1) I just realized that I never posted about the Glee finale or the season as a whole. And, in fact, I have other people's posts about the finale open in browser tabs, still unread. Um. Apparently May got away from me? And June is not looking much better. Sometimes I miss my slacker youth ( Read more... )

You guys, I am not at home! I am not doing work! I am not freaking out about not doing work! I am visiting
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For reasons that do not need exploring at this juncture, I am going to be in Boston next Wednesday afternoon/evening. Anybody wanna go for dinner or drinks or something? I will be staying in a hotel by the airport, but am willing to navigate public transit if I get tasty food as a reward.

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1. Peter Mulvey, Jeff Foucault, and Kris Delmhorst = my musical OT3 forever. ♥

2. Watching truepenny's riding lessons is really interesting, even for someone as not-into-horses as I am. It's even more fun when June The Barn Cat naps in my lap the whole time. (Kitty!)

3. I miss truepenny and mirrorthaw. We lived practically in each other's pockets for so long that we got ( Read more... )

I am safely home from my peregrinations, having done my part to support the midwest's independent purveyors of books, music, food, and wine. I had lunch with my favorite former boss and dinner with two favorite former students. I watched truepenny work on posting and sitting trot and met June the Barn Kitten. I made truepenny and mirrorthaw watch Castle and Sherlock. I read a ( Read more... )

I'm home at last, a day later than expected, and I am here to tell you: friends are awesome.

My train into not-exactly-Madison was delayed last week, which meant I showed up late and on a bus; truepenny and mirrorthaw not only waited patiently for me, they took me to my favorite used bookstore immediately afterwards, which effectively wiped all travel trauma from my ( Read more... )

Last week was my spring break; I spent it in California, staying with assorted friends both fannish and non-, and had a lovely time. Some high points relevant to the normal contents of this LJ:

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So! I survived my Travel Days of Doom. I got to see my friend D., which was unexpected and made a nice break in the second Travel Day of Doom. My presentation went pretty well. I've had a great time rooming with steph_aniek; we talked about teaching and about music (trying to explain chords and timbre to someone who's deaf! weird, but cool!), and we ate some ( Read more... )

I especially hate traveling when things go wrong and my flight gets delayed and I end up missing the connecting flight I was assured I'd have no problem catching ( Read more... )

Between my campus interviews and an upcoming conference presentation on Buffy, I am going to be away from home and/or traveling for 13 of the next 21 days. That's 62%, for the statistically-minded among you. As a confirmed homebody, I find these numbers exhausting merely to contemplate ( Read more... )