(no subject)

Apr 23, 2009 13:43

1. A very happy birthday to de23! I hope you have a wonderful day!!!

2. From the NY Times, friendships are good for your health!

3. My arms are still aching from carrying home the GIANT BOX of final exams that I am now trying to grade. There are SO MANY OF THEM!!!!!!!!! I've been slogging away at the grading all morning and feel I'm barely making a dent. Have I mentioned how much I haaaaaaaaate graaaaaaaaaading???

4. I finally finished and posted the Laura Roslin and Lee Adama story I've been talking about off and on for probably a couple of months now: Order of Succession. On one hand, I found it very cathartic to write, but on the other, it dredged up a lot of my disappointment in the finale all over again. There were so many opportunities that they might have taken to make things so much better than they were, and it feels like they missed every single one. Yet when I spend time poking at the themes I poked at in this fic, I do remember all the things I once loved so much about BSG.

Moreover, I feel like I have finally learned to love Lee Adama! It's bothered me for a long time that I've been so indifferent to him: in theory, I ought to adore the guy, yet there are things that just never quite connected when he was actually onscreen. I still don't know if this newfound love will translate to the screen if/when I ever rewatch (okay, I will rewatch at least some of the early stuff at some point, I'm sure; just...not yet), but I've now gotten into Lee's head, and I think I finally get him, and in the process I've found some of that love that I always thought was probably lurking around somewhere. :) Of course, the hardcore Lee fans may think I've missed him entirely...

5. I got my bike back from her spring tuneup yesterday, and she's like a whole new Toaster! It's also a reasonably lovely day today (sunny, though not as warm as I'd like), so hopefully I can get enough grading done to actually manage my first proper ride of the year. *crosses fingers*

bsg, teaching, bike

Previous post Next post
Up