It's Not Mean If It's True

Still alive. Still grading tests and papers.

A meme from Cara. Bold what you have done.

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain (sort of)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (no thank you)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (and then promptly passed out)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (only leased it)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant

I'm baaaaccckkk. Two trips, one sleep study, and negative one post-doc responsibility later. It's been a bit crazy. Right now, I just wish a certain faculty colleague would quit enrolling students for one of my spring courses who don't belong there. See, I teach the Master's capstone class, where the Master's students write their Master's projects. First year, second semester, Master's students do not belong in this class. She needs to get out. And her crazy advisor needs to get her out. Soon.

Dear Student,

Thank you for your email about registering for spring classes. I am sorry to hear you are not on campus during any of the times on the four different days that week that I have registration appointments. Unfortunately, I teach and have other things to do and cannot accomodate your schedule. I guess you will have to come early for your class after all, even though that's "inconvenient" for you.

I also appreciate your thinking of the time when you mentioned your elective options. Unfortunately, it is not a time saver for me to find all the classes that fit your schedule and then to "let you know" which ones you can take. That's your job, my dear. So when you say it's to "save time" during your registration appointment, it's your time you are saving, not mine. So we're not going to do it that way. I tell you if you can take it. You have to find it first though. I did my fair share of class hunting as a student myself so I'm no longer in that business. It's a sad world.

But again, thanks for sending me the email letting me know what I can do for you. It's always good to stay informed I suppose.

Love,
Dr. A

I agree.

If another person ends up in the White House who pronounces the word as "nuke-u-lure" rather than the correct pronunciation of "new-clee-er", I'm going to stab pens in my eyes for the next four years. Seriously dude. Sound it out. Nuclear. Not too hard.

Stupid George W. Bush. Get off my TV screen. All I hear is "Blah blah blah." And I want to watch Criminal Minds.

I have to say - I lead a most boring life. I don't have a problem with this at all. I'm just making an observation. Sure, I go out and do fun things. I work. Two different jobs actually (one part-time). But my life is largely uneventful, except for the day-to-day crazy stuff, including interactions with students, other faculty, clients, and the random public. So I have lots of little things going on. I used to post a lot more about these little day-to-day crazies. Not so much anymore, largely because during my downtime, I tend to not be attached to the computer. Or, more often, I have such limited downtime, the posts just don't get done. So the posts aren't coming as frequently as they once did.

But they still come, which, for the few who check in here, is probably sufficient to keep updated on my life.

I rarely actually watch SNL. But I caught this video of opening last night - clever & hilarious. Tina Fey does great impersonations.

I heart Jon Stewart. I particularly like the bit about teen pregnancy.