Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: June 4, 2009
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: April 27, 2009
I leave for Congress on May 21. Between now and then I need to:
invigilate/grade a deferred exam
write my book review for Canadian Literature
revise my CanLit Gala entry
write my paper for Congress
complete a round of revisions on my dissertation
And… you know… that wedding thing.
Oy vey.
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: April 26, 2009
… and I am free for the summer!
It’s really weird, but I’m feeling for the first time in my career like I actually need a break from teaching. I think between the wedding and the teaching and the dissertation and the professional development and the article and the departmental service, I’m a little overwhelmed. A [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: April 23, 2009
Choice quotations from answers to my CanLit exam:
“AID’s is like pregnancy. Only worse.”
“Comedy was invented in Nova Scotia in 1820, but did not catch on until the 1900s.”
“She thought he put her at risk by being a manwhore. But really his mom was a junkie.”
“Sex became common in the 1980s.”
“Sir John A MacDonalds was a [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: April 16, 2009
Finally submitted my first article yesterday. Mailed it and everything. Can’t even recall it if I want to; it’s gone for good. Weird.
I thought that when I finally got over all my insecurities and sent the damn thing, I would feel like less of a fraudulent academic and more like someone who actually deserves to [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: April 8, 2009
Finished teaching, today. A little bittersweet. I don’t feel like I ever fully connected with these students like I did with my peeps from last semester. I don’t think they really got all of me, you know? Between the crazy cold from hell and the blood pressure stuff and finishing my dissertation draft, for the [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: April 6, 2009
AND almost finished setting the final exam! I should wrap it up on Wednesday and maybe even get my grades all sorted out in the computer. I’m feeling very free and easy at the moment. There are three or four more essays to come in (if they ever will) that I will still have to [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: January 14, 2009
Seriously, it’s about seven bajillion degrees in here and I am possibly going to die of heat. It’s blowing snow so I don’t want to open the window. Gross.
Anyway, I’m in the office working on the first Douglas Coupland (from now on referred to as DoCo — which is so beyond PoMo, the [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: January 13, 2009
I got accepted to the CACLALS conference at Congress this year, which is super exciting. My paper proposal comes out of my thesis, and so it’s less stressful than other years where I have had to manufacture something from scratch for a big conference. I feel like I already know this material really [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: January 7, 2009
I had my first day with my new class today, and they seem quite interested and energetic. The class looks as though it’s going to be very very full (possibly over-capacity) with lots of students asking to be let in. I hope we can find space for everyone. I don’t mind the [...]
