-ice skates. They feel a little weird! After my fitter adjusts them, though, I look forward to trying them out more. Lot easier to walk five minutes to a tennis court than to get Z to drive me to the rink on days when it's less crowded, and who knows if I'll still feel comfortable going in a month.
Back to practicing this talk! My advisor told me to remember that I know things and that I will crush it. I'm doing my best to stay calm and be prepared!
But once it was glued together with ganache...
...it was soooo rich and delicious. Definitely not a single-serving cake despite the small size!
I got a real cake from the bakery down the road for my birthday itself:
Will probably go pick one up after I finish another run-through of my dissertation presentation. For celebration. Or consolation (I hope not!). Might be a bit early but eh, the bakery closes before I'll be finished.
Mostly been working on research, but I've also taken a little more time for Japanese (I bought myself the whole Fukigenna Mononkean manga and have been re-reading it in Japanese) and am nearing the end of Genji, finally. I also finally had a chance to go ice-skating again after seven months off the ice - there are freestyle sessions with only a handful of people on them, mostly wearing masks. Have only been three times so far, but I also got with the program and got a pair of off-ice skates. They feel a little weird! After my fitter adjusts them, though, I look forward to trying them out more. Lot easier to walk five minutes to a tennis court than to get Z to drive me to the rink on days when it's less crowded, and who knows if I'll still feel comfortable going in a month.
Back to practicing this talk! My advisor told me to remember that I know things and that I will crush it. I'm doing my best to stay calm and be prepared!
