I have to get this off my chest ( Read more... )

so, i don't blog so much anymore. and i'm not sure if it's because i'm busy or i'm shifting some updates to other social media sites or if it's because i'm less thrilled with the idea of details of my own life being public for all to see. perhaps a combination of all three. it's definitely weird since blogging has been such a staple of my life ( Read more... )

well, the chuckles and i are no longer spring chickens. i know this about myself as i am baffled by the selection of bruno mars as the superbowl halftime act. is he that big of a star? what? also because i finally feel a real age difference between me and my students. we are now officially a generation apart--and i can see it ( Read more... )

well, my birthday was almost a week ago, which means that i guess birthday celebrations are officially wrapping up. i finished the birthday box of cracklin' oat bran a couple of nights ago, so if that isn't a sign, i don't know what is ( Read more... )

i've been in my new apartment for 2.5 days. i am still in the throes of unpacking. (throes makes it sound much more fun than it is....). i have the kitchen totally done, which feels good. the rest of the house-- eh-- it's a work in progress ( Read more... )

someone emailed me last week because i hadn't been updating my blog a lot. i just checked and it's been over a month. that is a long time. in part, i think there is less of a desire to be so exhibitionist about my life. maybe it's just laziness. or lack of time. who knows ( Read more... )

....don't wanna be all. by. myself, anymore ( Read more... )

the girl and i just got back from a lovely mini-vacay in asheville, nc. i think it is fair to say that we spent the majority of our trip eating and shopping. sounds like a perfect vacation, no? here are some highlights ( Read more... )

today, it's supposed to be somewhere in the low 90s. in the south. where there IS humidity. yeah, i think it's going to be rough ( Read more... )

until about 24 hours ago, i could wear my hair in pigtails. i think that's the longest my hair has been in years-- certainly since grad school. i decided i couldn't take it anymore and chopped it off-- it's now back to standard margaret length ( Read more... )