Originally posted on Associated Content. Check it out there and leave me some feedback. Ash is the first book by new author Malinda Lo, a retelling of the Cinderella story with the dark influence of Celtic faerie mythology and several new twists. Aisling, called Ash for short, is the Cinderella analogue of the story, and [...]
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 [...]
It’s very rare that a meeting with my advisor results in me feeling less stressed. Yesterday, this miraculous event took place. Unfortunately, it was because the lead up to the meeting had driven me well and truly insane to the point of being non-functional as a human being – so really, nowhere else to go [...]
Yes, crickets chirping, tumbleweed…tumbling, I know, I know. I got all angry and fired up and ready to start posting again…then failed utterly. Really, though, I have a good excuse! I promise! Now that things are getting somewhat slightly better and I don’t have a fiery sun of pent up rage about school burning within [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
So often the wisdom of the world is expressed through targeted snarkiness. ((Click to enlarge – will take you to the Socks and Barney site)) The application to academia is obvious, I hope. This comic summarizes one of the biggest problems I have with academic writing. The way I see it, the point of research [...]
This was previously posted in a more private blog on December 17th, 2008. I give you this, because the topic has come back to bite me in the ass…again: “A note to all of my friends either currently in academia or heading that way in the future: Never submit an abstract and bibliography to a [...]
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