1. I love my aunt and uncle, but a few white lies to get some personal time with the bf did the trick.
2. Elephants! Giraffes! Flamingos and tapirs and meerkats and PANDAS! San Diego zoo!
3. And then a lovely rest in the hot tub
4. and a gourmet dinner at...Wendy's! Grad students eating on the cheap.
5. Then Watchmen, to complete the semi-lazy but lovely day.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
4. CALIFORNIA!!
The boyfriend extraordinaire and I are now sitting in out lovely apartment in San Diego, enjoying the vacation. My aunt and uncle are spoiling us rotten and everything is lovely. More details to follow, once I'm not so tired. This is a cheat post.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
3. Undergrads
When I was thinking about a grad student, I was very sure I would not be one of those snobby grad students who look down on undergrads. I mean, after all, I worked harder in undergrad than I do now. I was a good undergrad! And coming from undergrad straight to grad school, I'm close in age to the seniors.
The freaking undergrads are driving me crazy. Well, actually, only the work-study ones in this building, since I don't really interact with others. But these ones WILL NOT SHUT UP. I understand wanting to chat while bored at work, I do it too. But seriously, if there is nothing for them to do, why do we have three of them at the desk at one time? And why does that guy keep giving really bad advice really badly? And why is printing something such an ordeal? I do not want to hear about their messy relationships, travel plans, or internship frustrations. I would be ok with the chatter if it weren't so loud I feel like I have an army of sorority girls next to my desk. Blech.
Some of them aren't bad. Some are actually quite nice and helpful. But man, some of them make me want to come out of my office, where I might actually be trying to do work, and throttle all of them.
The freaking undergrads are driving me crazy. Well, actually, only the work-study ones in this building, since I don't really interact with others. But these ones WILL NOT SHUT UP. I understand wanting to chat while bored at work, I do it too. But seriously, if there is nothing for them to do, why do we have three of them at the desk at one time? And why does that guy keep giving really bad advice really badly? And why is printing something such an ordeal? I do not want to hear about their messy relationships, travel plans, or internship frustrations. I would be ok with the chatter if it weren't so loud I feel like I have an army of sorority girls next to my desk. Blech.
Some of them aren't bad. Some are actually quite nice and helpful. But man, some of them make me want to come out of my office, where I might actually be trying to do work, and throttle all of them.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
2. Behind already! Bagles!
I suspect I am going to have a hard time with this marathon blogging nonsense. Ok, not nonsense, good-sense, but still. I am not that interesting. I do not have enough to say!
However, a question:
Does anyone else find untoasted bagels hard to chew? I will only eat an untoasted bagel if it is fresh from the oven. Otherwise, it's too dense and gummy or something. I love bagel sandwiches, but I particularly hate it when they are on untoasted bagels, because then it's two layers of hard-t0-chew surrounding lunchmeat and it hurts my jaw.
I mentioned this to my boyfriend last night and he thought I was insane. I insisted I am not alone in my bagel preferences. Right? Anyone?
However, a question:
Does anyone else find untoasted bagels hard to chew? I will only eat an untoasted bagel if it is fresh from the oven. Otherwise, it's too dense and gummy or something. I love bagel sandwiches, but I particularly hate it when they are on untoasted bagels, because then it's two layers of hard-t0-chew surrounding lunchmeat and it hurts my jaw.
I mentioned this to my boyfriend last night and he thought I was insane. I insisted I am not alone in my bagel preferences. Right? Anyone?
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Can I do it?
A friend, who I am not linking to in case she likes her privacy, is engaging on a challenge to blog 25 days out of the month. I think I will fail, but I like the idea of trying. I also look forward to reading her blog 25 days out of the next month, so this seems like a good idea. So....lots of blogging, starting now!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Teacher, It Really Is an Excused Absence
Yeah, I just fell off the face of the earth again. Since I don't actually think I have that many readers it's probably not a big deal, but I think I'm back. A few random reasons and thoughts:
1. Apparently this is "the age for that to start" for EVERYTHING unpleasant. I think I am also starting to become a hypochondriac, but I suspect that that can happen at any time. I do think I need to get an allergy test to see if I've developed any allergies, and should take more steps to improve my mental health.
