Listing

[motownjunkboy]

Writing:

Nota Bibliothecae (our library's blog)
PopMatters review from October 1
PopMatters review from October 17

Watching:

Harlan County USA (documentary on eastern Kentucky coal miners striking for a new contract in 1974)
The Wire S1-S3 (can't wait for S4; in fact, I may not wait, since it's on my computer right now!)
Chase the Devil:

Comments

[motownjunkboy]

Thanks, man. I guess I'm just trying to figure out where academia fits/is going to fit in my life, and the reviews help with that in some way, though writing is just as much a chore as it ever was. I know how you feel, though--a lot of academia feels much less relevant on a personal level now. Even reading is really different; I'm reading a lot given the amount of free time I have, but it still feels like a much smaller amount than grad school, where it was literally a daily thing.

Also, I'm glad to hear that you got the wedding details worked out, and that you got on full-time at Red Hat--excellent news in both cases! Sorry I've been my usual lazy self about keeping up on comments.

[sarmoti]

You've been busy! It's great that you've written some things for PopMatters, keepin' the noggin tuned and academic-y.

You win because you're ahead of me on The Wire! I've only watched the first 2 seasons, then got distracted by a billion other shows. But I've heard great things about S4&5 so I've gotta get crackin'.

[motownjunkboy]

Yet paradoxically, the Internet has also led to massive amounts of wasted time on my part. :-) Yeah, it's been good practice to write--I've actually kind of missed it, though I don't miss the rigidity of deadlines, etc.

You win because you're ahead of me on The Wire! I've only watched the first 2 seasons, then got distracted by a billion other shows. But I've heard great things about S4&5 so I've gotta get crackin'.

Maybe so, but you win at pretty much everything else regarding good television! I 'm still biding time on S4, trying to decide whether or not to wait until Christmas (since I asked for the DVD set). I think you'll enjoy S3 also--the narrative is a bit more consistent quality-wise than S2 (which wasn't exactly a slouch).

[motownjunkboy]

Do you think the job is something you'll stay with for awhile? That's one of the difficulties I'm trying to reconcile about my position--it's great in a lot of ways, but I'm already like, "What's next?," because there's not a sense of permanence attached to it.

I'm still working on the Bad Religion album. The opening third is superb--one of the bst starts to an album that they've had in a long time. After that, I think it drops off a bit, but I've listened to those first five songs a lot more, which probably skews things a bit. At any rate, you'll enjoy it.