I survived.
But I may not survive the deadlines of the next two weeks....
I'll be back some other month!

Looks like we may not be leaving today at all- roads are still closed, might open 3:30 or later-- just in time for the dark and ice. So no GRE for me tomorrow. Luckily, it seems they can reschedule for Thursday or Saturday.

Remind me to never ever get stranded without cell phones and internet. Makes life much more strandable... or perhaps less

I had too much luck driving back to Kansas on Tuesday-- they closed I-70 for the last 12 miles of Kansas-- and it's clear in Colorado they say. While we waiting in Colby for the blizzard to pass, they went ahead and closed another 30 miles of Kansas stranding us here. We came on over to the closest motel where I was told that every room in Colby ( Read more... )

Here I am, doing this damn college application business all over again. They would chuck their due dates right among my final paper deadlines wouldn't they? That's the extra challenge ( Read more... )

I could use the money. So I've just taken a phone questionnaire about a medical trial for some medication and alcohol. I'm not eligible for their study and... I'm really glad that I can't do it. Something really disturbs me about the idea of selling my passive body (or possibly my health) for experimentation. They would've had me take a ( Read more... )

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The best thing about living in the student barrio is the Frutas Y Verduras man. I'm ashamed to say that for nine months, four times a week, I glanced at him, smiled at the incongruity of his big blue van tootling around yuppified Boulder, emblazoned with a handpainted "FRUTAS Y VERDURAS" sagging in its painted banner above huge painted frutas y ( Read more... )

I wore one flower in my hair, I bought an oimatsu waributa (that is, a shmancy tea thing) in Japantown, I read my paper and it was received well by Sue-Ellen Case who asked me to look into UCLA's program, I went to museums and drank coffee and K's roommate bought me a thrift store dress (!!) and walked and walked and walked and bought new boots and ( Read more... )

ATHE conference begins tomorrow. I present my paper, "Performers in the Audience: THe Boulton and Park Trial of 1871" on Saturday. I worked reception for six hours today to earn my $125 student enrollment fee for the conference. I found out that Sue Ellen Case is the respondent to my panel and... good god damn! That's serious. I heard bad ( Read more... )