Well, there's lots I could talk about, mostly in relation to an actual wedding and such, but for now, I'm just going to talk about the flight out here ( Read more... )

A friend had free tickets to a screening at the Winspear. I have been teaching about deviant appearances (including being 'too fat' and 'too thin' ) for the past two weeks. And... it just keeps making me a little confused. To be honest, films like America the Beautiful, where the point seems to be that women have horrible self-esteem, and hate ( Read more... )

So, after sitting on our driveway for a little while (it was broken)... my mom got the car fixed today. Which really means her brother came over and put a new battery in it, but still ( Read more... )

So... I spent a pleasant evening chatting with some of Michael's friends last night - girls who have similar backgrounds, similar educations, and, by and large, similar interests to me ( Read more... )

Waking up and having my hair tumbling about my shoulders in lovely waves. It makes me smile, even if I then have to bundle all of my hair up to teach ( Read more... )

What my mom said this morning as I was walking out the door:

"Did you get your divorce papers?"

What my mother actually meant:

"I brought you a copy of Payne's On Divorce home from the office last night in preparation for your lecture on the history of divorce this morning. I left it on your desk, did you get it?"

And my students wonder why I insist ( Read more... )

So, I was recently the very happy recipient of a very special gift: My engagement ring. Yes, we're very happy, and we think, so far, that the wedding will happen sometime next summer (though I already have so many dates to avoid, looking just at members of my bridal party (their weddings, and the weddings they will be in) and my family (their ( Read more... )

The woman who will become my mother in law thinks that I am a religious nutjob. That's... certainly interesting ( Read more... )

So, I was at a friend's house for dinner last night. Jenny's a teacher. Her mom and her mom's partner were over too, and they're both teachers too ( Read more... )

So. I have a little bit of time, being as this bus ride is going to take me about another hour. (I'm quite pleased with on-board wireless.... if you have to travel to Calgary, Red Arrow = awesome.) I'm not promising this will be terribly coherent, but this is 'stuff I've been thinking about ( Read more... )