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Not doing anything in particular. Jun. 2nd, 2008 @ 03:55 pm

In exactly two weeks my life becomes total madness again, but for right now I'm in that blissful stage of summer where nothing at all is happening. I'm left with time to contemplate the rather large spider on the ceiling of my parent's living room while watching very old episodes of Sex and the City. I still haven't made it out to the movie--it's only the very start of this short-lived vacation. Naturally, I spent the last couple of hours trying to pull together a few journal submissions but ended up spending a very long time switching my fan games essay over to a different style guide to send off to the new journal of transformative works. Not sure it's specialized enough for what they want, or if it's too specialized, or...ugh. The quest for publication is far more work than any of the old adventure games.

In other news, I went to the dentist for the first time in a couple of years and learned the true cost of not having dental insurance and still having a sweet tooth. o.0 Sometimes still being a graduate student seems great, and a stipend even seems reasonable. Months like this I'm left looking at my bank account wondering if a real job would have been all that bad. It doesn't help that I just sent off my deposit for an incredibly extravagent study abroad program for next summer, aka 2009, which will at least accomplish my goal of spending time in London. However, the whole thing will cost nearly half of my yearly stipend when all bills are in if I can't wrangle up scholarships and the like from somewhere. Sigh.

Off for a walk to the local ice cream parlour to indulge in more treats that will likely come back to haunt me as even more dentist bills.


New Not Twitter-- how unusual! May. 23rd, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
Yes, I'm posting. Yes, my icon is so out of date it's painful. Yes, I'm a slacker who never blogs anything. Something about being at Wiscon just put me in the mood to throw something out here. I'm sharing the lovely hotel quarters -- complete with a view of a loud rooftop airconditioning unit -- with four fellow fan girls / academics / etc and enjoying everything from my first night ever of Karaoke to teaching ballroom dance to random folks at the Gathering. Apparently, "Cause I'm a Blond" from the fabulously silly 80s movie Earth Girls Are Easy is my karaoke song. It started me on a dangerous path to tracks like "Sweet Transvestite" and "Lady Marmalade". After years of being told how miserable I am as a singer it's nice to go out in a society that's forgiving -- or drunk -- enough to embrace the tone deaf. 

Teaching at the Gathering was an adventure of another kind: with the help of a local instructor with far more experience than I have I taught Cha-Cha and single step swing to a bunch of farily enthusiastic folks. [To be fair, he mostly taught the single-step swing, since I don't actually know it...] I think our demos went well given we'd only danced with eachother for a few minutes beforehand. Spinning on carpet in suede bottomed shoes is not recommended, however: went a bit out of control for a moment on swing.

The space was small and carpeted and generally ill-suited to the task, but it was still great fun. Apparently my teaching instincts do transfer, or that associate exam prepped me well--either way, I survived and it was fun. Made it through the rest of my day to sit on a slash fanfiction panel with [info]deepforestowl, who led us as moderator through a fairly energetic and often random discussion of some of the Big Questions of fic as derivative work and as something that is part of a "secret play."

Tomorrow, I must see the farmer's market that I have heard so much about. Giving my paper [part of my thesis--gender and King's Quest] on Sunday, but no panels tomorrow except one I'm crashing, the sequel to today's slash panel.

New Twittering May. 22nd, 2008 @ 01:09 am
  • 07:34 Going to breakfast then on a plane to Chicago. #
  • 11:59 At the airport--the problem with being compulsive about not missing a flight is I always end up with an hour to kill. #
  • 17:01 Used my meal voucher on pizza and ice cream-a motion sickness special! #
  • 17:04 Naturally, I missed my connection and am now in line with everyone from my flight trying to find a way out of Cleveland. #
  • 17:12 Used my meal voucher on pizza and ice cream-a motion sickness special! #
  • 19:53 In Chicago on nice, solid ground. Haven't been here since the writing conference back as an undergrad #
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New Twittering May. 21st, 2008 @ 01:09 am

