the pretenders concert was last night. let me clarify....the pretenders with the stray cats, reo speedwagon (i know, gasp!) joan jett, and zz top but we really went to see the pretenders....in the mail on tuesday, i receive a letter--some sort of seat change...free upgrade. okay. i'll take it. who would complain? we get to toyota park (an hour ( Read more... )

i read an article today that the smell of grapefruit is supposed to make women appear younger to men. and when i say younger, i'm talking 6 years younger baby (at least that's what the director from the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago says)! i'm so taking a bath in some grapefruit, after i remove the seeds of course ;), ( Read more... )

so, i'm going to pittsburgh, pa this weekend. my first time. i've heard it's a kick ass city. it will be my time to find out :) not only am i making the road trip (yes, i said driving...though i'm not driving...thank god...i have a tendency to get sleep behind the wheel during long trips!) to pitts for the fun city times and to go to a ballgame, ( Read more... )

so today i played hooky for a few hours and i tell you what, i don't really feel all that guilty! hooray! yes, i'm one of those people who find it hard to take time off from work or to just say "f it"....today i'm going to do what i want to do. i've been saying ever since school let out that i'm going to take an entire day and do all the things ( Read more... )

so, i'm finally reading the historian! i have so been looking forward to pleasure reading...woot!! :) i bought the damn book in january and it is now just yesterday that i started reading it....so far (only 80 pages in), i really like the writing style and the shifts in perspective...i've heard from people that it's slow moving and confusing but i ( Read more... )

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=458160&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490

makes sense, eh?

on a different note, i finished my summer class materials! yay!!!

i just had the most ridiculous experience but i can say that i am alive to tell the tale. so, i have been wanting for awhile to get a new, nice futon cover and pillows and such for my futon (well, you know, to make it look like not such a futon and more like a couch, especially since my current ones have much evidence that i have a feisty cat, so i ( Read more... )

i know, i know. two posts in one day? unheard of for miss jen!! chalk it up to me being ridiculously, insanely busy most hours of the day ( Read more... )

let it snow! let it snow! let it snow!

today's a snow day! seriously!! that never happens with universities....ever! so, no teaching at lewis for me today. though, i still have my cop class that i teach at the police academy--i don't know if that's still on or what....i don't know.

do cops cancel class?

alas, one of my make-it or break-it days are here....the day i get my teaching evaluations back. for me, they often either legitimize or de-legitimize my feelings towards my teaching abilities. validate. or desecrate ( Read more... )