I woke up this morning from a somewhat puzzling dream...

I was in a school building, but which one, I haven't the foggiest. I would climb through deserted staircases and walk through crowded classrooms that were more like cramped cafes than classrooms. In most cases, I paid no attention to the room I was in, but I do recall that one of the rooms ( Read more... )

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Peculiar Miss Pickett by Nancy R. Julian
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
A Series of Unfortunate Events: Books 1 - 13 by Lemony Snicket
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room by Patricia Reilly ( Read more... )

I've been remarkably lax in posting on here the past few months or so, but I've usually been fairly present online in email or facebook or checking webcomics or whatever. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that I'd have a need to go online each day, particularly during the semester when I'd have to be on the lookout for emails from work. But the ( Read more... )

So it's been a while, lj. Sorry 'bout that -- the holidays, and all. You understand ( Read more... )

The Christmas season, so far, aside from one skirmish on the day itself, has been quite wonderful. Because I haven't a desk yet and because I fell on my coffee table and broke it a week or two ago, I am standing while writing and this, and this, coupled with the fact that I will soon be with my family again for some games and (one hopes) some ( Read more... )

Just a quick post to say that I liked the "FAQ" letters in this post from Neil Gaiman's blog and to mention that reading the post made me realize how much I appreciate the freedom Wells' creative writing program offered me. I pretty much just wrote what I wanted to, without concern for restrictions away from "genre."

Also, Neil's words, "I find ( Read more... )

This xkcd comic reminds me of my mom:


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I am so proud of my 050 students. Eight of them began chapter nine on Friday morning at 8:00AM -- a chapter about graphing and slope and lines and the last chapter of the course material -- and by 8:45PM, all eight of them had passed the chapter test with an 80 or above. These students have worked so hard to succeed -- not just this past week, ( Read more... )

I meant to stay up late each night this week to finish grading. Funny thing is, though, I kept falling asleep ( Read more... )

I can't remember the last time I was this tired. I wouldn't say I'm as tired as I was those last few weeks of senior year when I didn't sleep, but holy crap, I am just overwhelmingly exhausted ( Read more... )