tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38418702011-09-17T07:43:47.550-04:00words my censor missedtotal nonsense from a girl who ought to know better
katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.comBlogger5771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-12613909546302614722010-04-29T15:00:00.001-04:002010-04-29T15:03:08.859-04:00Three Steps Past ExhaustionThat's where I'm living this week. And most of the other folks around here are in the same boat.Came to work today only to finally be able to meet with my boss - she's cancelled 4 meetings in the last 2 weeks and I really need some answers that only she can give.While I was on my way over to her office, her admin called to cancel.I don't remember the last time I cried katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-2904969862729309002010-04-22T09:55:00.002-04:002010-04-22T10:02:06.750-04:00Twice in one monthIt's a bloomin' miracle.So... we're in the throes of teething. Some night are good, some are a waking nightmare of fussiness - made all the more shocking because she's usually such a happy, mellow baby. But as of yesterday we are now equipped with baby orajel and baby motrin in case of emergency. I'm about to leave this evening for a 2 night conference in New Hampshire, katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-62169051819400028722010-04-01T12:16:00.002-04:002010-04-01T12:25:08.226-04:00Regular Posting to ResumeI have seen the error of my ways. I will hereforth desist in posting lengthy updates on the Dooce Community and Facebook and Ravelry, and will instead attend faithfully to this long neglected Blog.Yeah, sorry, I can't continue with that, even if it is April Fool's. Heh heh.Here's the short version of life:Work has gotten a lot crazier lately in a "be careful what you katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-19142874051363384762010-01-11T09:30:00.002-05:002010-01-11T09:37:20.577-05:00Happy New YearYeah, so I'm running about 2 weeks behind on everything. We just mailed out the last of the Christmas presents this morning. And yes, that's more than two weeks behind, but what can I say? We're blaming it all on Zoe this year. And probably for the next couple years as well.She's cute enough to deflect irritation.Still haven't gotten back into the writing groove - probably has katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-19764751212688859572009-11-03T10:37:00.002-05:002009-11-03T10:44:01.559-05:00She lives!Apparently pregnancy completely deletes my creative writing inclinations and abilities. Zoe Jeanne was born October 9, 2009... and is currently sleeping in her bassinet at my side. Other than work-related reports and a few posts on Ravelry.com, I haven't written a thing since April. This will also be the first year I'm not even starting NaNo, though I am on maternity leave until katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-91777745866353848912009-04-30T10:33:00.003-04:002009-04-30T10:38:59.256-04:00Two months later...Yeah, I dunno what happened to March and most of (okay, all of) April either.I'm still here, still ticking along. Signed up for another week-long travel event at the end on June - but it's for a workshop I really wanted to attend, and it is only one trip, not four all squished together. It should be fine, I'm sure.And if not, at least it will be interesting.Also, it will be katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-59494754013527489902009-02-20T14:38:00.004-05:002009-02-20T14:47:38.919-05:00February Shmebruary, and a note to male studentsSo I'm still not really back in the habit of regular posting yet. Who knows if I ever will be. I had a five day travel to Florida for a conference experience, quickly followed by rehearsals and then a performance of the Vagina Monologues, then poker night. By the time we got home on Friday the 13th, I was shaking so bad I was just about literallykatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-70673443208279994422009-01-27T11:22:00.002-05:002009-01-27T11:28:58.987-05:00Bawk bawkSometimes I forget that seemingly normal people often have deep wells of The Crazy hiding inside. And I've been trying to limit my consumption of The Crazy, so...I waited until said coworker was occupied and spoke directly to the student organizer. "Hey, I was just browsing the website last night and, gosh, I think the rules must have changed since X last checked them, because..."Wimpykatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-12704129043501160282009-01-26T17:35:00.002-05:002009-01-26T17:38:11.956-05:00Pants on FireOr maybe not...I think I just caught a coworker in a blatent lie that affects another former coworker.But maybe she just has poor reading comprehension?What to do, what to do?Would feel better if I didn't suspect confrontation will end badly for me.Don't want her to think I was checking up on her, even though I totally was.Maybe I will wait a day and mention the "updated" rules to katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-10531944483668491842009-01-22T14:11:00.003-05:002009-01-22T14:46:16.899-05:00Milovan Loves YouIn fact, I think Milovan loved just about everyone except his "wife, that bitch." I met Milovan when I worked at the large, downtown hotel in Salt Lake City. I was one of the guest services managers, and he was one of the bellmen, and I have to say that I never did quite get a handle on him.What I know is this. He grew up in Croatia, got married there, had a daughter. During katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-76572337863738996632008-07-30T11:51:00.003-04:002008-07-30T15:29:29.197-04:00GlennI realized the only way I'm going to actually write these things that I want to write is to not worry about any sort of order and just throw them out as they occur to me. So, Glenn.I moved to Grand Canyon, Arizona in May 1999. I moved there because I no longer wanted to live in Pittsburgh near my parents. Also, I fell deeply deeply in love with the Southwest United States on a family road katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-58227256055782302582008-06-10T10:32:00.001-04:002008-06-10T10:40:40.979-04:00InterludeI'm strangely proud of this one:17As a 1930s wife, I amVery Poor (Failure)Take the test!78As a 1930s husband, I amVery SuperiorTake the test!Not that I needed this quiz to tell me any of that. Heh.