Last week

• After six revisions this week, my thesis is almost in a defensible form. Yay!
• Will defend my thesis on August 8. The end is in sight!
• Took information processing aptitude exam. Need more practice in word problems, I think.
• Declined a formal job offer after much deliberation. Intuition tells me to go into technical sales.
• Debriefed after declining job offer.
• Awesome cooking and eating. Have decided to “live rich”, and good food is part of that.
• Read five books. More on this later.
• Sewed a pair of Thai pants for Alice as a going-away present. Used too much material. It was fun, though. Thinking of next project…
• Attended VizThink4. That was fun.
• Attended Alice’s going away party. Will miss her!
• Caught up with Jed.
• Talked to research supervisor on the phone. On track.
• Installed shopping cart on my website. Still looking into PDF delivery systems.
• Ordered books from Amazon.
• Changed my Fido plan from $10 for 1000 text messages to $3 for 50.
• Mailed care package to sister’s boyfriend’s dad.
• Looked for virtual assistants in the Philippines following advice in book “4-Hour Work Week”.
• Could not find a single shirt I liked in Eaton Centre during the sale. May invest in tailoring.
• Ordered another bucketload of books from library. Have hit limit and should return some books soon.
• Made Greasemonkey script for my use of Toronto Public Library.
• Skin clearing up, probably thanks to Clinique acne kit.

Next week

• Finish and print thesis draft
• Book room for defense
• Meet manager re declined offer
• Ping tech sales
• Read more books
• Start booksnake blog
• Do core exercises 3x week
• Revise CASCON paper
• Build cooking vocabulary
• Finish 6 more sessions of Cantonese study
• Swim
• Outsource a task
• Plan birthday event – LifeCamp
• Fri: Attend drop-in circus class

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