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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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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What I’m up to these days.

The problem with getting a Ph.D. in literature is that it’s hard to explain to people exactly how the dissertation process works. I probably wouldn’t recognize the extreme differences myself but for the fact that Mr. Wizard is also working on a doctorate, but in “the sciences.” Add to this the fact that [...]

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18 Miles of Books

There are two things worth talking about today. No, three. Three things [insert laugh of Sesame Street's Count].

Topic the First: book shopping, and why it makes me minorly panicky and majorly brain dead.

The Second: my dissertation, and why I need to explain to my family what I’m up to these days.

The [...]

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Don’t piss off the librarians.

My mom taught public school for 30+ years, and one of the best rules of life to come out of that experience was: don’t ever piss off the janitorial staff. They are key to keeping your classroom running, and yet they are generally underpaid and under-respected for the essential services they provide. If [...]

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No sir.

Very Important Cheese Crunchies Observations

Not nearly as delicious as the name brand Cheeto: This is probably so because chemicals are often tastier than natural foods and because these are “baked not fried.” Which leads us to:
Math: notice that these crunchies not only contain 33% less fat than regular crunchies, but they also have [...]

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Raison d’être

Everybody’s got one.
Once upon a time, I blogged elsewhere.  My “self” didn’t really hide behind a persona there.  If someone were to stumble across that blog, there were enough clues strewn about to add up to “Perpetua.”  As a result, I was very “on,” all of the time–the more me I was, the less me [...]

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