Showing posts with label Class. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Class. Show all posts
Monday, January 21, 2019
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
A Day in the Life of Someone on Sabbatical
DD texted to see if I wanted to go to bookclub together, and I texted back to say I was actually at the college coming off of my 6th straight meeting. Before I hit up bookclub at Lucky's Steakhouse, I had to have dinner with a Psych department faculty candidate at Capital Prime another steakhouse clear on the other side of town. That's two too many steakhouses for someone who doesn't even eat steak. Anyway.
By the time I got to Lucky's discussions were underway, but there were so many lovely people I knew and I got to stop by the different tables for hellos and hugs. But even the lovely people looked at me funny when I said I'd already had dinner so I ordered a giant dessert to show I do eat. I am mature and self assured.
By the time I got home Nu and the puppies were asleep (school night) as was Big A (he's working tonight) and I sat there in the living room, with the radio on, catching up on email and beginning to feel queasy and kinda anxious. And then I figured it out and texted our college boy who was awake (college life).
It was M. Night Shyamalan night on WKAR's Michigan Matinee.
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By the time I got to Lucky's discussions were underway, but there were so many lovely people I knew and I got to stop by the different tables for hellos and hugs. But even the lovely people looked at me funny when I said I'd already had dinner so I ordered a giant dessert to show I do eat. I am mature and self assured.
By the time I got home Nu and the puppies were asleep (school night) as was Big A (he's working tonight) and I sat there in the living room, with the radio on, catching up on email and beginning to feel queasy and kinda anxious. And then I figured it out and texted our college boy who was awake (college life).
It was M. Night Shyamalan night on WKAR's Michigan Matinee.
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
My Term of Rest and Relaxation
I heard My Year of Rest and Relaxation was funny and thought it would be funny to read it now since I'm on a sabbatical (term not the whole year, but...).
But OMG, while I chortled in a few places, I was so saddened and depressed from this overall.
And... I worked on campus from 9-7 today, so I'm doing the sabbatical wrong too.
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But OMG, while I chortled in a few places, I was so saddened and depressed from this overall.
And... I worked on campus from 9-7 today, so I'm doing the sabbatical wrong too.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Kin
This was sometime after I'd talked about Harraway and "Make kin not babies!" and C said gesturing at dinner--"You mean like this? Like you do?" And it felt like this might be the best compliment ever.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Monday, December 03, 2018
Now Cage-Free
I got to gush about her work, and tell her I've lost count of the number of times I meet old students who have forgotten the details of every other reading, but remember "the birdcage." She was so warm and lovely and generously claimed to love the stuff I'm working on right now. We talked for a couple of hours at Chapelure, and then I floated home on a wave of happiness.
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Friday, November 30, 2018
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Sunday, September 02, 2018
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Bits and Bobs
Last class for this academic year, and our class went downtown to the new frozen custard place. I like joking that it's the closest thing we have to a Sri Lankan restaurant in Alma because its name is Serendipity.
On our way back we bumped into the sweetest, cutest, eight-week old puppy. His name is Yogi. LOOK AT THAT FACE! JUST LOOK! Yogi is a very good boy and trots along happily except when he's turning around to look for all the new friends who give him pets.
Full admission: I saw Yogi for the first time yesterday when I was turning into the parking lot at school, and I totally rolled down my window and screamed, "so cute, SO CUTE!!" I guess I'm practically a TLC song now.
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On our way back we bumped into the sweetest, cutest, eight-week old puppy. His name is Yogi. LOOK AT THAT FACE! JUST LOOK! Yogi is a very good boy and trots along happily except when he's turning around to look for all the new friends who give him pets.
Full admission: I saw Yogi for the first time yesterday when I was turning into the parking lot at school, and I totally rolled down my window and screamed, "so cute, SO CUTE!!" I guess I'm practically a TLC song now.
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Thursday, April 05, 2018
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
"Last Dance with Gorgeous George"
KB's title when she posted this to FB.
I'm lucky to have colleague-friends who crack me up.
And the original.
(My student had dropped her project mannequin off in KB's office
as I was in class. I was moving him to my office, but I didn't realize
that his pants were falling off and thus making me look extra perv.)
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Friday, May 12, 2017
Friday, April 28, 2017
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