I used to think college is for everyone. (Part One)

Surprisingly, this delusion lasted me through an M.A. program and at least two years of a Ph.D.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about full disclosure (don’t worry, I’ll come back to the college thing). When I set out to write an anonymous blog, my assumption was that I would feel free to write about [...]

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Photo Sunday

I know, I know, I prefer the alliteration of “Photo Friday” too, but I was away from the desk, eating this pizza and doing various and sundry things in Chicago.

Eating the food a city is famous for is generally lame and unsatisfying, though this was more a case of “it didn’t suck, and it cost [...]

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Recaps, Revamps

It’s almost August, people. For those of us in the academic world, this is the month of “I said I’d finish that before school starts?” and “when does school start?” and “it’s August already? are you kidding?” I’ve finally gotten to a point in my life where friends don’t assume I’m “on [...]

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I am pleased…

when the topic I am thinking and writing about intersects with the music I am listening to.

That is all.

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To Do

Ignore the fact that I’m procrastinating right now. I’m not procrastinating, I’m giving myself room to think. I’m allowed to do that. But these are desperate times. I’m leaving town (again) on Thursday, to return Monday, and before I do so, I need to:

Prepare a dissertation prospectus so that I can
Meet with [...]

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Like, work.

I tried but failed to get this Wordle thing working earlier in the day. Turns out everyone else makes theirs look pretty by using a screenshot instead of the page code.

Word clouds remind me of those games you play when you’re a kid, the ones where you randomly point at a word on [...]

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Photo Friday

I said I wasn’t going to post photos because I’m all kinds of obsessed with anonymity.  But since I love “weekly features” on other peoples’ blogs, I’m instituting “Photo Friday” as of today, with the difference being that I shall only talk about photos I find on the web.
Except for today. Today I’ll explain the [...]

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Naming Names

I’m forcing myself to write about something unrelated to the diss today, in part because, when I stop to think about it, working or thoughts of working have consumed this entire week. I can’t even remember the last time I left the house (right, thank you Twitter, it was Wednesday, and I went…to do [...]

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Your books are the ILLest.

I’m going to the library today to pick up a dissertation that I ordered through Interlibrary Loan.  Muy interesante, no?  No, not really, except that it raises issues of class and the academy.  Ordering a dissertation would cost me something like $40 if I weren’t affiliated with my institution.  I’m not entirely sure why (maybe [...]

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That Carson poem.

I was planning to scan a copy of Carson’s “Snow,” but the scanner/copier/fax/printer/wonderwall is broken has been broken since April, give or take a month.  So instead, I took a blurry picture.  The scribbling above is mine from a few years ago.  The highlighting is not mine, as I do not believe in highlighting.
The truth [...]

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