I wrote most of this up for a student of mine who has grown so much in the last few years, but still has those days where it seems like nothing ever goes anywhere, and it's just not worth it. I learned whatever of this is true both from my own personal experience and from discussing such topics with other friends who have their own histories. Two ( Read more... )

Y'all know the drill - if you want 5 questions, ask!

( Wynkat's Questions: Freyr, School, Fandom, Books, and Joie de Vivre )

Hello all,

Please consider this fair warning that although I should have said so over a month ago, for the immediately forseeable future, please do not expect me to keep up with reading LJ at all - not even my so-called "must read list".

School is eating my brain.

That is all.

--Ember--

( In which Ember rants about health interfering with school yet again )

Hailsa ( Read more... )

People keep asking me how I'm doing. It's a natural result of having been sick enough that everyone knew (well, that, and I told y'all, eh ( Read more... )

Hullo folks,

So I don't remember who I've told and who I haven't. ( I'm sick )

Why is it that no matter how many damned times I start up school again after a break, it always feels like this time there might be DISASTER!!!!The sky is not falling! Seriously, self, toma una tableta fria ( Read more... )

Ok, so finals are over for the quarter. I have a lot of folks asking me if this means I'm done, ready to graduate? Um, no, I transferred as a Junior at the beginning of last year. I have at least another year on this degree left, and at least one graduate degree ahead of me. It's also starting to look like if I could manage the funding somehow, I'd ( Read more... )

There's a variation of the old 5 Questions meme going around. I don't like the modifications, so I revert back to Inquisition originalis:

If you want me to ask you 5 questions, just ask. Please post a link to your answers, or the answers themselves, in comments here when you are through, so that I am sure to find them.

On to paka's questions:

( What do you think is the best of all the muppet-based movies or shows? )