I'm in such a good mood today. I feel like I made good progress on my NaNo project last night and I woke up this morning (at 11:15, which is really late for me) feeling really good. I spent some time by the pool this afternoon, watched an episode of Luther and then went out to pick up a couple of pies for my boss's birthday. While I was out I also ( Read more... )

First of all, yes, I woke up early to watch the royal wedding. Not too much earlier than usual -- about a half an hour -- and I only got to see William and Kate (Catherine) after they left Westminster and got into their carriage, but, gosh, the whole thing was lovely. The world has made a habit of kicking us in the teeth lately, and this wedding ( Read more... )

We watched The Truman Show in my CS class today, as part of a project on advertising and the media. I told my students that this movie was particularly interesting because, being released in 1998, it really hit before the big "reality TV craze" of the early millennium, and at the time raised some serious philosophical questions about what ( Read more... )

I don't know why, but the soundtrack to the first two seasons of House, M.D. really ramps me up for warmer weather and puts me in a good mood. The nearest I can figure, I started watching House while in my penultimate semester of college, during the spring and summer of 2006. I was at a point in my life when I was really discovering who I was and ( Read more... )

Co-workers and I went out to the Indian restaurant for lunch this afternoon and, I don't know why, but for some reason tandoori made everything seem less awful. I guess it's just knowing that we still consider one another to be members of the same team; that we all sink or swim together. Knowing that you've got someone there to wade through the ( Read more... )

I'm back in Valparaiso for the night. It's the midway point between Terre Haute and South Bend, where Todd and I will be road trippin' tomorrow to see Danny Boyle's Frankenstein at Notre Dame. I'm very excited to see the performance -- it will be livecast from the National Theater in London -- and to get some time to spend with Todd, who I feel I' ( Read more... )

silent_snark! I got your postcard! Thank you! The only thing better than getting a postcard is getting a postcard from Roswell, New Mexico. :D ( Read more... )

A lousy night of sleep progressed into, mostly, an okay day. It's week eight of a nine week term, which means that I am very nearly done with my first semester of teaching. I feel pretty good about everything at this point; I take pride in being a laid back, adaptable kind of person (an absolute necessity in this job) and I think I've been able to ( Read more... )

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I just got an e-mail from the TESOL convention people, telling me that I did not get the travel grant award I applied for back in October. It would have covered the cost of registration plus something like a grand in other extraneous expenses. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed, but some things just aren't meant to be. My parents gave me ( Read more... )