Just in case someone did not get the email... I am having a PARTY! Next Saturday, the 10th at my place. 6pm, burgers and dogs, chips and beer! It will be in our backyard, bring a folding chair if you want, we have about ten. Bring any other food and drink you want but its not necessary. Come celebrate me getting my doctorate!

What a week it has been! I will start with Wednesday. I drove five hours down to Edinburg, TX, about twenty minutes shy of Mexico, for a job interview at UT Pan American. It went really well, and with only three candidates, I have a 33.3% chance. Then I drove back Thursday. Friday I had my doctoral defense, which I already told you I passed (woo ( Read more... )

As of about half an hour ago, I am officially Dr. Holly! I still have a few things to tidy up and the graduation ceremony isnt till next month but I am done! Austinites: Keep May 10th free for a PARTY!

Anyone in Austin wanna meet me at the Dobie today to see a zombie flick? It's at 4:30pm.

So far, here are the bands coming to SXSW that I care about. If you see the list at SXSW.com and have one I should add, reply with their names and why they rule ( Read more... )

Is someone sneaking into my life to steal my beloved DVD's? I cant find "The Warriors" or "28 Days Later". Meanwhile, I have two copies of "Flashdance". What is this world coming to?

Thanks to Bluesteelstars, I have a link for all of you to see this freak that I talked about before on American Idol. This way you can see what I went through with this disgusting guy when I taught him through UT Informal Classes.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! I was doing some computery stuff while half watching the first round auditions for American Idol. At the end of it, they showed the preview for the next round, in Dallas. I turned around to laugh at it all, when I saw, to my wonder and great horror, a former voice student I taught through UT Informal Classes. Let me tell you a ( Read more... )

12 hours and 35 minutes left of my twenties. Any awesomely juvenile ideas how to spend this time?

I got my doctoral comprehensive results today, five weeks after taking them. I passed two out of three sections outright, but the third I have to defend orally right when the semester starts. This means that I dont have to wait till the end of next semester to retake and be behind some more, but it does mean this friggin thing still looms ( Read more... )