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-28048050860809234192008-05-02T16:24:00.003-04:002008-05-12T10:23:03.581-04:00MikeyYeah, I don't know what happened to April, either.So... moving on.I worked with Mike at the grill in our college dining services. He was a full-timer, I worked about 10 hours a week as a freshman, and later closer to 20 hours a week as the student area manager my senior year.Mike was a little nutty - suffered from major depressive issues - had been a roadie with different bands in the 80s katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-5978543526341431112008-03-20T10:10:00.002-04:002008-03-20T10:30:00.811-04:00RuthWe'll start relatively early I suppose, with a person I met in the summer of 1993.That summer I finished my second year of CIT (Counselor-in-training) at Camp Henry Kaufmann in Ligoneer, PA (not far from Johnstown). The camp has since been sold out of the Council because it was too big, too old, and in need of too much repair for the Council to maintain. Plus, before the rezoning, it was katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-81767843628565661572008-03-02T09:10:00.002-05:002008-03-02T09:19:59.473-05:00OopsI lost track of the date.So.All's well with my dad - his doctor and therapy crew keep yelling at him to slow down and not puch himself so hard. He's still got some weakness in his right hand and he says his signature might never be the same, but other than that, he seems to be doing pretty well. Driving my mother batty, in any case, so that seems about back to normal.I survived February katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-83603938220452952262008-02-20T14:27:00.002-05:002008-02-20T14:27:57.512-05:00AlmostRegular blogging to resume March 1st.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-57216274944597825822008-01-18T15:38:00.001-05:002008-01-18T15:39:38.613-05:00pingYes, still alive. Remaining on hiatus for now... I still cruise all my links though, so I am "around" if not active.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-20462047516103854582007-12-18T12:53:00.000-05:002007-12-18T12:55:58.521-05:00Baby-in-lawMy father-in-law and his wife just welcomed baby Lily into the world on Saturday. Good timing! A day later and there would have been some really interesting driving conditions on the way to the birthing center.Next week we'll be heading down to Jersey to scope out the newest addition to the family. Apparently she is "pretty cute" according to her dad.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-21586026137873873272007-12-11T08:20:00.000-05:002007-12-11T08:27:38.474-05:00Bombs AwayI got to talk to my dad last night. He's doing a lot better - much more coherent than when I spoke to him on Saturday (they think the stroke started about the time I called). He estimates that his right leg is operating at about 90% of the norm, but his right arm and hand are giving him trouble. He claims they're only 50% operational, but mom says he's exaggerating. The most katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-62530317546995245482007-12-10T08:47:00.000-05:002007-12-10T08:50:43.894-05:00Mostly well?So Dad had a minor stroke on Saturday evening, but they caught it quickly and were able to give him whatever drugs they have that are supposed to prevent longterm damage. He's got some weakness in his right arm, but is doing much better, apparently.Mom keeps telling us all not to worry, not to try to come in, but what I think she fails to get is that we wouldn't be coming to keep Dadkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-29821272063352846762007-12-06T09:25:00.001-05:002007-12-06T09:30:19.740-05:00All's wellDad finally went in for his bypass surgery - double bypass instead of the single that we expected - but he's doing well and will soon be driving all the nurses in the cardiac care unit completely insane. Mom is hoping they keep him in until Tuesday, but Dad want to be home for his birthday... He turns 70 on Saturday. Knowing my dad, he'll be home sooner rather than later.In katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-40353082060413178732007-11-26T12:49:00.000-05:002007-11-26T13:00:34.252-05:00Disney whooped my assWent to Disney with my family - Jay, the parents, brother, 2 sisters, niece. 8 people in two rooms. Crowded, but mostly good. Disney designs the rooms so you don't really want to spend much time in them anyway. The better to spend money elsewhere in the parks, of course...Magic Kingdom was lame as usual - could have skipped it happily. MGM isn't my favorite either - but katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-18276927486944291342007-11-13T15:56:00.000-05:002007-11-13T16:00:08.791-05:0061 months and countingSo.Drive-by posting ahead:Been doing this blog for much longer than I ever anticipated.Still have lots to say.Some might even be interesting.Putting a lot of my creative energy into work these days.Still no Internet at home.But many good intentions and things to write about.Might pick up again sometime soon.Probably going to be quiet until we ransom our souls to the katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-88245428554766290302007-11-08T08:55:00.000-05:002007-11-08T08:58:37.858-05:00Busy being appalledTrying to formulate a reasonable response. Just not sure there is one...Seen on a student's facebook page: "I'd never hit a woman, but I'd smack a bitch."Seen in my alma mater's student paper: "Feminists need to choose: chivalry or equality."katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-35997599970324523272007-10-30T08:32:00.000-04:002007-10-30T08:43:53.483-04:00Lame. Weak.Okay, so the title is actually a quote from one of my favorite South Park episodes, but it's also rather apt for the blog recently, non?Last week was a little crazy - lots of 12 hour days at the office... the Board of Trustees came to visit and I had to help present on "Student Success Strategies". Went pretty well, I