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robotnik2004My dear, dear friends:
I have been offered andam probably going to accept (pending negotiation of salary details, etc., which is the reason this post is still Friends-only) have now accepted! a tenure track job at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario.
This is wonderful news: it’s a great job at a great school, it’s tenure track, it’s a respected research university, I get to teach grad students, I get to develop one of the first programs in United States Studies in Canada, it means being in the same city as my sister and her family, and far closer to the rest of my family, and all my Toronto friends, than I’ve been in years.
This is terrible news: it means moving away from Boston, and so many of you!
More to come, no doubt, in person and on this LJ, about the decision and what it means, and what you all mean, to me. But, yeah. Big news.
Edit: One of the first U.S. Studies programs—turns out University of Toronto has one too. Grumble, grumble, Torontonians think they're so great... :)
I have been offered and
This is wonderful news: it’s a great job at a great school, it’s tenure track, it’s a respected research university, I get to teach grad students, I get to develop one of the first programs in United States Studies in Canada, it means being in the same city as my sister and her family, and far closer to the rest of my family, and all my Toronto friends, than I’ve been in years.
This is terrible news: it means moving away from Boston, and so many of you!
More to come, no doubt, in person and on this LJ, about the decision and what it means, and what you all mean, to me. But, yeah. Big news.
Edit: One of the first U.S. Studies programs—turns out University of Toronto has one too. Grumble, grumble, Torontonians think they're so great... :)
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Date: 2005-02-07 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 08:32 pm (UTC)Congratulations!
Date: 2005-02-07 08:35 pm (UTC)"I get to develop the first Center for United States Studies in Canada"
Heh, I can see the course catalog now:
"What the fuck is WRONG with those people?" An Introduction to United States Studies.
Good luck!
Tom
Re: Congratulations!
Date: 2005-02-08 01:07 am (UTC)"In exchange, I taught them some simple games involving dice. Not many of them could understand the complex ideas behind the games, but that was to be expected.
"It was a strange and uncultured land. The only thing that kept me sane were thoughts of my dear homeland. Socialized healthcare...pea soup...Glass Tiger...the metric system...
"Still, I shall miss these brutes. I tried to civilise them as best I could and some of them showed some promise, but there is only so much one man can do. Perhaps one could even say they were almost...human."
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Date: 2005-02-09 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 08:42 pm (UTC)Looks like we'll have to make more room in the basement; hope you don't get the spot near the leaky pipe.
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Date: 2005-02-08 12:52 am (UTC)Rob. I'm overwhelmed with thoughts. They will have to wait until next I see you.
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Date: 2005-02-08 02:44 am (UTC)Good to hear you're heading down here, Rob. I'll have Chris make up another cot.
...and on a more serious note, congratulations. :)
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Date: 2005-02-07 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 08:54 pm (UTC)*pumping fist in air*
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Date: 2005-02-07 08:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 09:37 pm (UTC)Congratulations on a great job opportunity, but, le sigh. It'll suck not having you around.
But thanks to the miracles of computer technology and jet aviation, I'm sure this won't be the end of your participation in the Ephemeral Circus...
Any chance of you running 'Red Madness II: The Lemurian Candidate' before departing to the Great White North? ;)
Oh, and at least when those of us on the wrong side of the culture war are forced to become expats we'll have someplace to go!
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Date: 2005-02-07 09:55 pm (UTC)You Lucky Bastard!
Date: 2005-02-08 04:44 am (UTC)Rawk on (Devil horns)
Date: 2005-02-08 11:52 am (UTC)Re: Rawk on (Devil horns)
Date: 2005-02-09 12:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-08 12:07 pm (UTC)Most people aren't aware of this but the United States of America were actually invented in London, Ontario by Silas Farquason back in 1771 using only apples, christianity and dash of gunpowder. It took a few years for the patent applications to go through.
Congratulations, Rob! That is double plus good!
Or, en francais, double plus bon!
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Date: 2005-02-08 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-08 02:57 pm (UTC)Welcome home amigo (I can't begin to tell how happy I am that you and L are moving to Canada). I'll be waiting at your front door when you both arrive, bag o' dice in hand.
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Date: 2005-02-15 03:16 pm (UTC)Rob! Ohmigod! I just read this message now. That's fan-tastic! Congratulations on the good (mixed with bad) news. I'm sure it's a bitter pill to swallow, leaving Boston after all this time. (And just as you were learning the names of the streets, too.) But for those of us on this side of the 49th this is, yes, big news all around.
-- S
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Date: 2005-02-15 10:06 pm (UTC)Wow!
Date: 2005-02-18 09:29 pm (UTC)Sean
Re: Wow!
Date: 2005-02-20 02:50 pm (UTC)Good to hear from you, by the way. I didn't know if you were even reading this LJ thing anymore. Must make phone contact someday and get the scoop or at least a precis of Jasmine: Year One.