Mid-semester update
I have been remarkably remiss in updating my blog here, so here goes.
The semester has been going well, but I'm incredibly busy with my four classes (yes, I foolishly chose to take an extra class this semester, so it's my own damn fault). Those are all going well. I have to give a practice lecture on Halloween in my pedagogy class and three big papers due in a month or so, but it shouldn't be too big of a deal.
Also, I presented my first paper at a conference a couple weeks ago. It went well, but I knew before I ever got on the plane that not a single soul at the conference would have any interest in my topic. Sure enough, no questions. What the hell, I really just did it for the experience and a line on my C.V. It served a forcing function for me to do the research and get my thoughts dow on paper, so it was a win-win.
What have I been doing for fun, you ask? Not much. Probably an hour or so of pleasure reading a day. My reading has trickled to near-nothingness. Pathetic. Looking forward to reading tons in December. Celebrated my birthday the other day and ate my first DQ Blizzard in months. It was excellent, though the only DQ to be found in Durham has what may be the shittiest selection of Blizzard flavors known to mankind. Cheapass franchise owner, I suspect.
As an aside, why is it that I only seem to post here on days that I've been to Wal-Mart? Went there again today for toiletries. Wasn't greeted. They are the bane of my existence. A friend did send me a news article the other day about a retarded Wal-Mart greeter with irritable bowel syndrome who is suing Wal-Mart for an ungodly sum of money because he was ridiculed by his fellow employees. (What did he expect?)
The semester has been going well, but I'm incredibly busy with my four classes (yes, I foolishly chose to take an extra class this semester, so it's my own damn fault). Those are all going well. I have to give a practice lecture on Halloween in my pedagogy class and three big papers due in a month or so, but it shouldn't be too big of a deal.
Also, I presented my first paper at a conference a couple weeks ago. It went well, but I knew before I ever got on the plane that not a single soul at the conference would have any interest in my topic. Sure enough, no questions. What the hell, I really just did it for the experience and a line on my C.V. It served a forcing function for me to do the research and get my thoughts dow on paper, so it was a win-win.
What have I been doing for fun, you ask? Not much. Probably an hour or so of pleasure reading a day. My reading has trickled to near-nothingness. Pathetic. Looking forward to reading tons in December. Celebrated my birthday the other day and ate my first DQ Blizzard in months. It was excellent, though the only DQ to be found in Durham has what may be the shittiest selection of Blizzard flavors known to mankind. Cheapass franchise owner, I suspect.
As an aside, why is it that I only seem to post here on days that I've been to Wal-Mart? Went there again today for toiletries. Wasn't greeted. They are the bane of my existence. A friend did send me a news article the other day about a retarded Wal-Mart greeter with irritable bowel syndrome who is suing Wal-Mart for an ungodly sum of money because he was ridiculed by his fellow employees. (What did he expect?)