Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: April 29, 2009
Invigilated, graded, and submitted the last deferred exam. My responsibilities are officially over.
Breathe easy for six minutes, and then get back to work.
Damn.
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 25, 2009
So one of the side effects of my awesome blood pressure medication is disturbed sleep. Namely nightmares. I thought I would share one of the weirder ones.
In the dream, I am me as I am now. Everything’s normal, except people seem to be tip-toeing around me for reasons that are unclear at first. [...]
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: March 28, 2009
Ugh. Still sick. Mornings are definitely the worst, though. Dragging myself up and out of bed without a hot bath and a hot compress on my sinuses is basically impossible. Am I dreading Monday? Why yes, yes I am.
We were supposed to meet with the officiant yesterday but I’ve had to move it to Wednesday [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: March 26, 2009
Having the plague and about twelve hours to grade a stack of essays. AT THE SAME TIME. I am so lucky.
It may be the advil talking, but I think these essays are substantially better. Almost the whole class has gone up by like a third of a letter grade. (It probably is the [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: February 25, 2009
Rather than work on what I need to work on *cough* GRADING *cough*, I thought I’d work on my to-do list for over the break.
write chapter four
write conclusion
compile complete first draft of dissertation
edit book chapter 1
edit book chapter 2
grade late essays
grade in-class assignments
grade blogs
set midterm
finish article 1
draft article 2
course readings
write Monday lecture
write Wednesday lecture
write Friday [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: February 13, 2009
This won’t all get done this weekend, but I really must:
respond to the brunch menu
make florist appointments
commit to invitations
find a bridesmaid’s dress
decide about centerpieces
I’m sure there’s more, but that’s all I can handle for the next week or so.
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: February 13, 2009
Okay, I rarely make public my weekend to-do lists since they are usually impossible to achieve, but I’ve been making an arse out of myself with my weekly ones so what the hell. I think I’m going to unplug early tonight because it has been a maddeningly long week. That said, between now [...]
Posted by: fiftypercentninja on: February 12, 2009
Pod-blogging, so excuse the typos.
I got asked today to write a scholarly review for a for reals journal, so I’m feeling like slightly less of a failure than I have for the rest of the week. On the other hand, I am spending a disproportionate amount of energy on looking up nonacademic career paths. I [...]
