- Relaxing day spent lesson-planning and doing a few things around the house. School doesn't start till next week, so I have a little more time to make adjustments to my syllabus. There are a few kids from my fall 098 class taking my 101 this term, which means reworking some of the activities and assignments they've already done (098 and 101 are
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# Taking questions for December still over here# Still not 100 percent from the cold. I'm mostly just finding myself in need of a lot of rest. Fortunately classes are out for the whole week at the school where I teach, so I only need to go in and consult in the writing center at my other school. It's chill enough there I shouldn't feel too worn out
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# I hear Sherlock S4 might begin filming this fall, rather than in 2016! Obviously these things are never set in stone until practically after they've happened, but hoo boy! Wouldn't that be nice? 2016 is so far awaaaay.
# Saw Godzilla this weekend with wave_obscura and had an excellent time. I really enjoyed the take on the original movies [even though]the American pov-
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I am a mass of Sherlock feels after watching the S3 preview. [Spoiler (click to open)]Is Sherlock going to crash John's date to reveal he's back? That is a fancy restaurant! Is John meeting a girlfriend there to propose? Is John going to propose to Sherlock instead?? Will John's awful mustache affect whether Sherlock says yes?? I have so many questions!Waiting to see the
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It's that time of year again, time for all the school bus drivers to find summer work. I'm a little behind on this; aside from the job prospect I mentioned in my last post, I haven't really looked or applied for anything. Received an e-mail from said job prospect saying their hiring process is delayed and they'll be in touch, whatever that means. I
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# It should be pretty clear by now that I have LOST NaNoRecMo--my own challenge that I made up!--by about a million points. To all you people out there actually living up to your November goals, you have my respect, even if I don't have yours. :D
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Job interview today. I took an hourlong bus ride to get there, only to be informed at the start of the interview that they had already hired someone else and were just waiting for his paperwork to go through. So we had a very brief courtesy interview and they said they might call me if they ever need a sub, but basically I travelled two hours round
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