It is easy to lose track of friends as life goes on. I'd like to thank Sarah for having the great idea to start a blogging pool, so that we can keep track of each other. Like Heather, I am in my second year of my M.A. This means I am writing my thesis currently. In my thesis I am examining the relationship between income inequality and health in Chile, within the context of neoliberal reforms. I am sure that does not sound terribly exciting to most people. Sadly no, I am not visiting Chile as part of my thesis (unless I find some additional funding in the near future). My thesis only requires the use of a dataset from Chile.
Things are really busy right now. This semester I am both an RA and a TA, in addition to the thesis work and the advanced stats course Heather and I are auditing. Even though we are really busy we are able to find time to eat at excellent restaurants, go to film festivals and hang out with friends. I am really enjoying living in Vancouver and learning about living in Canada. As similar as it seems to the U.S. there are many funny little idiosyncrasies that seperate them. It has made me appreciate and resent things about the U.S. at the same time. It has also made me interested in living in other countries at some point.
Yesterday I walked into one of the two classes I TA for. I head up to the front and greeted the professor(who also happens to be my senior supervisor Dr. Fernando De Maio). We chatted for a bit and I headed over to my seat. As I was walking over I pulled off my sweater and heard a little chuckle from the front of the room. I looked back and didn't see anyone in particular. Later Fernando and I handed out a course review and went to grab a quick coffee while the students filled it out. As we head down the stairwell Fernando turns to me and says "Did you notice we are wearing the same t-shirt." Looking at the collar of his shirt protruding from his sweater I see that we are both wearing a purplish-merlot colored shirt. Fernando and I also have two pairs of pants that are identical, luckily I did not end up wearing those pants today, as he did. When I informed him of this he was shocked. I said "Well I am your TA, RA and graduate student, it was just a matter of time till I turned into a mini-Fernando."
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Hello. Thank you for joining the blog collective. I am very glad that you and your thesis adviser have so much in common. Mine is a cat lady. She's sweet, but she started class last week asking if anyone had ever had bed-bugs before. Then one kid, another cat lover, proceeded to relate an experience where he got fleas from his cat. Cats are great, but not to sleep with and get fleas from. Also, I'm not sure telling the whole class that you might have fleas/bed-bugs is the best way to start a graduate class. Well I hope you're doing well, and maybe I'll see you soon!
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