This may have been the single worst subbing day I have ever had. I actually had to call the principal to come down and kick some fourth-grade tail. Didn't help...

But I did see a skunk moseying along the side of the road as I drove home. Didn't stop to chat.

Ah, and the Astros opened Spring Training today. Baseball from now until late October!

Forgive me, but I will brag on myself for a moment. I made a stir-fry for my family last night that was so good! It involved lightly breaded chicken chunks, green onions, red onion,  mushrooms, garlic, jalapeno, and sesame oil. I even impressed myself.

I saw the new Byrds box set at Best Buy today, and I wish I had it. I own almost all of the songs ( Read more... )

Happy New Year!

And War Eagle! My beloved Auburn Tigers (second in my heart only to my Astros) won the Cotton Bowl yesterday 17-14 over Nebraska!

My sister and I went to a Malaysian restaurant in Houston on Saturday. The cuisine seemed to share elements with both Indian and Thai food, but with a heavy emphasis on seafood--most dishes had fish, shrimp ( Read more... )

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

Thankfully, I have been making slow but steady progress on the dissertation, but after working for a little while this morning, I decided to take a break, and for whatever reason, decided to play botanist for the afternoon. With the help of a tree guide my mom has, as well as trusty wikipedia, I have been ( Read more... )

First off, I wrote another two pages yesterday, so maybe the ball will get rolling again. Right now I'm looking at a Jack London novel, Adventure, set in the South Seas, and it may be one of the most racist novels I've ever read. The native workers are all savages, unintelligent, homicidal, and only force can control them, including whippings and ( Read more... )

I've had to admit to a couple of my friends that I had slowed down on my dissertation again, and I hadn't gotten anything done in close to a month. But I guess the confession did me good because I'm at the library and just finished writing two pages. That puts me at around twenty-five pages for chapter two, and I have a goal of forty. Maybe the end ( Read more... )

I talked to lbangs last night, and we have decided that as crazy as we both are about movies, we simply have to get together for the 2007 Oscars and watch them. I have a feeling a lot of mocking of presenters, speeches, and clothing choices will ensue...

I have also been reading David Copperfield. I have read 650 pages of it in the last two weeks. The ( Read more... )

I dropped William off at the airport last night, and he flew back to Michigan. My verdict? I definitely like him, and I'm glad my sister is marrying him. The boyfriend she had a few years ago that she talked marriage with was arrogant, pretentious, and self-righteous. Thank the Lord that never happened. I like the idea of a brother-in-law I will ( Read more... )

We'll be having our dinner in just a little while, and then my sister, future brother-in-law, and I will go meet my friends Julie and Chris in Houston and see Shut Up and Sing, the documentary about the controversy over The Dixie Chicks' remarks about Bush. Should be interesting ( Read more... )

So far I like the future brother-in-law, although I haven't seen him much yet.

I'm also house-sitting for a woman from my parents' church, which has kept me from mingling with my family. I've mainly been reading and watching TV/DVDs--nothing too interesting, although I did watch Peter Bogdanovich's much-maligned version of Daisy Miller, starring ( Read more... )