I neeed this book. Why are you so expeeeeensive???? Neeeeed this. As in, for the dissertation. Need need need. The bibliography alone is requisite. I might, I suppose, be getting it for Christmas as it's on my wish list, but I doubt it. And ASU's library doesn't have it. I currently have it on ILL, but need to return it tomorrow because of ( Read more... )

Sounds like a (not necessarily good) stage magician, no?

Continuing from yesterday's frustration re: the mysterious unauthorized payment for a lot of money taken from my Paypal account and gone to game/social network Zynga ( Read more... )

If I get them all out in LJ, maybe I'll feel better?

Family: My grandfather had a heart attack yesterday morning. He's going to be fine, they say, but he's in the hospital until at least tomorrow. Also, one of my cousins was in a car accident today-- she's fine but her car is not. I really hope that there isn't a third, but that if there is it ( Read more... )

I'm not entirely sure if I want to be hired or not, but I'm off to "interview." (The quotes are 'cause I'm pretty sure he's planning on hiring me. In some ways it's more if I want to work for him. This will depend on pay and schedule.)

Whee?

and, in fact, miserable.

What I desperately need is three months (ie: 'til mid January) to do nothing but teach (and not that, if I could help it) and read for comps.

Current Stress:

221 LECTURE: Tomorrow I must lecture on A Midsummer Night's Dream. While on one hand, that's a piece of cake (better that than just about any other play, and ( Read more... )

Some things I forgot to mention ( Read more... )

... I'm not sure who won (other than: not my knees ( Read more... )

(You know, the non-flaming-wok portions ( Read more... )

If I keep telling myself that Supernatural is on tonight, maybe I can make it through the day? (Ahh, but can I make it through Supernatural?)

Before I forget (again), SEVENTY new pictures of adorable kittenness available hereI'm just gretsy because of finances and scheduling. Finances because I am so very, very broke-- I don't currently have ( Read more... )