think. It was also the last week that students were able to drop katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-8628647976153959452007-10-19T13:30:00.000-04:002007-10-19T13:40:28.004-04:00More blatherI know, I know. I'm tragically boring lately. So sue me.I've decided that the one major benefit of not having a lot of furniture is not having to move it when painting and prying things off the walls.Now if only I could find more time to work on my little projects around the house. This full time job thing really gets in the way. However, next weekend will be my last Saturday at katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-41690290694086037732007-10-09T09:46:00.000-04:002007-10-09T10:07:32.628-04:00Gimping alongIt's been a busy week. Of course, that might be obvious from the total lack of posting here...I have finally seen all but about five of the students I'm supposed to be monitoring. I'm still monitoring them, of course, just not firsthand. But the things I hear... oy vey.I stained the two windowpane end tables I bought from a local guy via Craigslist. We don't actually have a localkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-26542568169271967682007-10-01T15:14:00.001-04:002007-10-01T15:19:03.203-04:00No ShockFinally got the deposit back from ye olde landlady. Of course, she told me that despite our previous understanding, she was keeping the 2nd half of the month's rent because her new tenants weren't able to move in right away like she thought they would be. (And this is our problem because...?) But frankly, I'm so happy to be done with her (Except for the fact that we work together... katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-68447123282468069822007-09-27T14:06:00.000-04:002007-09-27T14:08:48.075-04:00And anotherFrom the other side. You can see the really awesome northwest facing windows in the sunroom (the vertical windows) and in the kitchen and living room (the horizontal windows). Also, you can see a little of the garage/workshop in the back beyond the kayaks. The garage was originally located on the giant concrete slab closer to the house, but the previous owners has to move it becausekatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-45106479806403483502007-09-26T18:10:00.000-04:002007-09-26T18:14:31.951-04:00Trickle trickle trickleJay put some photos up on his Facebook page, so if you're on there, you can probably see the whole set. Of course, most of the pictures that he took are of the outside of the house and property, because that's what makes him happiest. Here's one that actually shows the house:katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-10720404208533059222007-09-19T10:55:00.000-04:002007-09-19T10:57:32.687-04:00TeasersView from the back deck:Our kitchen:More later - these are just the two that Jay emailed to me from the pics he took last night.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-29800992252617162642007-09-17T16:08:00.000-04:002007-09-17T16:23:36.428-04:00Why there still are no picturesFriday I left the campus retreat at 1:30 to sign papers. At 2:45 we picked up the UHaul (I hate U-Haul - they relocated the 17 foot truck we were supposed to have, leaving us with a ten foot truck... argh). Jay took that home, and I went back to school to work until 5:30. When I got home, I found that Jay had recruited a student to assist in loading the truck, katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-53181081301228395182007-09-14T20:38:00.000-04:002007-09-14T20:40:27.134-04:00The house - it is oursNow for the chaos of moving.Will update with a real post on Monday. From work. No more home internet access for awhile.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-16055902734372883602007-09-05T09:27:00.000-04:002007-09-05T14:34:40.021-04:00The funniest thing I've done in a long timeLast weekend we were over in New Hampshire for a friend's wedding - one of the old Utah horde who now lives in New England. A couple people we were hoping to see were there, including some friends who used to live 2 blocks from us in Salt Lake. Their oldest son is now 4, and they have an 8 month old baby boy now, too. Oldest son (OS) is one of those katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-61906667892297146052007-08-27T09:49:00.000-04:002007-08-27T09:55:51.348-04:00Yet another mini-updateFinancing approved! We're now chained to a $150K, 30 year, 6% mortgage... or we will be officially next month. Just have to wait for the sellers to finish up the few repairs and inspections that we requested, and we'll be good to go.I am really looking forward to having enough space for my books and my knitting stuff. Right now I live with stacked bags of yarn and katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-61163848330991742882007-08-21T14:52:00.001-04:002007-08-21T14:58:21.616-04:00SickoHeadcold just in time for my first day of work yesterday. So far, so good. Still in the set up phase, and it's hard to be productive when you're blowing your sore red nose every five minutes. Mostly I'm reading all the information I need to be familiar with ASAP. Also signed up for Facebook. (Yes, finally! My sisters have been on me to do that for awhile.) So if I had an email addy katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-84328749155496318412007-08-17T11:22:00.000-04:002007-08-17T11:27:26.046-04:00A few more tidbitsInspection went very well. I highly recommend buying from a builder who doesn't like to be cold. Foundation solid, insulation good, no water damage, good electrical. The hot water heater and the furnace will need to replaced sooner rather than later, but we were expecting that. Mostly needs some cosmetic work - scraping, painting, caulking - deck needs to be bolted in on onekatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-3162979772373045722007-08-11T10:33:00.000-04:002007-08-11T10:47:27.395-04:00MeepHome inspection scheduled for Wednesday. If that goes well, appraisal will be Friday.I start the new job on August 20th. I will still be working at the LYS (that's Local Yarn Shop for you non-knitters) every other Saturday and teaching the occasional sock or lace class.As for the job, I don't want to post too many details here, but it's basically a guidance counselor-type coach and katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-14354537248145457912007-08-08T17:50:00.000-04:002007-08-08T17:51:20.426-04:00Yay!Got the job!Details to follow. I'm so completely strung out right now.Gah.