Interviewing students. Going through surveys. Yay! This means I'm actually doing work toward my dissertation on a (semi)consistent basis, despite my lack of posting. In addition to working on the embodiment collection article revision (I revised hard for a couple of days and now I'm waiting for more feedback from the editors. . .that sounds... Continue Reading →
Need to do this week (as in by Sunday 12/15)
Miraculously finish the place of place chapter by tomorrow at 5pm. Or: Get through the topoi section by tomorrow at 5pm. Meet Kate at 3 Trees tomorrow at 5pm, with chapter, prospectus, and interview questions in tow. Begin emailing 225-ers to set up interviews: shoot for 5 interviews now. Read and comment on Kate S.'s manuscript. Figure... Continue Reading →
what have I done today, exactly?
yoga from 8-9. might have been my most productive hour all day. made a stab at cleaning out my myMiami inbox. . .though there's still 5 pages worth of messages to get through. perused Google reader. rinse. repeat. checked other emails. . . see #3. read maybe 3 pages of E.W. Harrington's Rhetoric and the Scientific Method of... Continue Reading →
So. . .
it's been awhile. I am a bad graduate student. Or maybe I'm typical. Either way, NO PROGRESS. D'oh. What have I been doing? Teaching last semester: ENG 225 was great, ENG 111 I'm not sure of. Hopefully, my thoughts and feelings about 225 will be reflected in the surveys that were distributed and some of... Continue Reading →
Selecting Facts and Avoiding Wedding Meltdowns
I have not gotten as much dissertation work done today as I would have liked, due to the fact that I am worried about my wedding: my mother, who I love dearly and for whom I am grateful during the wedding planning process, has been looking for reception sites. She found one she loved--The Brown... Continue Reading →
essaying the plains 