Hehe, I just graded the lowest score of my career: 8/100. I'm sure it's a record that can be broken ( Read more... )

There are so many things I want to post about -- life, Bones, zombie dreams, cat pictures, etc. -- but none of them have given me this absolutely irrepressible impulse to SHOUT TO THE WORLD, RIGHT BLEEPING NOW.

Okay. Last week I was depressed by grading.

I have just graded my FIRST PERFECT EXAM.

In 8 years of teaching, I have not yet had this ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to missmurchison and speakr2customrs! October 4th is a fortunate date indeed, to have you two to celebrate.

May the coming year be filled with all good things :) .

I haven't been around much, mostly to keep up with the Crazy Online Class That Consumes My Life. It's actually great fun to put together, if only I had twice the time to do it. Some might say that I did have that time back during the summer...but work? During the summer? And planning? By me? *dies laughing*

Anyway, I have a question. I once read a ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I taught a good class and then showed a good screening -- I used Allegro Non Troppo as my feature because this is my "Disney" week -- those who haven't seen it might like it if they think that a raunchy Italian homage/ruthless parody of Fantasia sounds like fun. I feel really good about how I built this animation class from scratch, and ( Read more... )

I had a bad night tonight. Actually, things had been getting slowly worse since this morning, but when I got home from dinner at a friend's home and was greeting by a batch of disgruntled student emails, I ranted and raved. Well, I wrote a very long and emotional LJ post about how much it sucks to be me, and then lost it during the upload. Just as ( Read more... )

Last night rahirah and wildrider came over, bearing a GIANT cupcake. As soon as it appeared through the door, I wanted to fall onto the floor and worship it. It is just about the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, and tasted like -- heaven. I took pictures, but my internet's been flowing like sludge, so I'll wait to share.

I was expecting a few more guests ( Read more... )

Sharing is Caring meme, picked up at ( Read more... )

My life is very Jekyll and Hyde right now -- the good parts are quite good, and the evil parts are pure ev0L!

( bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens... )

pfeifferpack! Your birthday is an occasion that must be marked with ALL CAPS and EXCLAIMATION POINTS!!!!

I love your thinky thoughts, your birthday wishes, your fic, your occasional political post, and all the snapshots from your life that you share! Your courage, generosity, and love of life are inspiring and infectious. I am so glad that we're friends! I hope ( Read more... )