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-40010305041949751742007-08-08T15:23:00.000-04:002007-08-08T15:30:20.721-04:00Made PeaceCame home to find another note from the LL - profuse apologies and telling us she'd like to come to an arrangement with us. I went over to talk with her because I desperately needed to not feel all stressed out all the time. Again, big apologies from her, hugs, congratulations on the house, encouraged me to stay until our closing (Sept 14th!) and offered to help us move when the time katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-62646009108235683052007-08-08T09:07:00.000-04:002007-08-08T09:12:07.495-04:00Checking InWe came to an agreement on price with the sellers. Going to sign papers in a minute.We also found an alternate place to live for September. Now we just need to get a house inspection and clear things through the bank. We were pre-qualified for $5000 less than we're going to need, but I don't imagine that $5K will be a huge stumbling block. Will post more as it happens.(I'm still katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-3969732956490886142007-08-06T09:06:00.000-04:002007-08-06T09:12:41.053-04:00BlindsidedThis all just went down last night, and I got about 4 hours of sleep (instead of my usual 8.5) and I know that unless I get this out of my head a bit, it's going to keep me up for many more nights.We've been living in our current apartment for two years. We don't have a written lease. Partly because our landlady told us she's never had written leases, and also because we had a very goodkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-67472955410778720262007-08-03T10:37:00.000-04:002007-08-03T10:47:06.165-04:00Still HereBeen a hectic week or so. We found a house we intend to make an offer on, had friends visiting from out of town, have friends leaving town unexpectedly for a new job in Virginia, had a job interview for a newly created position at the college, been working at the yarn shop, been knitting, been reading...Hmmm. Looking at that list, no wonder I haven't posted in a while.The job katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-12477798835394883502007-07-22T10:28:00.001-04:002007-07-22T10:43:29.924-04:00Why not to be a morning person, Reason #8We are fortunate to have an extensive trail system right out our back door. It was created primarily for mountain bikers, but I prefer to run/jog/walk instead. Other people horseback ride. In the winter the trails are used by (loud and smelly) snowmobilers and (much quieter) cross country skiiers. Yesterday I ran into a bit of a trail jam, as I was katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-28399001200130629312007-07-16T00:59:00.000-04:002007-07-16T01:15:17.255-04:00BrokenRecently I've been listening to This American Life while knitting.This episode: http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=275">Two Steps Back captures perfectly the reasons I haven't fought too hard to get back into public school teaching. The school and the teachers described and interviewed in the program just about reduced me to tears, because it so closely resembles my katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-60913362800891790452007-07-11T22:13:00.001-04:002007-07-11T22:13:33.379-04:00Hotheaded? Me?Your results:You are Green LanternGreen Lantern 65%Spider-Man 65%Supergirl 63%Hulk 60%Superman 60%Wonder Woman 58%Robin 48%Iron Man 45%The Flash 45%Catwoman 40%Batman 35%Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quizkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-51132124849500234982007-07-11T11:50:00.000-04:002007-07-11T12:01:53.781-04:00PauseI think the problem is that I'm thinking about too many things at once. I actually have about four different blog entries I'd like to write, but I've been knitting and reading and traveling instead.We spent this last weekend down in New Jersey visiting Jay's family for his 30th birthday. A nice time as always, though the drive is a bit of a hassle. This time my sister was able to take thekatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-70843633754128132412007-06-20T17:23:00.001-04:002007-06-20T18:15:01.418-04:00Wrapping it upI'm getting tired of the trip posts, but I can't leave it half done, so here's the rest...From Derby we drove up to Keswick in the Lakes District. We stopped at Sizergh Castle on the way there, mostly to break up the drive a bit. We, of course, did another walk there. Should have been a short 2 mile loop, but we made a wrong turn and ended up wandering some fields in the wrong katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-71424245860882066732007-06-13T20:05:00.000-04:002007-06-13T21:07:44.200-04:00Derby, um, Darby, dammitAlrighty, onwards. We departed Holmhurst (which, btw, had the best coffee of the places we stayed at... or maybe just the most generous servings.. either way, I'd stay there again) and heading northwest to Derby, which I pretty much renamed the above.We stayed at Thornhill Guest House, which I neglected to photograph. The room was very nice, and it had a guest kitchen katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-53940071247359809922007-06-12T18:18:00.000-04:002007-06-12T18:41:22.057-04:00Standing Stones (and sheep)Pretty much everything on the trip, barring London and York, can be tagged "and sheep".So, let's see, we're up to Sunday, May 20th...We headed out from Salisbury intending to visit Old Sarum and Stonehenge and Avebury, but Old Sarum was closed because of some triathlon. Yes indeedy, imagine taking those narrow little roads of two way traffic with cyclists on your side katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-38681323279197791552007-06-09T20:48:00.000-04:002007-06-09T21:08:48.396-04:00Wiltshire etcAs we departed London, we stopped back at Heathrow to pick