Today I slept in until 8AM. Excellent! After that, the day was pretty much a fluid flow of conference presentations (I caught b.w.'s presentation on articles and s.n.'s presentation on the Berlin architectural debate of the Stadtschloss construction), a luncheon with c.p. and other TESOL students, a meeting with a delinquent student, and a slew ( Read more... )

What started as a semi-suckfest today ended up being a pretty productive day. Having two papers due today, I took the 6:25 AM CATA to the office. I almost missed the bus (it was actually on time today), and when I sat down, I sat down on a wet seat (the upholstery was misleading). So, there I was, walking for five minutes int he freezing weather ( Read more... )

Almost eight hours ago I attempted to leave the UP. Now as it approaches midnight, I'm here at the Super 8 Motel in Munising, waiting out what has been a doozy of a snow/windstorm in the Upper Peninsula (Lower Michigan has experienced its fair share of weather struggles, too). According to my weather radio, the really bad white-out conditions are ( Read more... )

At times I wish that I could lead multiple lives at once. Not in a crazy puppeteer sort of way, but rather in a I-have-the-same-physical-characteristics-and-interests-yet-the-ability-to-live-in-parallel-real-time sort of way. Of all the things I am most interested, the top five would be travel, language, literature, writing, and music. I wish ( Read more... )

The first post of the year -- how lame that it has taken me this long to write anything. It's been a whirlwind of a month so far, so I'm breaking things down into a summarized list, in the hopes of later expanding on these events ( Read more... )

At this moment, millions of Germans and Austrians are celebrating the coming of the Christkind. Where am I right now? In the delicatessen of a Martin's supermarket, waiting for a colleague to call me so that we can talk about the publication we're trying to submit for Friday. Last Christmas was so much simpler -- I didn't have to worry about ( Read more... )

Righteous! The grading assessment fairies have fared me well. I'm able to continue with my solid 4.0 streak. Only two more classes left to put the streak to the test...

Now I just need to get motivated about writing a conference proceeding...

Endlich! The semester is over. I submitted my project yesterday. I've been sleeping for most of the day since the snowstorm makes traveling (aside form walking to Green River Cafe) impossible. Righteous!

It's 5:11PM. Is my project done yet? No. Is the majority of it done? Yes. The critical editing of the unauthentic video is finished, the comprehension questions posted and nestled nicely next to the embedded media. The Blogger portion is almost complete. Hot Potatoes is giving me hell, and I am okay with this. Tonight I'll put the ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I have my phonology final. I'm really looking forward to taking this final and getting this course over with. Quite frankly, it is more than a little embarrassing that an undergraduate course is going to tug my GPA down, but it's okay -- I can live with it. Essentially, I just need to make sure that I don't fail tomorrow's exam. My ( Read more... )