I know I don't use this thing that much. Some part of me rebels against it. But sometimes it's difficult to deal with everything in your own head. I need to see it on paper. I need to tangle with it in ink ( Read more... )

It's paper time again and I am so worn out.  I'm all worried about the paper but it's too late to do anything now except proceed.  I have the material, I have the argument, and I have until Thursday evening to make it all work.  God help me to get this done well.  There's so much to talk about, so much to try to get in, and what's worse is that I ( Read more... )

I am currently embroiled in writing a paper for the class I am taking. The paper is due Tuesday evening, and it is not half done yet. I would full-out panic if I had the energy, but after a grueling day of hot temperatures I don't ( Read more... )

It's been a long day for me, and is shaping up to be a very long week.  After teaching, holding office hours, doing a presentation, and watching Hiroshima Mon Amour in class (and actually liking it very much), I am bushed.

Nonetheless, I cross-posted some things about my vacation to New Haven CT and New York, for those of you who need stuff to read.

I got to talking with one of my fellow TAs today. It turns out that we've had one class together in the past, but we haven't really talked before today. She told me that she remembered me from that class because, during a group project we had to do, someone in my group was mad about me. She said that they said I was a bitch, although it's been so ( Read more... )

I got my grades today and they were double A's, which made me dance around for a while. But now that I have wearied of dancing, I can actually get back to thinking ( Read more... )

In my current class on Victorian Sexualities and Textualities, each of us has to do a presentation on one of the works we're all supposed to read, or on a topic related to those works. This is meant to give us more exposure to the material and a deeper understanding of what's being read. In the case of a few works, it will also serve to fill in ( Read more... )

I have two annotated bibliographies due in the next week and a half. I am still gathering sources, which I then have to glance through and distill for the bibliographies. I have a whole stack of books I grabbed yesterday from the library, and I may grab another stack tomorrow. Right now would be an ideal time to begin the overview process, ( Read more... )

So my first paper of the quarter came back tonight with a grade on it. Since it was the first paper I've done in about seven months, I was of course nervous about it and I really went out of my way to make it more than minimum. Instead of simply reviewing one journal, for instance, I did two, compared, contrasted, and then used them for my ( Read more... )

I was very ready for this to be a Friday, and for the work day to end. Everything has been very busy at work, with deadlines coming up and a whole bunch of people calling in to ask questions. I don't usually get calls. But considering I am working less hours and getting just as much done, I can't be doing too badly ( Read more... )