up our rental car. There we had the unfortunate experience of meeting Claude at Europcar. Guy obviously either had mental problems or some sort of thing against Americans. Maybe both. He insisted in speaking to us in Spanish for some unfathomable reason (he wasn't a native Spanish speaker) and then asking snottily, "Did katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-78879265020024724522007-06-07T14:04:00.001-04:002007-06-07T14:31:11.498-04:00Starting in LondonDays 1-2After a two hour delay due to thunderstorms in Toronto, we flew into Heathrow only to discover that our bags had not made the transfer with us. Fortunately, after the German adventure of 1997, I always carry the essentials with me: mascara and clean underwear.We took the tube to Canary Wharf and attempted to call our friend T. Sadly, T was having cell phone issues and katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-49893861775957711862007-06-01T20:15:00.000-04:002007-06-01T20:23:05.439-04:00Quote of the TripWhile walking down the streets of Salisbury...Jay looks around and turns to me. "This kind of reminds me of an old European town.""Now why might that be?" I ask, laughing.--------------------------------Real update to come. We had shockingly good weather until the last two days. The usual traveling hassles - delayed luggage, snarky car rental guy, screwy directions, one of thekatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-28157802491292217202007-05-15T10:06:00.000-04:002007-06-07T14:32:55.373-04:00Whoosh!Denver wedding was very nice - had a great time hanging out with two really neat women from college who I knew then, but not all that well. And it's always nice to breathe the dry air of the Mountain Time Zone.Picture added: left to right - Sarah, Jess, and Kathryn the bride.And now we're off again! Should be in London in about 15 hours. (Unless my sleepy calculations are totally wrong.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-57553351632105697662007-05-12T09:38:00.000-04:002007-05-12T10:09:25.073-04:00First things firstPassport arrived! Jay called me while I was at the airport in Detroit (on my way to Denver for a wedding) to let me know that the FedEx guys pulled into the driveway at the same time Jay got home. Yay!As another note of praise for Bernie Sanders's staff, Kelly called me to confirm that she had been tracking the package and that it looked like it had been delivered safely. I katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-65896782409219537822007-05-09T15:05:00.000-04:002007-05-09T15:34:53.373-04:00I think I might just love my elected official nowOr at least, I love his staff.24 hours after my call to Bernie Sanders's Burlington office, I got a call back. The staffer spoke to the National Passport Agency people and they expedited my passport and are sending it Fed Ex. I even have a tracking number.I'm still anxious, but not vomitously so.And on the upside, my nervous energy allowed me to katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-19160778700648824832007-05-07T16:35:00.000-04:002007-05-07T16:41:33.213-04:00Cursing, much cursingThis is so not good.I spent two and a half hours on the phone with the passport agency (most of that time on hold or cycling through the voicemail options, of course). Despite the fact that I mailed my renewal application at the end of February, it was not logged in until the end of March. It is currently being processed in New Hampshire. The guy I talked to sent an katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-32872862766212728682007-05-02T11:13:00.000-04:002007-05-02T11:18:47.295-04:00GuesswhatI found a part time job for the summer.No really. I shock myself.I saw a sign in the window of a new store that's opening in the nearby metropolis (ha ha) where I do my grocery shopping. Experienced Knitter Wanted for Part Time Help. No job description, just a phone number.And I called.And the store owner called me back.And I went in to see her with a bag full of my recent knitting (katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-79636760789773615362007-04-27T10:37:00.002-04:002007-04-27T10:39:21.575-04:00That's right. I'm brilliant.Hah. (Thanks to Sue for the procrastination tool. Just 12 more research essays to go!)Your Personality is Very Rare (INTP)Your personality type is goofy, imaginative, relaxed, and brilliant.Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 6% of all menYou are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving.How Rare Is Your katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-58679252213817500212007-04-27T08:11:00.000-04:002007-04-27T08:19:22.642-04:00Just one thing missingWoo hoo! Finally heard back from my London contacts and we are good.to.go! So we've got two nights in London, three in Salisbury (near Stonehenge, for you non-anglophiles), three in Derby, three in Keswick, one in York, and the last night back in London again. I also have our rental car reserved - can't wait to watch Jay drive stick backwards. Heh.Just one thing needed katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-21131324848871711602007-04-24T08:55:00.000-04:002007-04-24T09:02:30.092-04:00Our Viewing PleasureOr displeasure, as the case may be.Recently, Jay insisted that he, too, would like the responsibility of choosing movies via Netflix, so I set up a queue for him and allotted him one of our 3 at a time movie selections. So far... kind of hit or miss. He's done well with documentary selections, though they've centered around sex and profanity. (I'm a fan of both, of course, katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-11333032616312241402007-04-22T09:58:00.000-04:002007-04-22T10:01:27.037-04:00gahJay got me sick, the meanie. Sinus something. I can hear the snot forming in my sinuses and my face feels like it's going to splinter off from my skull.Guess what I'm supposed to be doing this weekend? Yes. I'm supposed to be grading research essays. Guess what I won't be doing this weekend. That's right: grading.Which means that next week is going to suck as I try to get everything donekatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-23439705202590854672007-04-20T08:57:00.000-04:002007-04-20T09:09:29.711-04:00I