Context: reviewing responses to a student needs assessment survey.

Question: "To better meet your needs, tell us how student services at (University) can be improved."

Answer: "More cowbell."

I'm wondering if this is the same kid who suggested offering beer pong at orientation.

Dear Federal Government:

If you ask a stupid question, please be prepared to receive a very, very complete answer.  I hope you enjoy the entire 58 pages of our most recent audited financial report as evidence that we do, indeed, have the funds to pay our professor.

By the way, the university has been around since 1836; is ranked in the top 20 by U. ( Read more... )

I am so behind on reading journals.  I'll catch up soon, I promise ( Read more... )

I've taken to measuring how crap my day is by the size of the pile of Tootsie Roll wrappers on my desk.

Apparently, today I'm lucky not to be in a sugar coma.

• Today has been full of "I wish I had vodka in my water bottle" meetings.  I love my coworkers, but some of them really need to learn when to zip it.
• Tylenol doesn't work worth shit.
• Pandora is finally getting one of my stations down just the way I like it.  Yay!
• The ultrasound today sucked.  We're starting over again in a few weeks with a higher dose ( Read more... )

I'm reviewing web content again and remembering exactly why I didn't become a copy editor.  ::headdesk::  I'm posting because I need a break or I will rewrite the content completely, and it will probably not be what the original authors intended:

( Dear Student: )

So, the training I was working on for today?  That I stayed up till 2 AM trying to finish?   Yeah, one of the key people who needed to be there is out sick today, so I just rescheduled it for the 25th.

I'll be under my desk taking a nap.

I will never cease to be incredibly amused by some of the questions on the I-485 (application to adjust status to permanent resident):

• "Do you intend to engage in espionage in the United States?" Yes.  Wait, I mean no.  Also, I flunked out of spy school.
• "Have you ever engaged in, conspired to engage in, or do you intend to engage in, or have you ( Read more... )

I'm currently editing content for our website. The section I'm working on is directed at students, mostly undergrads for whom English is not their first language.

This is the kind of fun I am getting to deal with:

Before:
"Applications for change of status from B-1 or B-2 to F-1 made by persons who have either already applied to US schools from ( Read more... )

Work has me so stressed right now that I could just cry ( Read more... )