I was so miserably unproductive today... oops. Oh well. I worked about 8 hours yesterday and worked hard all week prior to today, so I think a day off is okay. It was definitely needed. I did get my lesson planning done, at least. Tomorrow I'll start the Germany case study, and then maybe read an article or two for either 733 or 750, although ( Read more... )

Snow and ice here today-- mostly ice. We didn't get any snow or ice last year, and then so far this year we had stuff last Thursday/Friday (mini snow) and then today. They actually canceled all afternoon classes at the university and the public schools let out early, too, which was a smart move, I think, because it got pretty icy. There were still ( Read more... )

I want it to be October 30 so Hands of Glory would be out already! Can't wait. Too impatient. And how is Saturday almost over? I need more weekend!

Yes, that's me being whiny and absolutely not constructive or productive or engaged in any practical endeavor whatsoever. In an attempt to remedy that, I'm going to go read my 891 homework. Tried to ( Read more... )

If I could live inside Andrew Bird's music, I totally would. The concert was AMAZING. And I almost died driving home from it, which was scary. That about sums up my weekend. I'll write more on the concert at some point, because I do want a detailed account of my experience written down somewhere, but for now I'll just tell you guys my scary driving ( Read more... )

My pinkie finger isn't the least bit numb anymore! At least most of the time. :P

I also contributed my first comment in working group tonight. I'm so proud of myself. I didn't get laughed out of the room or anything, either. Yaaaay. And the post-discussion mingling was good b/c I talked to two people in my cohort, and the working group discussion ( Read more... )

Oh. My. Heavens. There are videos of David Tennant reading children's books as bedtime stories on youtube! How did I not know this before? And he does different voices for all the characters, too! It really, really bothers me when people read children's books and don't do the voices or screw up the inflections. I'm very relieved he read it so well ( Read more... )

I don't think I'm going to make it through grad school without Tylenol. I give myself headches all. the. time. I had one that lasted upwards of 4 hours today, yay me! I need to try that breathing thing next time.

Watched Doctor Who's "Father's Day" episode tonight, and I cried. I don't know why I love this show so much when it is so frequently ( Read more... )

Well, I've been semi-productive today-- got all my IPE reading done + outlined it all. Woo hoo. Happy hour is at 7, and I don't want to go, but I need to meet the new people and not appear antisocial and I already told Lindsay I'd walk with her so I'm stuck. (Wait, didn't I tell myself I wasn't going to go to things this year just to not appear ( Read more... )

Andrew Bird tomorrow!!! Love love love.

And Max grinned at me today when I came to pick him up. That's always a good sign for a babysitter!

Had dinner with Jaydeep. What a fun guy. We talked for two hours again! Of course, we hadn't seen each other in like 6 or 7 months, but we didn't even really try to catch up that much... we just talked about ( Read more... )

I found someone to go to the July Andrew Bird concert with me! I'm super excited b/c she is also an Andrew Bird fan (newly converted, but that's fine by me) and a very dear friend of mine, so it will be fun in all the ways a concert should be. This one is an outdoor concert, so I'm slightly concerned about the weather factor (I feel like it rains ( Read more... )