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A Biographical Object
I have a hair clip that was given to me by a family member who later hurt me very deeply. I used to wear it every day. I'd take it off and rub its smooth wood arc constantly, and the oils from my hair and my hand deepened the color of the wood so that it matched my hair exactly. I'd often think of him as I held my hair clip in my hand, and think ( Read more... ) -
Pedagogical lessons are everywhere
There's this intersection on my campus that is both slightly complicated and very busy. To help make the intersection run more smoothly, the campus police post a community service officer* at the intersection during the most busy times to direct traffic. The guy who had been doing it for the last month (who I thought of as "The Maybe Marine," ( Read more... ) -
Smells like Teen Spirit
From Brainy Quote, attributed to Kurt Cobain: "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are ( Read more... ) -
shoogle?
I've got a lot of dross in my head, and it's banging about making clinking noises, none (or very few) of which I've deemed worthy of a post. I have also gone back to writing a journal in an actual notebook, which cuts down on the desire to post stuff I'm thinking about, since once I've articulated my thoughts once in my notebook, I generally don't ( Read more... ) -
Presentations galore!
Tomorrow (in fifteen minutes, today) is my quals defense, and I'm looking forward to having that over with. I don't have a read on two of the members of my committee, but three of them sound like they'll give me a hard time because it'll do me good, but then pass me. People have said that this is like Orals; they don't let things get this far if ( Read more... ) -
quals questions
My answers, they are in my advisor's inbox. What a relief! Now, to prepare for the defense, and then I'm free (at least from quals)! -
Hey, earthquake!
For the first time since I've been here, I felt one. It was tiny, but that's ok with me. -
Yay veto overrride!
A happy bit of news this morning: the Vermont house managed to override Douglas's veto of the same-sex marriage bill, so it's legal. Woo hoo! And since we don't have ballot propositions, I don't think anybody who doesn't like it can do much about it. -
What I've been up to, in no order at all
- I've been to two concerts in City Hall. It's beautiful inside, and there's lots of neat artwork on the walls and ceiling on the third floor. I also listened to an old Dragnet radio episode while there. You can find them here. It was fun to imagine Friday walking around in those halls.
- While at City Hall the second time, I saw the mayor. He said ( Read more... )
- I've been to two concerts in City Hall. It's beautiful inside, and there's lots of neat artwork on the walls and ceiling on the third floor. I also listened to an old Dragnet radio episode while there. You can find them here. It was fun to imagine Friday walking around in those halls.
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Letters to people who won't see this
Dear my speaker/language consultant/informant/person-I'm-eliciting-judgments-from ( Read more... )