Category Archives: personal

Hooray for sucking!

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As seen at Mad Hatter’s. -3 As a 1930s wife, I amVery Poor (Failure) Take the test! What a relief – I thought my answers to things like “Reacts with pleasure and delight to marital congress” might have made me … Continue reading →

Posted in personal, politics, rants, silliness | 14 Comments

Expertise: the first few steps

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Being a newbie SUCKS. I mean, it’s exciting and fresh and new, but you have to depend on other people all the time, which I hate. I’ve badgered colleagues in my department (and in others) with endless questions, my supervisor … Continue reading →

Posted in career, grant wrangling, personal, silliness | 10 Comments

Cath and the City Part 2

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The end of Part 1 saw me sitting on Jericho Beach and congratulating myself on fulfilling my dream of moving to Vancouver. Here’s what happened next… My first year in Vancouver was great. Hard at times, but great. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in kayaking, personal, photos, snow, sport, Vancouver | 7 Comments

Fancy a cuppa?

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s a little something that a grad student in my post-doc lab made for me back in 2003. I had a kidney infection and was banned from drinking tea for two whole weeks. I don’t know if you can read … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, food glorious food, personal, photos, silliness | 36 Comments

Meddling in the muddle

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

In one of those funny blogging synergies, my last post coincided with a couple of calls to political action on Arduous’ wonderful blog. Although both posts were about issues I care deeply about (equal marriage rights and climate change), I … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Climate change, personal, politics, sport | 12 Comments

Happy birthday Vicky!

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

So how bizarre is this? Monday is Victoria Day, a statutory holiday in Canada. I’d never heard of it before I moved here, and had no clue what it was all about. The capital of the province of British Columbia … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, personal, silliness | 6 Comments

Post-grant wind-down

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Aaaaahhhhh. That was me relaxing. I’m drinking a nice cuppa tea and everything. Due to technical problems with the funding body’s website, last week’s grant deadline got pushed back to today. This was a good thing, because it allowed us … Continue reading →

Posted in career, grant wrangling, personal | 7 Comments

Potentially horribly inappropriate blog post

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve never seen this done before on any of the blogs I read, so apologies if this is a big faux pas! I know I’ve said that I don’t usually try to raise money for the charity that pays my … Continue reading →

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One big happy interconnected family

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My brother-in-law (not the one with the hilarious new girlfriend, another one I haven’t mentioned before) lives overseas, and has done (in various locations) for a few years now. So whenever he’s in town, it turns into quite the occasion. … Continue reading →

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All Skyped up

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

About time, eh? There was some discussion about webcams, which caused a bit of a delay while we debated whether seeing kittens outweighs having to sort out hair and tidy computer room before calling. We decided to just get microphones … Continue reading →

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