Yearly Archives: 2016
Doctor of Philososloth
Yesterday was my graduation ceremony for my PhD degree. PhinisheD! I got to wear the puffy bonnet hat that is part of the PhD academic attire, walk in the academic procession at the start of the ceremony, and sit on stage facing the audience and the undergraduate students. Then my thesis title was read out and I finally got my parchment.
After, we had some photos etc, and… the boy pulled out my Doza, who was sporting his very own academic gown and mortarboard! You could say he has gotten his… Di-slow-ma…
(Diploma, obviously. Ok. Sorry.)
Game of Slownes
Call Mr Sloth that’s my name that name again is Mr Sloth
This is the snow sloth I told you about. I wonder if anyone found it??
Dozing in the snow
I have been home now for just over 2 weeks. The trip was AMAZING, even the work part was really interesting and relevant to my own research. I captured this shot of Doza on the last day, looking out from our balcony. He didn’t mind the snow, but preferred to be snuggled up near the furnace 😉
Purple sloth toy!!
Spotted in a random store in Colorado ski country – cute little purple sloths with their own carry bags!
The little sloth can be found here!
Sloth socks continued
Gogglebox had a sneaky little sloth sock the other week. Can you spot them???
You can Gogglesloth all the way yourself by getting them here.
I’ve posted about Sockittome sloth socks before…I also spotted these (link to buy) in LAX airport. They are for kids, but who cares?
And if neither of these takes your fancy, how about the Neff sloth ski socks!? (Found on ebay)
Snow bunnies (and sloths)
I am in Colorado for a conference now – at a ski resort up in the mountains. It’s so beautiful! It’s nearing the end of their ski season but there’s still a ton of snow around and plenty of people out enjoying it. I haven’t seen snow since I was 5 years old, so it’s a bit of a novelty to me. Whilst I am not going to go skiing (it’s a conference, I have to work, so a day’s lift ticket is kinda wasted, plus I’m overseas and haven’t skiied before and don’t want to break a leg) I am definitely still enjoying this “winter wonderland”. Today on our afternoon break I went for a trail walk in the woods. It was so lovely, hearing my boots crunch on the ground, watching a squirrel, being alone with my thoughts in a really beautiful place. Although I did sink in up to my knees when I stepped off the path to try and grab a picture of a stream of meltwater. Oh well. I also made a snow sloth. But it was cold so it’s only small.
Oh yeah, and the conference is good too, some great talks blah blah blah.
Gif credit: OMG Sloths in Space
Family of Sloths
Yesterday I left my US family, who I hadn’t seen in many, many years. I got to spend 4 nights with them and even after all that time they were so amazingly welcoming, lovely and, well, “home”. It was sad to leave. There were a few tears on the plane. Hopefully some day soon I can get back over here – it’s just such a long way.
Sloth or Chocolate Croissant??