2. Sometimes I wonder how I ended up with a man who is, in many ways, dramatically different from me. And then he up and blows my mind with how well he deals with the things I'm struggling with, and I realize I'm just damn lucky to have him. I thank him all the time, but it feels inadequate. Thank you again. Am I blowing your cover by telling other people you're secretly nice?
3. It might have been a bad idea to come to grad school directly from undergrad. I think I'm slightly burnt out, and am having a hard time dedicating as much effort to school work as it deserves.
4. SAN DIEOGO IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. Ha, spring break. See point 3.
5. Josh Ritter is coming to Ithaca in April! I am obsessively plotting how to get there to see him again. Best show I've ever seen.
6. I dreamed last night I got married and Michelle Obama came to my wedding. She was old enough to have gray hair. Apparently it takes me a long time to befriend her before I can get married.
7. I need to do homework before I can do some doting on someone who deserves it. Bye!
1. Apparently this is "the age for that to start" for EVERYTHING unpleasant. I think I am also starting to become a hypochondriac, but I suspect that that can happen at any time. I do think I need to get an allergy test to see if I've developed any allergies, and should take more steps to improve my mental health.
2. Sometimes I wonder how I ended up with a man who is, in many ways, dramatically different from me. And then he up and blows my mind with how well he deals with the things I'm struggling with, and I realize I'm just damn lucky to have him. I thank him all the time, but it feels inadequate. Thank you again. Am I blowing your cover by telling other people you're secretly nice?
3. It might have been a bad idea to come to grad school directly from undergrad. I think I'm slightly burnt out, and am having a hard time dedicating as much effort to school work as it deserves.
4. SAN DIEOGO IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. Ha, spring break. See point 3.
5. Josh Ritter is coming to Ithaca in April! I am obsessively plotting how to get there to see him again. Best show I've ever seen.
6. I dreamed last night I got married and Michelle Obama came to my wedding. She was old enough to have gray hair. Apparently it takes me a long time to befriend her before I can get married.
7. I need to do homework before I can do some doting on someone who deserves it. Bye!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Newberry!
I love Newberry medal books like only (future) librarians and teachers can. The books are for kids, supposedly, at least the authors wrote them for kids, and usually, kids do love them. And the kids love them for all the right reasons, because they're good and engaging and usually have wonderful lessons about life that come across by just being very real (and I am sure the kids who read them usually just enjoy them and learn without going "oh hey, that's an important life lesson!") Librarians and teachers tend to be the ones who love them because of the life lessons. Anyway, I'm writing because Neil Gaiman's book The Graveyard Book just won this year's Newberry, and I'm thrilled.
Problem is, I have not yet read this book, because I didn't realize it exists, and now I need to. So, I skipped the library option (sorry libraries) and went straight to Amazon.
Once I was there, I had almost decided NOT to buy the book, when I found another book, Everything You Know About God is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion, and it looked so fascinating and so potentially challenging (I tend to read pro-religion books, and this, while not anti-religion, looks slightly...subversive) that I needed it. When I looked at the price, I realized that if I bought that book AND the other, I would get free shipping. So I did it. Now that it's done I regret the money spending, but really hope it's worth it. These books are both books I want to read and "library building books" - books that have merit by making my library more interesting and well-rounded and up to date. My gosh, I'm doing collection development for myself!
Also, I just bought a new bookshelf to accommodate my book problem. My boyfriend's response to all this: "Keep it up and I'm going to confiscate your credit card." I would so deserve it.
Problem is, I have not yet read this book, because I didn't realize it exists, and now I need to. So, I skipped the library option (sorry libraries) and went straight to Amazon.
Once I was there, I had almost decided NOT to buy the book, when I found another book, Everything You Know About God is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion, and it looked so fascinating and so potentially challenging (I tend to read pro-religion books, and this, while not anti-religion, looks slightly...subversive) that I needed it. When I looked at the price, I realized that if I bought that book AND the other, I would get free shipping. So I did it. Now that it's done I regret the money spending, but really hope it's worth it. These books are both books I want to read and "library building books" - books that have merit by making my library more interesting and well-rounded and up to date. My gosh, I'm doing collection development for myself!Also, I just bought a new bookshelf to accommodate my book problem. My boyfriend's response to all this: "Keep it up and I'm going to confiscate your credit card." I would so deserve it.
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