You know, if they were to make an action figure of me. Because my karate chopping action would be weaksauce. So, I’ve decided to have a self-imposed lock-in this weekend. Friday-Saturday-Sunday, no leaving the house except to walk the dog. Paper is due on Thursday the 15th, so this is seriously necessary. But, I have [...]
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 [...]
Summary of the past year: Hm, this place isn’t at all what I thought it would be… I love teaching, whee! Man, I don’t get along with any of the people here. They really won’t let me work on the type of music I’m into… If it weren’t for teaching, I’d go crazy! I hate [...]
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 [...]
Some very hard-working people have inspired me to stop feeling sorry for myself and just get to work. When I talk to my grad student friends I know from other departments, they sound like I did in undergrad. They talk about how swamped with work they are, how much effort they’re putting in, but in [...]
I took this weekend to do some reading for pleasure, rather than seeing just how close I could get a match to the pages of Bakhtin’s “The Dialogic Imagination” without setting the pages on fire. I always forget how much my favorite pastime relaxes me (the reading, not the fire). It’s like a ‘reset’ button [...]
((Continued from previous entry)) After re-reading the e-mail in which my independent study bid was rejected, I’ve realized some things. What irritates me most is that he rejected my independent study request because he thinks I need to do more writing. He said: “There’s a serious writing component to the program, & for most people [...]
There’s a lot going on right now, and I don’t really know how to start writing about it all. I guess we’ll start with some basic facts. Fact One: My plea for an independent study got rejected.Fact Two: My health, both physical and mental, has seriously declined over the month of March.Fact Three: I’m going [...]
My professor and advisor from my undergrad university knew me way too well. Though I tried to play it off as a common trait of serious students, he saw through me and announced it to the class: “Registration is Megan’s favorite time of the year. It’s like Christmas!” Okay, so it used to be true. [...]
Well. That didn’t go as well as I had hoped. Remember that nice mantra I was repeating about not getting sick? Apparently my meditative powers failed me, because I spent all but two days of spring break coughing up vital organs all over the couch. There was a pretty hefty to-do list for spring break, [...]
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