It starts tomorrow :)

I bought an air popper at a tag sale. $3. I figured what the heck? The worst that'll happen is that it'll turn out to be the same kind that my parents bought years ago. They ended up with popcorn all over the floor, and then returned it. When they checked online for customer reviews, they found this. Of course, it's the same one. Fortunately ( Read more... )

I calmed myself down before dinner by writing my first post, and then going out and watering the vegetable garden. It takes a while, so when I came back in, I was smiling and acting happy ( Read more... )

I am well aware that I haven't posted anything in a long time, and I actually have a list going of things that I should write about when I get a chance, but unfortunately we're skipping your normal programming for a rant which will hopefully get this out of my system enough to be polite at dinner ( Read more... )

Here I am! It's lovely, and aside from some food-sleep-jetlag-stress problems, I'm happy and sunny about it. It's also happy and sunny outside, so I'm totally in synch with my surroundings. Random silliness: two days ago I went with Alberto, his sister and her boyfriend to what was basically an American-themed horse fair- lots of Italians ( Read more... )

I'm starting the ridiculous process of trying to find housing for next fall. I'm hoping to find either an empty 2-br apartment (and then a housemate) or someone who already has a 2-br apartment and needs a housemate. Northampton, I'd love to live in the Market/North St area, but that's flexible. If you know anyone who's looking... can you let me ( Read more... )

I've got funding. I'll be teaching beginning Italian; 2 sections in the fall, 1 in the spring. For this, I get about $13,800 before tax. I also get health care for a very small fee ( Read more... )

Overheard in the Northampton City Clerk's Office today: "Well, that's true for most Asian toilets ( Read more... )

On Sunday, Alberto asked me if I wanted to do a translation Italian to English of a marriage certificate. He had been offered it by an agency from Canada, but he doesn't translate into English, so instead of bidding, he said he had a colleague who might be interested. Alberto sent me the email addressof the agency who had contacted him, and the ( Read more... )

Oh, mixed news, as always. Still don't know about funding for the PhD. I'm having a hard time coping with not knowing. The only question my boss (also on the departmental acceptance committee) won't answer is "When might we know about funding?" I know when we'll know one way or another whether I'm going to UMass next year or not; I have to ( Read more... )