Sep
16
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Lemme guess. First term paper is due, eh?
Sorry, kids. The days of stunning Shakespearean analysis from yours truly are over. Oh, I can totally still do it and get you an A [...]
Feb
17
Every time I see an online or offline ad for The Other Boleyn Girl, my eye starts to twitch and my impulse to kill rises. It’s not that I absolutely hate Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana—well, I admit, I do a little, for various reasons such as Troy and the Star Wars [...]
Nov
15
This past weekend in Michigan was nothing if not hectic. I am, this week, droopy-eyed and yawning, even with the help of some Wild Sweet Orange tea and some hazelnut coffee. My energy is shot, and I don’t know what it’ll take to recover from the past month and a half. Someone [...]
Dec
17
Five years ago, I graduated from college. Five years ago, I sat in Crisler Arena and listened to Lee Bollinger tell me that I didn’t need to know everything, and that indeed I’d be constantly amazed by everything I didn’t know, but that knowing a few things very well would help get me through life. [...]
Dec
08
Surely you jest.
Update on my work? Well, for all my procrastination, it’s nearly done. I mean, what the hell? What does a woman have to do around here to not get stuff done?
Anyway, life is quiet, if not cold, right now (and I mean cold in the most literal sense). As soon as I hit [...]
Nov
13
Phew, taking a break from the morning’s activities. I got up at around 8am this morning and changed into running clothes, but was struck immediately by a horrible side pain that will NOT. GO. AWAY. Is it psychological or am I really in pain? I do plan on running later on, but given how the [...]
Nov
05
Like most people my age, I feel that grammar was a subject that was poorly taught, at best, in elementary schools. I really don’t recall sitting down to parse sentences. As far as I can remember, we were taught that nouns were people, places, or things; verbs were "action" words; and that we shouldn’t overuse [...]
Jun
26
I’m attempting to write a small writing sample - something brief that lets a potential employer know that I can put together words adequately enough for anyone to digest. I know I can do this if I try. One of my problems, though, is that I’m stumped on my topic. I thought that it would [...]
Apr
20
Heh. No shit. So I speak 10% Dixie? I’d like to graciously protest that I DO NOT! I had no idea I was such a Yankee, either, though that just might be recent influence. If I had taken this about four years ago, I’m relatively sure I’d be 90% General American English. When asked if [...]
Apr
13
Because, m’dear, you need a great editor.
I swear, everywhere I go, someone has screwed up their syntax, grammar or spelling. I want to gnash my teeth and rant and scream and cry out "Hire me! Hire me, I’m ever so smart!" Major corporate logos are messy. Major corporate slogans are atrocious. I know most people [...]