I'm having so much anxiety right now- I don't think I'm used to quite so much panic. First, there's the weather. It's barely risen above 20 degrees since November and now that it's March and the forecast shows no improvement, I'm starting to feel like some kind of trapped creature ( Read more... )

Back to class and, somehow, things seem less bonkers this term. Today I gave a talk in front of 300 undergraduates and thought, this is hilarious, all these people are forced to listen to me for nearly an hour. How silly. But good. It went really well and I feel proud of myself (and of my knowledge of semiotics :D) and it make me think, well ( Read more... )

Christmas in Delaware is truly strange. It's warm here and I have no responsiblities, and for that I am thankful. I can't believe that already a week has passed because I don't know what I am doing in New york and because after New york comes school again, which I am shockingly illprepared for. But in this week, mostly I have eaten (my parents ( Read more... )

Never thought I'd be so happy to go to Delaware, but in just a few hours I'm off to the airport and I'm really happy about it. There was a massive snow storm here this weekend, about a foot of snow dropped over 12 hours, and so my holiday bash, while festive, was poorly attended. I have fears about the amount of snow that could greet me upon my ( Read more... )

In three days I will be officially finished with my first term as a phdee student. It's been an insane 4 months. I've been kinda bonkers for most of it, but this week left me feeling particularly crazed. But I have much to look forward to ( Read more... )

It's been positively forever but something about being back in school makes me want to post the details of my life on the internet. So Texas didn't happen because our flight was oversold. Ended up back in Snorelando, which turned out to be quite a bore, less than the fun of last year, due to cold weather and lost baggage. Fast forward through a ( Read more... )

Wild west night was amazing- loads of fun, chat, dance, fooseball, costumes. Vassar reunion party was absolutely ridiculous and a bit embarrassing. Easter was a treat, played with Lynne's family and ate and ate and ate. Next weekend I'm going to Texas to romp in the sun with Grace on our second annual spring break extrazaganza. It's gonna be ( Read more... )

Went to visit UM this weekend. It was unbelievably exhuasting. Met with all the faculty, all the old students, all the prospectives. Listened to people talk about quantitative and qualitiative research all day long. Ate. Talked about myself, talked about my research, talked about American Idol. Talked Ate. Repeated. I had a crazy roomate ( Read more... )

I know it's been an eternity since I've last written and I hardly even know where to begin describing what has happened in 2007. I guess I should start with grad school and the fact that I got into a phd program at the University of Michigan and it's all sorts of nonsense with them paying my tuition and treating me like a bit of a celebrity. Didn ( Read more... )

Christmas this year has been nothing but weird. A bizarre holiday party, minimal shopping, and xmas eve spent with my parents at the Deleware casino eatin' buffet and wandering blindly around the video slot machines. I learned a bit about myself, though. One, is that I will never be a gambler because I find it EXCESSIVELY boring. Two, I don't ( Read more... )