I'm driving home tomorrow, leaving Thursday.  Life's too damn busy for me to stay any longer.

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A while back, my French * professor brought some music in to class.  She's always referencing different things in the culture - film, music, literature, poetry, the newspaper.  Well, we were going over negation so she had us look at lyrics from Edith Piaf ("Non, je ne regrette rien")** and Jacques Brel ("Quand on n'a que l'amour", "Ne me quitte pas ( Read more... )

Last night, I went to a surprise party for one of the MFA's, Biz.  It was fun, Boone (Ph.D., director) KEPT yelling 'Surprise!' about every 5 minutes and pelting Biz with candy.  Awesome.

Got home, texted Adam - 'Busy?'  A while later, 'yah, working, but call if you want'

So, I call, and I'm feeling riled up enough to end it all right then and there ( Read more... )

"busy 2night sry ( Read more... )

I'm in theory hell again....I swear, I just want to be a historian!!!  gah.

Saturday, I went to a Chinese New Year party at a friend's house.  She's actually a Japan expert (fluent in contemporary and ancient and learning Chinese kambun), but it was good times anyway.  She made tons of tasty things....dumplings, these rice wedges, mini-omelettes, ( Read more... )

A while back, I went to Gap, and got a very cute skirt - that actually fits - for about $5.  Yay me!  It's kind of a black/gray plaid.  So, I had the thought of - this, black shirt, tights, heels = cute teacher outfit.  Well, tomorrow is really the first day of actual discussion beyond handing out the syllabus, so...yeah.  One problem - the black ( Read more... )

Again, quickie post.  This week is liquid insanity.

Yesterday, I was sitting in the van waiting to take various people to where they need to go, and I see a guy walking up to hotel.  And he looked familiar.   And slowly I pieced together - hair, beard, build, appearance...  I popped out of my van and yelled, "BERT!"  And he turned around and went ( Read more... )

There will be a massive post about ACTF this weekend, after I recover.  Damn, I'm tired.  I will say that one of the good things is that I've gotten to meet some damn cool people, including the Literary Manager at the Eugene O'Neill theatre and the film critic for the Chicago Tribune.  Yeah.

Quick note on the Academy Awards, though - How does WALL*E ( Read more... )

I wound up getting a B in Directing.  It was a mercy grade, and I'm actually excited about it.  Yay.  The professor didn't think I did a good enough job with actor coaching, and he's right.  Because I'm an actor and I don't know how to tell another actor what I want without doing it for them.  Oh well.  I prefer dramaturgy anyway.  Much less stress ( Read more... )

Last night, about 6 pm, I thought, "Hey, I should go to Hastings to see if I can find a movie version of Anna Karenina, and I bet I can be back in time for NCIS!"  As I turned on 19th, I thought, "Wow, there's a lot of traffic"  Then I saw the lights on.  And I knew.  GAME DAY.  I just said, "Screw it." and grabbed a snack at Taco John's and went ( Read more... )