For All "Intensive" Purposes
So, why this? Why now?
In a short while I will be abroad again, taking the leap from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Madrid, Spain.
With less than six weeks before I head to Madrid I wanted to start a blog as a way of keeping in touch with friends. But don't let the smiley photo deceive you. After receiving some literature from the Rackham Graduate School on the importance that students lead a 'healthy' lifestyle, both mentally and physically, I decided to take up this blog as a sanity break from the hours of dissertation writing to come. So I plan on scraping up what's left in the corners of my attic and disposing of that dustbin in this space.
Yikes, you're thinking. Another self-indulgent blog.
Clearly, the answer is yes.
And so "Shake it off" was given a name, invoking the childhood memory of my youth league soccer coach advising me to shake off the pain from a rather sharp kick to the shin. Not unsimilar to that two hundred pound adolescent jiggling his chops in lieu of applying an ice compress, I plan on shaking off some thoughts here--the good, the fat, and the ugly.
In a short while I will be abroad again, taking the leap from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Madrid, Spain.
With less than six weeks before I head to Madrid I wanted to start a blog as a way of keeping in touch with friends. But don't let the smiley photo deceive you. After receiving some literature from the Rackham Graduate School on the importance that students lead a 'healthy' lifestyle, both mentally and physically, I decided to take up this blog as a sanity break from the hours of dissertation writing to come. So I plan on scraping up what's left in the corners of my attic and disposing of that dustbin in this space.
Yikes, you're thinking. Another self-indulgent blog.
Clearly, the answer is yes.
And so "Shake it off" was given a name, invoking the childhood memory of my youth league soccer coach advising me to shake off the pain from a rather sharp kick to the shin. Not unsimilar to that two hundred pound adolescent jiggling his chops in lieu of applying an ice compress, I plan on shaking off some thoughts here--the good, the fat, and the ugly.
posted by Jon at 11:59 PM
5 Comments:
No, Jon... I hate to correct you publicly on your own blog, but I do think the expression is "for all EXTENSIVE purposes" haha - see? that's why I'm an ABD and you're just an AB.. oops. Congrats on the new blog! We're going to miss you next semester :-( but will follow your adventures online. Remember, we're definitely coming to Madrid next summer if I find employment! Get the absinthe ready!!
p.s. That's okay: I don't mind sharing you with la chica mas bonita de Lima (aka Tali) -- there's certainly enough of you to go around (hehe).
bienvenidos al mundo del blogs, señor snyder. you are now linked to ours!
frankly, i found your other website rather boring and poorly designed. But then I realized, what with your double life as a children's author and dean of some sort, it's to be excepted/expected/accepted/(?)
We want lots of goodies on the blog please - pics, gossip, horror stories, etc. We'll miss you here... :(
Oh, and for more on the goofy word mixup thingies... this site is pretty funny.
oh.... and what's with that pic of Foucault next to your name on the front page?
I realize this is quite quite late but it is time to set things straight:
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
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