In Theaters
The King's Speech - Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
Red Riding Hood - Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Julie Christie
Paul - Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig
Potiche - Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrëche
Black Death ( Read more... )

Apparently there's a nasty head cold and a stomach virus going around. I had the dubious pleasure of getting hit with the latter on the tail end of the G rrl's Movie Nite with yours truly and my BFF sexyscholar . We get back to her and fmh 's house just in time for me to get incredibly tired and unable to stay warm. I missed all the movies for bad movie nite ( ( Read more... )

I am notorious for my inability to maintain habits overlong periods of time. I can go for months maintaining a given task, but let a few times go by without engaging in it, and I fall off. Would that addiction worked the same way, right? Imagine, the headaches people could avoid if it were that simple. I suppose, though, for some it could be ( Read more... )

"After our death we will meet all these people [that were] killed by the Nazis. And they ask you 'What you [were] doing after the war?' And I will tell them, 'I didn't forget you ( Read more... )

I LOVE this.

If you like Tetris and History, tune in...

Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris

Thanks, coyotegoth!!!

Have I ever truly indicated to you folks just how much I despise the pilgrims? I'm seriously thinking about no longer doing anything celebratory around Thanksgiving. I haven't thought of it as "Thanksgiving" for years, anyway.

Two more classes down. With each lecture, it seems I'm getting into my stride more. Thursday's class focused on Confucianism and Legalism, and I had someone come up to me at the end of the class and tell me they enjoyed the lecture. That's partially what it's about, getting the students to actually enjoy what they're learning. I consider it a ( Read more... )

I'm off to bed, after preparing for tomorrow's class. This will be my first real lecture. I'm feeling better at the end of today than I did yesterday, having beaten the cold into a compromise over my immune system. I've got a list of terms at the top of my lecture notes that I'm going to write down on the dry erase board for the students to copy ( Read more... )

That's one for the history books. Everything seemed to go well, though it was an intro class, discussing my policies and giving them statistics on the China of today. I didn't get a chance to discuss concepts regarding the two methods of romanization, but I plan on mentioning it tomorrow, as well as clarifying a couple of things on the syllabus ( Read more... )

My Chinese history class commences in less than eight hours. Why, do you ask, am I still up? I actually am headed to bed now for about six hours of sleep. It will have to do, since I of course cannot afford to be late. The faculty interface is being a fucker, so I've got to get to campus an hour early without fail, so I can rectify the problem ( Read more... )