find this appallingNews story about women as second class citizensActually, it's an article about the Supreme Court ruling on partial birth abortions which does not have an amendment allowing for abortion to preserve the health of the mother. Women as incubators. This kind of legislation seems to be pushed through by holier-than-thou patriarchal nimrods who believe that pregnant women and katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-38025342948829232052007-04-11T10:02:00.000-04:002007-04-11T10:07:35.230-04:00Happier DaysWork is still making me sick, but I'm ignoring that for now in favor of making reservations for our upcoming trip to England in May. (Last minute? Who, me?)So far I have 4 of the 13 nights covered... still need to confirm Salisbury, Keswick, and London. (Derby and York are all set). London might be set, but my former French host brother who was living in London (and with whom I katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-76716818755056308552007-04-09T08:35:00.000-04:002007-04-09T08:40:32.495-04:00Definitely not worth itThe trip to visit the folks was very nice - that's not what I'm referring to, never fear.No, it's the job that's killing me. I haven't written anything except this blog (other than grading comments) since January. Sunday nights, I get so upset at the thought of going to work the next day that I feel like screaming. (Sometimes I do scream.) I'm having trouble sleeping. katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-14830882013289126552007-03-31T21:59:00.000-04:002007-03-31T22:08:03.856-04:00Somehow it's appropriate that we leave on April FoolsThe thing that irks me the most about living in the boonies is that the nearest airport is a two hour drive away. For our 9am-ish flight tomorrow, we have to leave the house by 5:45am. Meh.But the earlier departure means that we will be arriving in Pittsburgh before 2pm, which is nice. Only other flight I could find with the frequent flyer katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-20695462091119855782007-03-23T17:13:00.001-04:002007-03-23T17:13:59.413-04:00The Raging KoalaSee, I promised, and I occasionally follow through. (I'm still waiting on the kayak pictures, too. Not my fault - I swear.)About a month or so ago, we were invited to a game night at a fellow faculty member's house. Much fun - best chocolate chip cookies I've had in ages - and a whole bunch of games I had never played before. One of those games was called ImaginIFF. The idea katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-74185281452861138712007-03-21T09:47:00.000-04:002007-03-21T17:59:30.588-04:00Lazy Girl's PostThis is the blanket I made for my FIL and his new wife as a combined wedding present/xmas gift. That's a full-sized bed in the picture. I will never make a garter stitch blanket that big again. No no no.I am working on a post about raging koalas... but that will have to wait until after I figure out what we're doing in class this afternoon... sigh.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-24460688850725599172007-03-14T20:35:00.000-04:002007-03-14T20:41:37.612-04:00Lacey GoodnessI started this on my birthday (March 6th). (Someday I will even figure out how to get my pictures in focus...)That's one pattern repeat. I'm now done with three pattern repeats (as in, it is now about 3 times as long). The pattern is from Winter 2006 Interweave Knits magazine. The recommended yarn is a fingering weight merino. I'm using laceweight (finer than fingering) 100% katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-9729247644365876602007-03-05T08:52:00.000-05:002007-03-05T09:01:05.902-05:00Back to the grindOn the last day of my 30th year... I really need to be prepping for class, but I didn't want to leave Grandma's obit at the top of the page any longer.So, here's the easy way out: This is the hat I made for K2's birthday last month. My own pattern.These are the matching mittens.And here's what happens after grading 30 english comp papers:katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-23361323868001601062007-02-28T11:56:00.000-05:002007-02-28T12:18:29.788-05:00Marie O'Keefe VorobelyMy dad just called. Grandma died last night. I met Grandma when I was just a little girl, 2 or 3 years old. She lived in the apartment complex opposite ours. She had other grandchildren - her sons' kids - and we all used to play together. I remember that she used to have the flavored ice cream cones - the cake cones that were brown, pink, or green. She wasn't katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-49610136306709378462007-02-25T17:33:00.000-05:002007-02-25T18:35:19.578-05:00What I've been doing instead of bloggingNow, hopefully, I'll get this picture thing right the first try... here goes.This is the belated xmas/valentine's present for my G'ma-in-law:Note my teeny tiny desk and the resulting mess. Also note the brand new MacBook! Now, knitting lace is kind of nifty because it looks all soft and squishy (and far smaller than desired) when fresh off the needles. katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-63244082411998190912007-02-14T10:30:00.000-05:002007-02-15T16:01:30.342-05:00Snow Day!****But first... HAPPY 23rd Birthday, Kar-baby! Enjoy the Big Day in the Big Apple!