My sister was supposed to visit this weekend and I have to admit I wasn't really looking forward to it. Houseguests make me tense, unless they're my friends (like the lovely cranberryink and lotusmoppet who came to visit last month). Her husband and 2-year old son were coming, and I was pretty certain I was in for a weekend of being judged - from ( Read more... )

Okay. I was reading an article on Slate.com about the viral video two girls one cup. All it showed was reaction videos and I wondered what on earth could ave shocked people so much - I assumed that there couldn't be anything too graphic on Youtube (I thought they had policies about such stuff), and then I vaguely recalled John Mayer did a parody of ( Read more... )

Hillary Clinton held a town meeting on my campus today. It was so surreal that she was there - it was announced only yesterday, though rumors had been flying - only few hundred yards from me. I didn't go to see her speak, but most of the students were there, regardless of party. How often does somebody that big just pop up in your neck of the woods ( Read more... )

I guest taught in a class today and I came to the realization that I've been worrying about teaching for nothing. The instructor I was visiting covered a topic I know well for the first half-hour and I found that there were several times when I could have gone in far more depth and given more up to date information. I didn't simply because she was ( Read more... )

Busy busy busy ( Read more... )

This has been an eventful year for me ( Read more... )

My living room is painted! And it's beautiful! And I didn't want to kill my husband by the end of it - bonus!

Merry christmas. everyone - I hope you have a wonderful time with your friends and families.

Chris has decided we will start painting today, instead of waiting until after Christmas. While I'm thrilled he's into getting it done (instead of passive-aggrssively whining about itand dragging his feet), but still, I thought we'd rather not have time pressure on this project. We're not so good with the whole home improvement thing, and I expect ( Read more... )

I'm leaving for MBTI training next Tuesday (Kentucky, here I come), have tickets to the Nutcracker next weekend, my candles will arrive in less than 2 weeks (a whole YEAR'S worth of votives! Or one 4-day power outage), selected a paint color for my living room after much back and forth, and C is applying for jobs ( Read more... )

My last day is Friday - woohoo! Well, I don't really feel like hopping up an down, because half of me is scared, but there is definitely relief that soon I won't have to do many of the things I've been dealing with all week. I just don't really know what I'm walking into, either, so I'm reserving the whooping for joy until I get started at the new ( Read more... )