Dear Creative Center of My Brain,

I realize you're highly medicated, and that the medication with which I'm medicating you is supposed to calm you down some, but would you mind coming back for awhile ( Read more... )

Just taking a moment to remind myself how much I hate Glenn Beck.

Here are one one, two, three reasons why I hate him.

So, to summarize, I hate Glenn Beck.

And to conclude, I hate Glenn Beck.

Dear Motivation ( Read more... )

If one were to glance at my interests without actually knowing me, I'd expect nothing short of a startled and slightly disturbed reaction. And if one were to glance at the communities I've joined without actually knowing my academic pursuits, I'd expect to be reported to the RCMP, who'd then give me a good red-flagging ( Read more... )

Because I've had similar papers handed in to me at the university level, generally by struggling ESL students, I love this. I don't love that ESL students often struggle, mind you, but this?

This I love.

Not that I mind or anything, but I'm pretty sure there were absolutely no lesbians in my Reading Culture class this term. A gay guy, yes. A lesbian? Nope ( Read more... )

Sent to me by a student ( Read more... )

I despise handing back exams, essays, any work by a student that I have to put a grade on. Although I try like hell to convince them that those grades are not etched upon their bodies, and should not become entwined in their identities, my words and sentiments generally fall on deaf ears. This is the academy, and within the academy, the only good ( Read more... )

violetnun, where the fuck are you?

And is it significant that I typed "violeNtnun" upon my first attempt to plug in your handle?

And have you seen The Woodsman yet?

And where the fuck is my coffee?

Huh?

Huh?

My areas of specialization, more or less: queer and gender theory; discourse theory; gothic literature and film (19th and 20th centries); horror literature and film (20th and 21st centuries); serial killers; criminology; cultural studies; Canadian lit., multiculturalism (canadian context ( Read more... )