Back to School

As the whine-a-roo post below indicates, I’m immersed in 9/11 lit, and it’s depressing the hell out of me, so I’m not capable of posting something coherent right now (which is not to say I’ve ever posted something coherent, come to think of it). My dissertation is not exclusively on 9/11 texts (note to self: update wholly [...]

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I learned something important today.

Today I learned that my best work is driven by intense masochism. This is not the same as saying “all grad students in the humanities are masochists because they work themselves to pieces with little guarantee of a future in their field,” or whatever. This means: unless the subject I’m studying causes me [...]

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The dilly, yo.

If you reference the Twitter at right, you’ll see that a few days ago, I was cornered by my advisor whilst on the way to the bathroom. She said hi. I was going to keep right on walking with the feigned urgency that says, “I’d love to chat, really I would, but [...]

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I’m a little behind

On…everything.  I’m behind on my proposal, my article submissions, prepping for my job.  And I don’t think I’m procrastinating.  I think I’m overestimating my potential.  I haven’t been able to cross anything off my list (except going to the dentist, which, let’s face it, took about an hour and little effort from me) in a [...]

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Photo Friday

Behold Hitler Cat. Wizard and I like to discuss–well, not “like,” really; we often find ourselves discussing–anti-Semitism. He is of the Semitic peoples; I am not. So we often end up playing a game of “Hatred, Ignorance, or Anti-Semitism?” It is not fun.
As “Photo Friday” is not supposed to be heavy, [...]

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Pre-Remembering

This is a placeholder post, a “don’t want to post two photos in a row” post.
I should post part two of that thing I was posting a while ago, but I don’t feel like it.
I don’t know if this particular brand of malaise I’m experiencing is pro-work or anti-work. Am I shutting down because [...]

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I Forgot Photo Friday

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I came to get down.

I’m a bit out of sorts today, in part because I’ve not made much headway on any of the projects that need to be completed before the semester starts. Every time I think I’ve got some aspect of academic work under control, I meet up with someone who really knows how it’s done. [...]

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