Bit of Ivory

So, a couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about genres and how the academy pretty much dismisses genre fiction out of hand. In it, I mentioned that I have Issues with Critical Theory, but that that was a whole nother post. Well. Here it is.

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Note: Many thanks and respect to Robin McKinley, whose recent post and encouragement got me to finally type this out.
I’ve been thinking. About the kind of reading I do, and what that means to my chosen profession.

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So, yesterday and the day before, I ended up taking my very first sick days since I started working here. That’s a pretty good track record, eh? Anyway, I woke up that morning feeling like I hadn’t gotten any sleep at all (and having pulled a few all-nighters in my life, I *do* know how [...]

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Okay, so. This week has been so slow. And today has been slower. There are several reasons for this.
The first is that I haven’t been sleeping well (for reasons unknown), so I am dead tired. Going to see Hairspray at 9:30 PM on Wednesday night did not help this situation.
The second is that it’s Friday, [...]

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I’ve decided who my Most Hated Artist Played By KOSY is. This was not an easy decision. Even the groups/artists I like get played too much (I hear at least four Carpenters songs a day, and they only play about 8 different ones, so it gets old). But there are several artists that I just [...]

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That is what I have managed to make out of my 100% hemp yarn. That’s what I get for thinking that I could wind it into a ball without the aid of a swift or even a chair back. It will probably take an hour to untangle. Joy. It’s a pretty color, though. A very [...]

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It’s a slow day at work. I find it rather– ironic that now, where I’m working somewhere that updating my journal from work would be perfectly acceptable, I hardly ever do it. But when I was working somewhere where doing such a thing would be frowned upon, I did it all the time.
Anyway. I’m just [...]

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Okay. Let’s see. I think I’m going to break this down into categories for ease of organization and such.
1) School: Pretty much the same. What with starting a new job and still being quite exhausted, not much progress has been made on the thesis. But things are looking up for this week. I’m determined [...]

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Yup, that would be me. My contract job with WGU wasn’t working out (mainly because I hardly ever did any actual work, what with being so unscheduled and all, and because it was boring as all get-out), and since the beginning of the year I’ve been looking into regular part-time jobs. I did have [...]

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For the first time in 5 years, BYU beat Utah! In a last-minute (literally, we had 3 seconds left to run our last play) come-from-behind waaaaay-too-close-for comfort touchdown pass, BYU BEAT UTAH, 33-31.
I’m so happy, I could cry.

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