So, I have a really good reason for being completely and utterly absent since early May! Yes, that’s me after getting my master’s hood. I made it. The month of May was consumed by end of semester insanity: grading, crisis handling, and moments of panic that I wouldn’t actually graduate due to my (now former) [...]
It’s that lovely time of year that makes everyone in academia do a special little dance of insanity. Classes end this coming Tuesday, and everyone’s out of their minds – myself included, of course. As my brain is currently filled to capacity, today’s post may turn out to be blathering nonsense. We shall see! Words, [...]
Yep, it’s that time again. I really think that December finals are way worse than May finals due to all the holiday/family/travel bullshit that happens simultaneously. Inspired by some fluffy bullshit ‘things to love about December’ list, I present to you: Things About December That Make Me Want to Skullfyck Santa – That overcaffeinated, jittery [...]
Continuing on from the previous post, I want to elaborate a little on my issues with the faculty as composition teachers and the Big Damn Show that was my first year meeting. I was planning to give the department a second chance this term, see if my second year got any better with one professor [...]
Of all the things that I anticipated would leave me paralyzed and motivationless at the end of the semester, the one I didn’t see coming ended up doing me in. Allergies. I hate them so hard. I’ve had them my whole life, year-round, every year, without fail. Before coming to this university, I lived in [...]
Is there anyone academically-affiliated that doesn’t hate this time of year? I see both students and professors shuffling around campus in a burned-out daze, and I’m right there with them. Everyone is stumbling around with armfuls of books, looking despondent and exhausted, hardly noticing the beautiful weather that’s finally graced us with its presence. Even [...]
So, as the end of the fall 2008 semester tried its best to grind my face into the ground, I tried my best to keep blogging. I obviously failed, as the low post count for December will show, but that isn’t to say I didn’t churn out some material. In fact, I have several text documents full [...]
I am mere hours from being (mostly) done with this god forsaken semester. I find it ironic that I’m spending this time analyzing a piece filled with church hymns. Once my oral presentation on this piece is over, I can relax considerably. Yes, I’m definitely still busy. I have a buttload of papers to grade [...]
It is the end of the semester, and I am losing my mind. That is all.
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