It's been a good-size piece of forever since I last posted, and I have no idea where to begin ( Read more... )

Yesterday when I took a nap, it was raining a bit. When I woke, it was frozen solid on everything. I drove to class anyway, as it hadn't been canceled. This was what some would call entertainment. I got to skate across a parking lot in dress shoes and run my car into the curb and everything. Then I get in and am told they just closed the school. I ( Read more... )

It's my birthday. How'd I spend it? Mostly in grading rough drafs. Bah ( Read more... )

It's been a while, and I can't even think of everything there is to say. I really just need to go to bed, but what the hey ( Read more... )

It was my birthday, too, yeah ( Read more... )

Two days ago, while I was a bit too busy to post, was the anniversary (one year) of my brother's passing. It was something of a surprise at the time, though his health hadn't been wonderful in the months preceding it, what with all the seizures. I'm fine, though, really ( Read more... )

Car problems, though they're finally solved ( Read more... )

So I've spent some of the evening watching Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (I think I got that right), which is about life and art in the rural South. I didn't watch all of it, but I taped it so I can finish it later. It gave me quite a bit to think about, but the main thing I've taken away from it so far is how lonely the Southern life is. I've ( Read more... )

For my birthday, I got new work clothes (shirt and pants from Amy, pants from my sister), the first season of Clone Wars from my daughter, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith from my mother-in-law, and Tori Amos' The Beekeeper from Amy ( Read more... )

For my birthday today, my literature class brought in a small cake from the Wal-Mart bakery, a computer-printed card (signed by all of them), and a Sun Drop. I was more touched by the Sun Drop than anything, but the whole moment was about as perfect as I could have asked ( Read more... )