Bit of Ivory

My defense is at 12:00 on Friday. I’m starting to freak out. One hour of the defense is focused on the thesis, and considering how much time I’ve spent thinking about all the issues surround that blasted thing, I’m not too awfully scared about that part. But the other hour is about my coursework. You […]

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Sorry for the silence. I’ve been SUPER busy. You see. . . I’ve finished my thesis! At least, enough to schedule my defense. My chair is satisfied with it, and one of my readers thinks it’s “very good work,” which makes me want to dance, ’cause this is the professor whose class I failed way […]

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4082 / 5000 words. 82% done! Unfortunately, I’m apparently not a very good English major, because I must use little words. The above word count only represents 10 1/2 pages. I was hampered by a fairly busy weekend (wedding shower, BYU football game, etc.), and yesterday I didn’t get nearly as much work done as […]

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0 / 5000 words. 0% done! I have officially applied for December graduation. Also talked to my thesis advisor today. He wants 20 pages by Tuesday. That’s approximately 5,000 words. So I stole a NaNoWriMo progress bar. 5,000 words by 2:00 Tuesday. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. . […]

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1) I got my hair cut. Really cut. As in, it hasn’t been this short since I was in 2nd grade. I also put in highlights and lowlights. I’ll take a decent picture of it soon. I’m getting no end of compliments on it. 2) The new carpet is going in my bedroom tomorrow. Yayness! […]

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It’s sweater weather. As in, I left my coat in the car when I went to lunch. And we haven’t had any snow for four days. It’s crazy, people! For the first time this winter (I think), we’re actually above average instead of waaay below it. It makes me want spring, even though I know […]

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I woke up this morning to at least 6″ of snow. Driving to work was a nightmare, as none of the roads I usually take had been plowed. At all. Now, I’m pretty good at driving in the snow, but the Prius was sliding around at 12 miles an hour. It was kinda freaky. Got […]

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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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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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