I'm finished with grading and teaching, but the other teacher and one of my students are delaying the actual handing in of the grades. Whatever ( Read more... )

We start moving on June 20. That's when we go to Georgia and pick up the car.

Our destination has changed to Seattle, which means we will know people when we get there.

Everything else is the busy madness of a last semester in this city traveling too much every day.

I'm writing to complain. I've been trying to win a free soymilk machine for the past several years. I believe I began entering your contest once a month in 2006 sometime. While I am disappointed I still have not won, I'm extremely frustrated that it's the 13th of the month and you still haven't updated your monthly winner. This is happening more ( Read more... )

Being rejected in a friendly, it's good, but I chose this other thing instead manner or just being outright rejected with no pleasantries. I'm not sure. I'm telling myself they're both fine. This week I've had two of the friendly sort. Two in one week. *sigh*

I'm setting up a database to start submitting to magazines. I have maybe four stories ( Read more... )

The Great Gatsby felt just as much like a waste of time at the end as it did at the beginning.

Also, I'm on killer anti-biotics that give me killer pimples. Killer.

My mom's coming to town soon. Ever since mid January she's been stuck at home listening to her husband tell her she's going to leave him when she comes to New York. He actually changed ( Read more... )

Also, South Africa has denied the Dali Lama a visa. Huh. Maybe the world's doing worse than I thought.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-24-voa24.cfm

I just finished The Watchmen. It's heartbreaking what a fucking amazing writer Alan Moore is. I mean, I refused to read it years ago because I just don't normally care about action comics. They're funny, they waste time, but they're not something I want to sit around reading forever. Well, Al finally convinced me to read it and now I'm sad I didn't ( Read more... )

I have complete mixed feelings about The Old Man and the Sea. There are beautiful moments, but it's written like it's supposed to be a passable translation and I'm just generally irritated by it.

Also, finally got around to Maus II and I nearly cried in the coffee shop. Such good questions with only partial answers.

Hopefully, I'll get the last six ( Read more... )

Can I skip the next three months of my life?

MY PAPERS ARE ALL GRADED ( Read more... )