****Now back to our regularly scheduled posting...College was cancelled today because of massive amounts of snow! Yay! (To both news items - snow for skiing and a day without classes... what more could a tired adjunct in Vermont want?)Of course, I still haven't gotten a passport picture taken, though I katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-91812694085346703492007-02-09T09:29:00.000-05:002007-02-05T10:52:30.940-05:00Yes, I know it's just a comic stripI read For Better or For Worse most days. Recently, at Christmas, one character rushed back into the house to save his just finished manuscript. So, obviously, the earliest he could have sent it out would have been a few days after Christmas. Last week he gets a full book contract in the mail. RIGHT. He sends a manuscript, unsolicited, to a publisher, over katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-26056618638177182552007-02-05T08:46:00.000-05:002007-02-05T09:01:59.280-05:00The Next WaveThe tail end of the flood of marriages is passing. We've been to a dozen or so weddings in the past 5 years. Our friends (and we) were all slow starters, relatively speaking. The first of my friends to get married was a Dartmouth classmate who married his childhood sweetheart in 2002 on labor day weekend. Five minutes later, two other dear ol' Dartmouth friends married each otherkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-46228103515201078632007-01-30T14:08:00.000-05:002007-01-30T14:10:08.571-05:00Messin' with the colorsDecided I needed a new color scheme to go with the new photo. (Last photo has been up for 4 years... time for a change.)Let me know if the colors look weird on your monitor. They're nice and mellow - kind of faded - on mine.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-11949168800566888582007-01-30T12:33:00.000-05:002007-01-30T14:07:51.363-05:00The RunaroundI'm back up and running, but unfortunately, some people are keeping me running around in circles. Bastards. Must be a conspiracy.Today marks my second round of attempting to get a new passport photo taken so I can renew my (thankfully) expired passport in time for our trip in May. My expired passport features a picture taken when I was in college - 20 years old, wearing a plaid katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-62526843136539087242007-01-27T09:18:00.000-05:002007-01-27T09:25:40.632-05:00Computers and VirusesFortunately, while I have both in common, they are not otherwise connected. The new computer came in on Tuesday - beautiful, shiny, fully functional - but I felt so crappy I didn't get it set up until Thursday. Tuesday started out with stomach cramps and a general feeling of grogginess. Wednesday shifted to fever and shakes. Thursday more of the same. Friday better but katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-2719153170119588582007-01-19T09:30:00.000-05:002007-01-19T09:36:42.416-05:00EarmarkedYou know when you have money coming, extra money that you weren't really planning on having? Well, why is it that the money seems to get spent before it ever comes into your hand? Sometimes, several times over.Jay calculates that we'll be getting about $1500 back in taxes this year... hopefully enough to supplement the traveling money my dad already gave us for the England trip in May.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-87333715192429419872007-01-15T16:53:00.000-05:002007-01-15T16:56:58.417-05:00BahApparently my aging computer (a 1999 iBook with a 2002 software upgrade) isn't compatible with the changes to Blogger, so I'm only able to post from work for now.Enjoyed a visit from my younger sister (the one in NYC) this weekend and now I'm scrambling to get ready for classes starting Wednesday. Cobbling together a syllabus in two days for a course I've never taught - and which is taught katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-40159883166478939162007-01-10T15:52:00.000-05:002007-01-10T15:55:15.560-05:00Good newsWe finally hooked up the web access at home, so I might actually return to more regular posting.Then again... my teaching schedule for the spring term just got turned upside down. One section of the class I've been teaching is probably going to be cancelled due to low enrollment. Good news side is that I have been offered 2 sections of a higher level course, but that means scrambling katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-88075009088941625862006-12-27T12:13:00.000-05:002006-12-27T12:29:13.557-05:00Things that are wrong with meNo, I'm not asking for suggestions, thanks.I already have a few specifics in mind.One, my hand! Owie! All the knitting has left my right hand and arm sore. Either an inflamed muscle or tendon or something, I'm thinking. The pain goes right from the base of my ring and pinky fingers to the underside of my elbow. Massage only makes it worse, but frozen cranberries katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-63681264983428560662006-12-26T13:29:00.000-05:002006-12-26T13:39:11.458-05:00iPod LoveJay got me a 2G nano for christmas and our neighbor filled it up for me - need to weed out some of it, but found a few new favorites. The Be Good Tanyas - love them love them love them. Something about the combination of their voices and the lyrics and everything. Makes me very happy.Also got Hayseed Dixie's hillbilly tribute to AC/DC - hilarious. Ryan Adams - whom I'd never heard ofkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-55491345656465710192006-12-24T13:02:00.000-05:002006-12-24T13:15:13.945-05:00Not so politely stolen from ">DevanThis is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished, and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov3. katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-4167925348461416552006-12-23T17:02:00.000-05:002006-12-23T17:11:10.136-05:00Happy Holiday (or not) of ChoiceJay and I are celebrating this year by not going anywhere for the holidays. We're staying home, sleeping in, not driving or flying or waiting in lines. Yay! What a great xmas present to ourselves, I say.I've been finishing up the holiday knitting - done 2 hats, 1 lace scarf, 1 pair gloves, three ski bands - just one more hat to finish up, one set of gloves that katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-40054518114808150962006-12-16T12:24:00.000-05:002006-12-16T12:25:38.968-05:00Comment experimentTrying to figure out the switch from Haloscan to the Blogger comment system...katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-33012518542456374822006-12-15T11:48:00.000-05:002006-12-15T12:02:00.921-05:00No Tears YetI just finished the end of term reviews with my students. No one's started crying yet - at least not while in my office - so I'll count that as a minor triumph. Today was hard for me - had to fail two students who just weren't demonstrating the skills they need to succeed in the college level course next term. I always feel bad because they're always in such denial about their katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-27672894054138350502006-12-12T17:31:00.000-05:002006-12-12T17:32:57.938-05:00Season SevenNO! Captain Tightpants cannot be a villain.Whatever were you thinking, Joss?I'm so disoriented.