January 1, 2011 Happy New Year!!! In celebration, I’ve decided to return to a tradition begun two years ago, and continued last year–that of the New Year’s Un-Resolution, otherwise known as stating the obvious. 🙂 In review: this year I did not become addicted to Facebook applications. I still dance around my kitchen on aContinue reading “Resolved: That that that be that.”
Author Archives: Jen
Breaking with Breaking
The end of Christmas break always hits like a ton of bricks.
Driving Christmas…Somewhere
A few nights ago, I drove around town with a friend to look at all the Christmas lights. Lots of elegant white lights, some half-lit reindeer, wreaths galore, get-the-party-started multicolored lights, Santa on a motorcycle, baby light-up geese beneath a light-up palm tree, and party-foul excessive neon blue lights later, I’d say it was aContinue reading “Driving Christmas…Somewhere”
Done!
Done with 3/4 of the M.A.
Grass Two-Con: productivity starts now
Just when you thought computer filters had jumped the shark, made like a flip phone, and gone the way of the penny gumball, a new development in Internet Addiction Management proves they’re still in it to win it. Announcing the unveiling of Grass Two-Con, the revolutionary new version of Parental Controls developed uniquely for graduateContinue reading “Grass Two-Con: productivity starts now”
Refrain of the Week
This week, I’m thinking about taking a page from Melville’s book and adopting a new refrain from Bartleby the Scrivener. Thesis prospectus? I would prefer not to. Please notify the department of your final thesis committee: I would prefer not to. Final papers? I would prefer not to. Off-month budgeting? I would prefer not to.Continue reading “Refrain of the Week”
Epic Thanksgiving in Two Parts
Thanksgiving is like a giant “Don’t Panic” sign in the midst of a galaxy full of exam- and school-related Vogons. Thanksgiving in the South, I might add, is a cultural experience unlike any other. You Might Be at a Southern Potluck If… …you ask, “was that pimento cheese in my corn casserole?”…walking by another womanContinue reading “Epic Thanksgiving in Two Parts”
My Pal Potter
Not gonna lie, I’m a little excited about this. Just a little. TOMORROW!!!!
Not Just Me Anymore
Well, it’s happened. After twenty-plus years of questions about “anyone special?”, I’ve finally found myself in a relationship.** Sad to say, it’s not been a healthy one. In fact, it’s decidedly problematic. But at least I’ve reached the point when I can finally admit it. I, Jen, am in a very unhealthy relationship with thisContinue reading “Not Just Me Anymore”
Time is leaving us behind
The magic of Standard Time is that my body doesn’t know about it. Ergo, although it takes a little more effort to stay up at night, I’m now waking up (thank you internal alarm clock) a full hour earlier! P-R-O-D-U-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y!!! (theoretically, that is.)
Snark on the Side 