There are a million things I need to do right now and yet here I am posting here to vent. I'm having great difficulty balancing teaching, being a grad student, having a Master's Project, trying to pass the French test so I can graduate, and applying for jobs all at the same time. Its like each one of these things takes different brain muscles and ( Read more... )

It is early to think about such things since I have to wait until May, but when you're buried in mountains of never-ending work, you need motivation to keep going. I'm getting tired of saying, "Oh, I can't do that right now or I'll have to wait to read that until I graduate" and wondering if I actually will. So hopefully I will use this list as a ( Read more... )

Since nobody (and I mean nobody) uses Livejournal anymore, if I want anybody to read what I write, I have to post it here on FB. I'm not sure how many people will read the inane details of my life anyway, but I won't be updating my blog that often so I promise I won't clog your feeds and keep you from more important updates like Youtube videos ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've written something in a public journal but here goes. I don't know why exactly I want to post something that would be very controversial in some circles, but if nothing else I feel this is honest, intellectual, and from the heart. So here goes. I am transfixed by what has been going on in Libya. I love Gaddafi and I ( Read more... )

I've had quite a day and I think I'll retell it from the beginning. Monday's are always really long days for me. I'm at school from 9 something till nearly 6:00. Today was further complicated by needing to schedule my classes for next semester and falling asleep after my alarm went off. Thankfully, I only slept 20 minutes more and was able to ( Read more... )

I'm FINALLY back with another update. Things have been quite hectic and I'm really happy to have enough time (or just to be making some time) to update. In general, school has been going well. I'm doing really well in my hardest class (go figure) and not nearly as well as I would like in my "Intro to Grad Studies" class. I have been making slow ( Read more... )

Hey. How are ya? It's been a while! Well as the vague title suggests, I survived my birthday, but only just. In all seriousness, a lot of people made sure it was a special day which I greatly appreciate. Whether it was old friends from Ohio or new friends at K-State, I really do appreciate the birthday wishes and even small gifts! If you're ( Read more... )

Alright, I wanted to get around to this, but have been busy as you probably know. In the little time I've had to myself I have been hopelessly addicted to Starcraft 2. Eric bought it for me which I still don't know how I feel about that, but I was excited to play it. I've always loved Blizzard's RTS games from Warcraft 2 and up. They're really ( Read more... )

I'm not sure how well known the term "Posi" is outside of Hardcore music, but I hope to illuminate it and explain how staying Posi has benefited me over the last week or so. To briefly sum up, I've been having the same sleeping problems as before and I've really been pretty tired the past two weeks. It's not just the actual work of grad school, ( Read more... )

I have a million things to do and yet here I am updating this Livejournal. Funnily enough, I've realized that people think I'm actually posting these notes on Facebook which really drives home how dead Livejournal really is ( Read more... )