(Watching the end of Season 7 of Buffy this week...)katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-44311890580181420172006-12-11T10:07:00.000-05:002006-12-11T10:21:31.277-05:00Hope this doesn't suckI just switched over to the Googlized version of Blogger. I really hope I don't regret it. Anyway... on to some actual content, eh?Today is the last day my class will meet. Yay! The reason for the early end is that the remainder of the week will be taken up with individual portfolio reviews in which the student brings all the work they did over the semester, and we look katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1165259066809028132006-12-04T13:50:00.000-05:002006-12-11T16:21:26.617-05:00Maybe because it's finally snowingOr maybe because I'm in the home stretch on this fall's classes, or maybe it was that one of my favorite students brought me a sample bottle of his family's homemade Shiraz, but I'm feeling less bleh today than I have in a long while.I've been seriously dreading coming to work lately. I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing, that the students aren't even katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1164986394722383062006-12-01T10:19:00.000-05:002006-12-01T10:19:54.740-05:0050,104That's it. I am so not doing this again next year. Four is enough.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1164657529181336922006-11-27T14:56:00.000-05:002006-11-27T14:58:49.196-05:00Still aliveThat's about all I can say for now.Holidays were good - more on those later.Behind on NaNo (~34K done) but still pretty confident of finishing.Mind turned to mush by huge wave of grading. Hate grading. Need new job.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1163787968608043272006-11-17T13:16:00.000-05:002006-11-18T10:26:12.343-05:00Check In26K and counting on NaNo... but now I'm getting really behind on critiques.We have a houseguest this weekend, an old college buddy of Jay's. Usually our little place feels cozy, but plenty big enough. Add a third person... really start to feel the lack of doors. The only doors in our place that don't lead outside are the ones on the bathroom and the closet.I enjoy having company. It'skatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1163357836238499522006-11-12T13:50:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:57:16.270-05:00damn that grading thingLosing valuable writing time to grading today... granted, this is theoretically why I get a paycheck from the college, but still. (And I "wasted" several hours knitting this week, too.)I'm at 17000 words and counting. Don't have the exact count with me at the moment. Going pretty well - at least I'm not letting myself get massively behind this year. I learned my lesson katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1162842890303027642006-11-06T14:50:00.000-05:002006-11-06T14:54:50.320-05:00MeepThat's what I say to Jay when I have nothing to really say. Kind of a substitute for "hello", I suppose. Though, come to think of it, I think that's what I set my email notification to back in college...Anyway.First meeting of the student women's group was interesting. A small turn out, but lots of good ideas. Our second meeting is Thursday, so hopefully we'll keep chugging along.NaNo katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1162588240182280502006-11-03T15:57:00.000-05:002006-11-03T16:10:40.620-05:00NaNoing4371 words done.45629 words to go.Might be even quieter around here than it has been. (Is that possible? you ask.)This will be my 4th year participating. Hoping that it's also my fourth time winning. Last year was a nailbiting finish and I loathed every minute of it. Hopefully, with a return to a familiar genre and cast of characters, this year won't suck quite as bad.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1161798797293480282006-10-25T13:32:00.000-04:002006-10-25T13:53:17.350-04:00DistortionLast night I was in the college's fitness center - a rather small series of basement rooms, but at least they're out of the rain - when I had the privilege of overhearing a most appalling conversation.One guy and two girls were hanging on the treadmill next to mine, chatting about the sort of random stuff college students talk about, when the subject turned to bodies. Not surprising, Ikatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1161357054550818662006-10-20T10:47:00.000-04:002006-10-20T11:10:55.360-04:00Sanity CheckMy life up here in Vermont is still pretty isolated. Only slightly more so than it was in Salt Lake or at the Grand Canyon, but that slightly seems to make a big difference.Part of the problem is that both Jay and everyone else we know seems to be extremely busy. Look at a college instructor's schedule, and you might see the 10-15 hours a week of class time, which seems like a lightkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1160835847821393392006-10-14T10:20:00.000-04:002006-10-14T10:24:07.836-04:00GaspDrowning in midterm grading.Gasp.Must find a more efficient way to grade 35 mediocre to crap papers.Gasp.By this time in past semesters, I've been down to 20 students or less.Gasp.I think I got spoiled by small class sizes last year.Gasp.Not that I want the students to go away.Gasp.But the non-participators with attitude problems? Gasp.Them, I would not miss.Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841870.post-1160141172436365842006-10-06T09:05:00.000-04:002006-10-06T09:26:12.483-04:00SquishThere are way too many damn people on this fricking island.Spent yesterday on the train from Vermont down to New York City. Almost an eight hour trip. Someone who got on in Springfield, Massachusetts had evidently been... getting mellow for the ride, and until he/she got off the train in New Haven, Connecticut 2 hours later, we all enjoyed the contact high. Gag. I hate the smell of katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620717258850832764noreply@blogger.com0