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Becoming something
It has been just over a year since I began studying for my Masters in Secondary Education (English). The course work has been grueling, the reading dry and often contentious and the group work more hassle than its worth. The upside of the study has been verification that what I do in the classroom is what I'm meant to be doing, odd since I've ( Read more... ) -
Rainy Friday
It shouldn't rain on Fridays ( Read more... ) -
Almost a year? REALLY!? Well, heeeeeere's Italy!
This tells you how long it's been since I signed up for, and began using, Facebook. I spend more time on there than I do any other website. I still like Livejournal for obvious reasons, mainly the fact that I can maintain a much larger presence online. It's tough distilling life into a few quick bursts of thought; it's better to be able to write ( Read more... ) -
Words for Blue
Just spent a while emailing S, to whom I haven't spoken since his visit last July. In the composition of the email, and in checking my friends' Facebook updates, I realised that I am nowhere near where I thought I'd be at this stage in my life. I do not have a husband and children, as I thought I would; I am not tenured at Oxbridge or the Tower ( Read more... ) -
Back to School
We can't REALLY be back already ( Read more... ) -
The view from (t)here
And now, a distillation of ten days in the American West ( Read more... ) -
Things to do in Denver ...
Lori and I are truly certifiable ( Read more... ) -
Noisy study halls
There are something like 30 kids in my study hall right now. There are only to be something like, oh, 14? ARGGGGH! I'm losing my marbles ( Read more... ) -
Beowulf, epic poem and Hollywood blockbuster
Care to read what I had to say about it?
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/patriotnews/article306891.ece
