farewell...

I think that, for the nonce, this blog has served its purpose. I clearly no longer take such care to update it as I once did; and to me, this is a signal that perhaps it is time to dismiss this project, for now if not forever. Thank you to those who have read and commented; it's meant a lot to me to know that other people got something out of this. And, at least for the coming months, goodbye...

October 28, 2007

Music: Jason's, Dishwalla Opaline
Reading: Nussbaum's attack on Butler, Butler's response/NYT op-ed (3/20/99), Culler The Literary in Theory
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Went for a run. I felt like shit, but it was good for me.
2. Dickens reading group is officially starting tomorrow! Tea and sweets and Dickens and PUPPY!!!!
3. Long hot shower.

October 21, 2007

Music: Jason's, Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: biography of Elizabeth Cary, Josephus Antiquities, text on XML
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Checked off almost everything on my To Do list.
2. Played Labyrinth with Jason.
3. Relaxed a bit.

October 17, 2007

Music: Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: various for workshopping and for Digital Humanities class
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Knitted!
2. Checked off almost everything on my To Do list!
3. Yerba mate!

October 16, 2007

Music: Jason's, Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: Michaels The Shape of the Signifier, various articles on text encoding/markup for Digital Humanities class
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Sexxors!
2. Cuddles!
3. Got a bunch of worky-type stuff done.
4. Figured out that I CAN go to both the English department lunch (albeit for only 15 minutes... heh) AND the talk on the future of libraries tomorrow!

October 14, 2007

Music: Jason's, Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: various for tragedy class
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Chili!
3. Ice cream!
4. Ultimate Frisbee!

October 13, 2007

Music: Savage Garden Affirmation
Reading: Michaels The Shape of the Signifier; "The Revenger's Tragedy"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles.
2. Got bunches of work done.
3. Played a room escape game and beat it ALL BY MYSELF! :)

October 9, 2007

Music: Barenaked Ladies Everything to Everyone, Jason's
Reading: Cather "Paul's Case" *shudder*
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Got some work done.
2. Programmed a working php thingie (thanks MUCHLY to the help of Jason!).
3. Chocolate.
4. Slept enough!

October 6, 2007

Music: Barenaked Ladies Everything to Everyone
Reading: many many readings for my Elizabethan/Jacobean tragedy class; Marlowe Edward II
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6

Good things that happened today:
1. Hot sex.
2. Ultimate Frisbee!
3. Got fresh mozzarella to eat with basil and balsamic vinegar -- YUM!

October 5, 2007

Music: Jason's
Reading: Barker The Tremulous Private Body: Essays on Subjection
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. X-Files!
3. Burritos!

October 4, 2007

Music: Barenaked Ladies Everything to Everyone
Reading: Marlowe Edward II, Culler The Literary in Theory
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Heard back about Ultimate Frisbee intramurals. I'm excited!
2. Backrub!
3. Cuddles!
4. Chocolate ice cream!
5. FINISHED the drafts of my grad school application essays!
6. Secured my last recommendation-writer!

September 29, 2007

Music: Enya The Memory of Trees
Reading: Graff, Kyd The Spanish Tragedy
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2

Good things that happened today:
1. Read The Spanish Tragedy. Immensely entertaining and well-written in parts.
2. FINISHED MY MICHIGAN APPLICATION ESSAY DRAFT OMG THANK GOD
3. Was fairly productive.

September 26, 2007

Music: none
Reading: Graff Clueless in Academe
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Got a bunch of work done.
2. Worked on my grad school app essay.
3. Writers' Guild.
4. Did some embroidery.
5. Picked a class to take.

September 24, 2007

Music: Jason's, Enya The Memory of Trees
Reading: Culler Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Classes went fairly well.
3. The Culler book is really great -- very clear and concise -- really a pleasant read, and that's saying something when you talk theory.

September 23, 2007

Music: Jason's
Reading: various articles for my M.A. required class, alumni magazine
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Yummy burritos for dinner.
3. English department get-together. Chatted with some folks with whom I'm hoping to build relationships.
4. Outlined another MLS essay.

September 20, 2007

Music: Madonna Bedtime Stories, Jason's
Reading: Dad's manuscript
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Had a nice day in the city.
2. Excellent dim sum.
3. Wandered around Chinatown.
4. Great dinner at a tiny little Italian place with HYPERSPEED service -- for about $25 each including tip!
5. Penguins! Also giant salamanders and turtles and eels and HUGE-ASS fish and reallyreallytiny fish and snakes and lizards and... (We were at the aquarium.)

September 19, 2007

Music: Madonna Bedtime Stories
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Dad's manuscript
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Made plans to go have a nice day in the city tomorrow.
2. Had tea!
3. Got writers' guild stuff as organized as it could be at the moment.

September 18, 2007

Music: Madonna Bedtime Stories, Jason's
Reading: Dad's manuscript, Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Cuddles!
2. Got some stuff done.
3. Got all of my stuff in the apartment pretty much cleaned up.
4. Waffles!

September 13, 2007

Music: radio
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being, newspaper
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 4

Good things that happened today:
1. Chocolate milkshake.
2. Wrapped another ball of yarn into a hank.
3. Talked to Dara.
4. Talked to Jason.

September 12, 2007

Music: radio
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being, newspaper, Dad's manuscript, French news
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 3

Good things that happened today:
1. Got a $160 jacket for $55! Yay for sales bringing things down to something approaching reasonable prices!
2. Read some French.
3. Looked at classes for next quarter/year.

September 11, 2007

Music: radio, some musical in Julie's car
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being, newspaper, Dad's book (for copyediting)
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Hung out with Julie.
2. Wound some yarn from the sweater I unraveled into hanks.
3. Knitted.

September 10, 2007

Music: Darren Hayes This Fragile Thing[...??]
Reading: Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 2.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Finished unraveling a sweater from which I'm recycling the yarn.
2. Cast on for another chunk of my purse.
3. The dentist says my teeth are fine!
4. Read hot fic.
5. Talked to Jason.
6. Watched a good football game.
7. Discovered I hadn't totally forgotten French verb tenses.