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11 June 2008

(insert activity here) in the rain

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Since my last post, I've been to Vancouver and back. The official "business" that brought me there was this year's Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (basically the biggest conference for these disciplines in Canada), which was held at UBC. I presented my first paper (a summary of my thesis), and got some great feedback.

Throughout the rest of the conference, I listened to lots of other academics present their research (to the sound of rain beating on the window panes), ate as much free food as I could find, and tried to look as nonchalant as possible. It was intimidating being surrounded by so many profs and Ph.D students, especially when —as a Master's student— I was at the very bottom of the academic totem pole.

As luck had it, several of my friends Montreal and Winnipeg happened to be in Vancouver at the same time, which led to excellent times. After the conference, we were hosted by the very kind Andrew at his place just outside the city...
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... and by Gill at Crescent Beach and in Coquitlam.
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Despite the fact that rain soaked almost every day of the week's vacation, fun was still found in abundance. The natural beauty of BC is truly phenomenal:

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