I'm working (or trying to work, at any rate) on my Chaucer paper, and I am not optimistic. I never got any real feedback about what the professor didn't like about my midterm, and I really have no idea what he's looking for in this paper. Our instructions basically amounted to, "pick a topic, run it by me, write about it in 5-8 pages." ( Read more... )

So I went to the university pool hoping to get into the hot tub and relieve some of the tension in my shoulders, only to find that it was out of order. Then later, as I was showering off in the locker room, a small boy opened the shower curtain to stare at me. Yes, I was naked at the time. His mother scolded him and apologized, but it still ( Read more... )