Early March Update
My work has been going well. The research paper I'm writing this semester is moving along well, as is my other class. The prof really needs to limit the weekly reading load to about 300-350 pages though, rather than the 450 or so we've been stuck with every week. I've been keeping plenty busy with just those two classes, so I'm very glad that I took an extra class last semester. A third class would leave me with no free time whatsoever.
I am steeling myself for tomorrow because I receive my second batch of god-awful papers to grade. Ugh. There is a large percentage of freshmen and sophomores in the class and, well, they can't write. Oh well. I force myself to grade six a day and so the pain will end in six days. Spring Break next week, so that will help free up some additional time. Just one more batch of papers to grade in mid-April after I finish with tomorrow's batch of atrocities.
This past weekend was our prospectives weekend where we fly in the new crop of grad students who've been invited for the fall. Went to two parties for them, which is way more than I normally do, and so I'm a little behind where I wanted to be for the weekend, but I'll catch up tomorrow. Last weekend was pretty fun as well.
bittergrrl treated me to an extra Valentine's Day gift of tickets to a Will Ferrell comedy show. Very funny stuff. Also went to see an indy horror film called "Breathing Room" at the local "Nevermore" annual horror festival (the Carolina Theater is a great place to see a movie too). Damn, that was a good movie. I don't know what the budget was (I would guess maybe $50k) but it was definitely more engaging than some $200M movies I've seen. If you ever get the chance to see it, I highly recommend it. It was described as "Battle Royale" meets "Clue," but that doesn't really do it justice.
I am steeling myself for tomorrow because I receive my second batch of god-awful papers to grade. Ugh. There is a large percentage of freshmen and sophomores in the class and, well, they can't write. Oh well. I force myself to grade six a day and so the pain will end in six days. Spring Break next week, so that will help free up some additional time. Just one more batch of papers to grade in mid-April after I finish with tomorrow's batch of atrocities.
This past weekend was our prospectives weekend where we fly in the new crop of grad students who've been invited for the fall. Went to two parties for them, which is way more than I normally do, and so I'm a little behind where I wanted to be for the weekend, but I'll catch up tomorrow. Last weekend was pretty fun as well.
bittergrrl treated me to an extra Valentine's Day gift of tickets to a Will Ferrell comedy show. Very funny stuff. Also went to see an indy horror film called "Breathing Room" at the local "Nevermore" annual horror festival (the Carolina Theater is a great place to see a movie too). Damn, that was a good movie. I don't know what the budget was (I would guess maybe $50k) but it was definitely more engaging than some $200M movies I've seen. If you ever get the chance to see it, I highly recommend it. It was described as "Battle Royale" meets "Clue," but that doesn't really do it justice.