I hate myself when I get these mind-numbing journals to grade. Just can't figure out how to get students to read for real comprehension and analysis without them. Note to self--at least cut down the number from all readings to key readings. ::sigh::

The bright side of the day was upcoming opportunity to cross-train. I've wanted to learn on-the- ( Read more... )

OK, so after a sucky yesterday, I've decided I'm not going to the memorial in West Hollywood. Today I got feedback on the roundtable two friends and I propose to hold at the International Foundation for Gender Education conference held in Tucson this April. I turned in our proposal and emailed two of the organizers with an explanation for why it ( Read more... )

One of the Califia Community women I interviewed called me this week to ask me to contact other women to make sure they knew that Yolanda Retter had died and that the memorial service will be 1pm Sept. 29th at the West Hollywood MCC. I spend a couple days fretting over what to say if I only got an answering machine. If I just asked them to call me ( Read more... )

Today I finally got my scanner working (talking to the computer) and finished power points for the first 2 weeks of classes. Now I can go with a clear conscience 1) to dinner with J. and her mom tonight and meet J's girlfriend's mother afterward, 2) to Shreveport on the 21st in order to help my aunt, and 3) to Gender Odyssey in Seattle on the 31st ( Read more... )

I think thanks to Spybot freeware (thus thanks to mastroscara, blue_braces, and leoshan) and patience with troubles restarting, the computer is now in good shape ( Read more... )

Lowes is picking up on the contemporary smaill-ish house movement and the history of inexpensive kit houses with their hurricane-resistant "Katrina Cottage" series. They have styles from 544sqft to over 1807sqft and are designed to be contstructed in 6+ weeks. They would cost over $20,000 in materials (bought from Lowes to get the $700 cost of the ( Read more... )

Today my ceiling got patched and painted, so this evening I putt the dining furniture back and hung my art in the dining/living room. By shuffling around the boxes that will go to campus, I have a completed living space in that room. Woohoo! My bedroom is almost done (except for boxes and a desire for some low storage) with a bed on platform frame ( Read more... )

The defense Q&A went really well. I'll let the student tell his own story, but I enjoyed interacting with colleagues and him ( Read more... )

I'm totally ready for tomorrow--put in a good, serious day of work with my old puppy asleep at my feet.

As far as I can tell, the only things I need to do before moving are:

• a last day as UA prof at defense & changing a grade ( giving blue_braces the onion in temporal connection with defense)
  
• remind the maintenance guy about my Thursday move-out ( Read more... )

1. My car has a clean bill of health. I took it in this morning and got everything addressed. It was extra sweet that my mechanic both said I could call him from Texas for diagnoses to prevent other mechanics from cheating me and called me "man." I will seriously miss this mechanic not only for his skills but for his mensch-ness ( Read more... )