I'm typing this as I sit in my suite in Vancouver--yes, Canada!

I arrived here yesterday afternoon for a conference that took place all day today. In fact, it was a big weekend for firsts...not only was it my first time traveling alone (and even internationally!), it was also my first time presenting at a conference! Actually, it was my first time ( Read more... )

Food pics? I still need to check out those food blogs and start getting my name out there, but there has been so much going on!

Food pics first:


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22. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy

I'm pretty sure I've read something else between then and now, but I can't really think of it. Oh well. I'll have enough books this quarter to blow that 50 books challenge out of the water, I think. First day of classes was today and I just sat through 6 straight hours of lecture/discussion-type seminar. I ( Read more... )

Yup, somebody's going to be an English Ph.D graduate student next year. Look out, academia!

( If I've been AWOL... )

So I finished my 12-page play at a little past 3 a.m. this morning, and then went to bed in a last-ditch attempt to stave off my has-been-attacking-cold ( Read more... )

Reasons why school should be renamed the Psychological Slaughterhouse:

( Extensive List Against Acadamia )

Every year I have midterms, and every year I promptly forget just how nerve-wracking, draining, exhausting, and tolling they can be.

Note to self for future reference: Yes, midterms are instruments of "educational" murder."

Granted, because I do so many papers and all, every year I forget how bad midterms can be (and papers too, for that matter). Now ( Read more... )

After a crazy day (from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.!), I think this week is finally winding down. Written quiz on Friday morning for Japanese that I have to study for, but otherwise it should be good.

( Things to Look Forward to: )

I mean, your body does burn calories according to how much work you do, right? So why can't mental exertion count as calorie burning?? I'd be burning so much right now!

( What I Spent Today Doing To Burn Mental Calories )

Five more hours to go. Five more hours before this paper is due and, for better or for worse, I am forced to finish these final sentences...

I don't know if it's because I've been writing too much short fiction lately, but my sentences are coming out a lot more, er, flowery than they usually do at the moment. Or maybe I just haven't written a paper ( Read more... )