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Good day!

I think I actually had a good teaching day today overall. My first class only has eight students (I had them all last semester), but since we came back from break they have been attending sporadically, not doing homework, not doing research, and not participating in any kind of discussion. I feel like it’s an uphill battle to convince them they even have a reason to be there. My afternoon...

Mar 1st

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Mar 1st

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Damn

I really thought I was going to make it to school on time today.

Feb 29th

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I get sad when Tumblr gets so quiet late at...

Feb 29th

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Fact

“NeverHappy” is not an inviting OkCupid screen name. C’Mon!

Feb 29th

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Sometimes I forget how easily the wee ones are...

I used a complex-compound kind of sentence in an E-Mail and now they’re all confused about which part modified the other and what’s due when. Fuckin A.

Feb 29th

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I will thesis. I will thesis. I will thesis. [ugh] I will thesis. I will thesis. I will thesis. [etc.]

Feb 28th

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*jams to upbeat glee songs while wearing rubber...

wine-drinking/tumblr break. (and this is only my first glass. seriously.)

Feb 28th

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“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung...”

– C.S. Lewis. (via tea-time-with-blondie)

Feb 28th

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Randomly Compiled Thoughts

My apartment smells like roasted asparagus. Tastes good-smells bad. Gross, even. I found seven magnetic alphabet letters and two pretend mousies under the fridge—Nessy’s favorite toys. She often sits back up on her hind legs and plays with the letters on the fridge. She’s like a little human. It’s too cute. I desperately need to do the dishes. I’ve been eating...

Feb 28th

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Why grading takes me so long:

mllehazelwood: Read a page. Shake my damn head. Sit in disbelief that someone thought this was good. Check the internet to clear up my head. Finish reading paper. Craft a long letter to the student (average of 400 words) where I try to find something to praise and yet ultimately tell them why this is not good. Shake my head. They won’t even take the time to read my letter. Start again. ...

Feb 28th

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10am Office Hours

Fail.

Feb 27th

Study Finds More Young Kids Can Work a Smartphone...

world-shaker: mobiletechlearning: A new study also found that 2-to-5-year-olds are also more likely to be able to open a Web browser than swim on their own. Mobilized thinks it is time to make cellphones waterproof so these kids can text for help if they ever fall out of a boat. Via allthingsd.com This line is going into my next presentation. This scares the shit out of me.

Feb 27th

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Feb 27th

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Rescue Me gets more and more fucked up all the time. Sheila is a crazy, crazy bitch. Batshit crazy. Unbelievably crazy. I mean… Holy shit.

Feb 27th

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My students essentially ignored all of my feedback on their drafts. They did not follow instructions—not the oral instructions from class nor the instructions on the written prompt they all have. They took no initiative to even attempt to make works cited pages that resemble MLA format in any way, shape, or form despite how we went through it in class. I stressed that the primary...

Feb 26th

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“President Obama wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob,”...”

– Santorum: Obama ‘A Snob’ For Wanting Everyone To Go To College | TPM Livewire GWALP opines: While I do believe the 4-year-arts college experience is NOT for everyone, I’m sick of this mindset that college is for the “snobs” or the “elite” or something. You can go to “college” in a trade skill...

Feb 26th

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Any other night...

I’d say “I think something shady is going on in my parking lot and it’s creeping me out. Keep any eye on it?”

Feb 26th

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Does anybody else hate Janene on Rescue Me?! What a bitch! She drives me crazy. “Oh. Hey. Our kid just died and I’m going to start banging your brother and still demand everything from you including custody of our remaining children, money, and all our old furniture/belongings.” WTF?

Feb 26th

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Feb 26th

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“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who...”

– Frank Serafini (via booksandnerds) This is so true.

Feb 26th

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Feb 26th

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Well… today was looking promising until I stopped at 5 to shower and run errands and three hours later I’ve got way too big of a dinner in the oven and Rescue Me on the Netflix. Grading will commence soon, I promise.

Feb 26th

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I am actually doing work today. I haven’t made a lot of progress, but I did do thesis reading. Soon I will shower and spend the evening grading. I made a plan for thesis-writing and it involves a few 10-12 page days, but it allows me time to read/incubate between writing sessions and I think it’s actually do-able if I stay on task! Like today!

Feb 25th

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I found out this morning that I was accepted to Florida State and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Even though there’s virtually no way either program can beat Louisville in terms of combined funding (i.e. yay for fellowships) and quality of the program, I’m obviously still thrilled to be accepted to more schools! It also simultaneously makes me feel like I can crank out a thesis in...

Feb 25th

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