I found it - just too late for it to be of use. I was describing it in my last tutorial, and suddenly a phrase I was using rang a bell ( Read more... )

Don't you hate it when you can't find some information online, even though you know it's there ( Read more... )

I heard this this morning, and it just rang so so true, every line more true than the last ( Read more... )

Finally got some details out of the university regarding PhD scholarships - and have found out that there is absolutely no way that I can get one mid-year. They're offered, but only 3 to the entire Arts faculty, and they expect you to have all As or A+s, they basically allow for 1 A-. So far, I have mainly A-s ( Read more... )

Had my first student complaining about the mark I gave her.

Does that make me a real academic now?

It's been an odd week ( Read more... )

So it was my bday today. 29 ( Read more... )

I was asked what I thought was the most romantic song I knew a few days ago, which caused me obvious coniptions and serious internal debate. My solution follows:

I've felt you coming girl, as you drew near
I knew you'd find me, cause I longed you here
Are you my destiny? Is this how you'll appear?
Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?
Well ( Read more... )

I'm going to a departmental lecture tomorrow on the simultaneous orgasm.

I love my course!

So I'm at work. It's mornings like this that I'd rather not be here. The mall as a whole is pretty dead - everyone must be waking up late this morning. And whilst I have a metric shitload of work to do, it's all the boring admin stuff, or things I have been forced to finally pull out of the "too hard" basket. And I don't like that basket at all. ( Read more... )