The Conference Circuit
I haven’t talk about it much, but the trip to New England was exactly what I needed to recharge my batteries, academic and otherwise. It was wonderful to see family and friends, to be able to back and visit some of my very favorite people at Smith, and of course to present my porn paper […]
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2007: Resolutions are for losers
Okay, not really, but I like what Dreama did over at Random Again, so I’m copying. I’ve never been really big on the whole resolutions thing, but I think it’s nice to think about things that may be coming ahead. So, in her words, “in 2007, I will do the following things. As always, these […]
Questionable content
I’ve been reading (perhaps) excessive amounts of Questionable Content recently, wondering which (if any) coffee haunt Coffee of Doom imitates and hoping for a new strip that mentions Smif. I’d like to say I’m just attracted to the sexyhot-ness of the comic - because it is a gorgeous comic - but I’m pretty sure I’m […]
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Penguins
I think I need to watch more documentaries.
Yes, I’m probably the last one, but I finally saw March of the Penguins tonight. I was a bit of a skeptic going in, but by the end I was actually pleased. What’s even better, because it was about penguins - all penguins, all the time - there […]
Surf’s up!
Yes, I’ll admit it; while everyone else only needed two or three days of recovery, and a few very extraordinary people needed just one day to recover from Blogathon, I needed - what’s that? - just about three months. Ah well, better late than never.
But hey, we made it, and we raised hundreds of […]
Inspiration
One of my favorite parts about Summer Literary Seminars was getting the chance to hear so many amazing authors read their work. Among my favorites was John Dufresne, who read from his collection of short stories Johnny Too Bad.
Aside from having a great sense of humor, his writing was really fresh, and engaging in a […]
The Absurdists
The more I think about my trip, the more I find myself thinking about the really amazing wonderful things and being able to overlook the rough or unpleasant parts. Yay.
One of the most surprising results of the program for me was how it revitalized my love of Russian literature and threw me back to my […]
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Saint Petersburg
Saturday night, a little before 9pm, my plane landed from Saint Petersburg by way of Paris. I had never been happier to be in New York City, and I have a feeling I never will again.
I went to Saint Petersburg on the 25th with a group of 4 students (myself included) and a professor from […]
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The criticisms of my students would serve as a good warning to visitors of Seeworthy: she talks too fast, she's too hard on us, she assigns too much work, and you have to be a dyke to get a good grade.
In other words, I'm a big, fat, queer, feminist meanie, and I am totally out to get you. Graaagh!
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