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It’s official.
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...
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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...
View ArticleCritical Theory and Some Decisions
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...
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A Few Random Things
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...
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It’s a momentous day in the Salt Lake Valley, folks. . .
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...
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A random assortment of updatey-things
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...
View ArticleThesis progress
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...
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Deadline Day!
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...
View ArticleQuick thesis update
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...
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It’s nervous time.
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...
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