  • 11:58 Getting ready to fly to Chicago tomorrow. Perhaps this pouring rain will end someday... #

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New Twittering May. 20th, 2008 @ 01:08 am
  • 14:00 @deepforestowl I'm right there with you. With luck we'll both be done with the nightmare by Wiscon. #
  • 14:02 Dealing with more of the "stuff" that piles up after the end of the semester. #
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  • 14:51 Just saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and was happily entertained: great writing, lovely dinner scene, and puppets. #
  • 15:03 Quick take on the old Indy game up at CinCity today: tiny.cc/IafNA #
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May. 19th, 2008 @ 01:08 am
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  • 11:54 More prepwork for the summer session: Harriet the Spy is a very different book on rereading this many years later. #

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May. 18th, 2008 @ 01:05 am
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  • 11:42 A few more hours left in the semester. Starting on the summer to-do list. #
  • 18:15 @Vitak Cool, where are you headed to? #
  • 18:15 I'm done! Next week Wiscon, then off to Hollins to start my MFA in June. #
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May. 16th, 2008 @ 01:07 am
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  • 08:15 Sigh: can't change the billing info of my website hosting because they require the last four digits of the card that was stolen to do so o.0 #
  • 15:25 Watching the Torchwood dvd and putting together my last paper of the semester. Still haven't seen any of the new movies o.0 #
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May. 10th, 2008 @ 01:06 am
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  • 14:38 Putting together an application for study abroad, then off to fax it in. #

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May. 8th, 2008 @ 01:09 am
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  • 08:58 Hosting virtual class for my students to wrap up their final projects...and also working on my own. #
  • 14:38 Watching Sex and the City and working on the pile of papers. #
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May. 7th, 2008 @ 01:08 am
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  • 09:24 Time for a day of paper research and writing, but if I'm very lucky I might make it out for Iron Man on a break. #

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May. 6th, 2008 @ 01:09 am
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  • 10:16 @mkirschenbaum Yes I did, thank you! Still working on processing the information. #
  • 10:17 Definitely a day for relaxing and being outside--shame, since I did want to see Iron Man. Off to run errands. #
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May. 5th, 2008 @ 01:04 am
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  • 17:38 Off to eighties night social dance in a bit, though not getting particularly dressed up. The work can wait til I return. #

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May. 4th, 2008 @ 01:04 am
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  • 10:13 @Vitak Wise of you to wait to get the Wii till after the thesis was finished. Congrats on your M.A.! #
  • 16:56 Watching the season finale of Boston Legal on DVD...such fantastic writing and a great mental break. Still haven't made it to Iron Man tho. #
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May. 3rd, 2008 @ 01:06 am
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  • 09:59 Teaching my second to last class of the semester, almost time for vacation. #
  • 12:31 What does one wear to an eighties party, I wonder? Is anything tacky sufficient, or are there rules governing such dress? #
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May. 2nd, 2008 @ 01:07 am
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  • 12:31 Taking my mid-day break, then off to evening classes and the like. #

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Apr. 30th, 2008 @ 01:13 am
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  • 11:40 32 pages into this draft. Two weeks from the end of the semester. At least I have ER season 7 dvds to keep me company o.0 #
  • 19:29 @chr0me By the way, did you ever post any of the photos from San Francisco? #
  • 19:30 10 more pages and a works cited to pull together. Background noise of choice: Man in the Iron Mask. Great book, poor film. #
  • 22:42 Might be able to finish this by 1am...could get almost enough sleep before teaching tomorrow. #
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Apr. 29th, 2008 @ 01:10 am
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  • 14:21 Sitting up for the first time at 3:30 in the afternoon...hmm, it's possible I might be sick... o.0 #

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Apr. 27th, 2008 @ 01:06 am
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  • 19:20 Contemplating that answerless question- how do I make my life relevant? #

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