there sure were a lot of anonymous spammy-type comments on the blog. i went through to wipe it clean. we'll see how long that lasts. i am definitely going to have to be more vigilant.
i can't believe the semester is almost done. april 9 is the last day of classes and then the exam period begins, and i am officially jobless as of the end of may. argh! i have to find out if i qualify for going on the dole.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
margaret laurence
i'm reading "the diviners" by margaret laurence. i first picked up "a jest of god" by her in a used book store on oak bay ave. after which, i found "the diviners" and "stone angel" at another used bookstore. i'd forgotten how much i enjoy her writing style and how her characters have a pitch-perfect melancholy to them. i've been reading a lot lately, mainly parking myself at my local caffeination station. books and books and more books. i have a bunch of new ones on the table waiting to be read, and two non-fiction ones as well "on the go".
always am seeking recommendations (hint, hint).
always am seeking recommendations (hint, hint).
Thursday, March 4, 2010
i'm back!
[I don't know what happened to me or where I went. I lost my way, perhaps. Anyway, I am back now. I hope I don't lose myself again.]
Teaching has been great. I'm really enjoying it and wish I were better at being on top of the lectures. There is just no way I can get through everything I think the course ought to cover, but I will do my best to get through as much as I can. Being back in Victoria hasn't been as strange as I thought it would be. Neither has being back at the law school. I'm not sure what I was expecting it to be like, but it's quite nice to be under-employed (the lack of an adequate pay-cheque part is not so nice).
I haven't been tearing up the fitness scene, like I had hoped I would. For the past month or so, I've been sick (to a greater or lesser degree). I'm finally feeling as though I have mostly kicked my strange flu/cold/sinusitis but am now feeling the wrath of seasonal allergies. Every year they get worse and every year they creep up earlier and earlier. They were bad enough in NYC, but here -- in the lushness of this green, green place a'bloomin' -- I am a goner.
Still, I live in a creaky big ol' house with bad electrical wiring and single-pane windows on top of a hill in an area bounded by the Pacific Ocean. Somehow, I think I can live with allergies.
Adieu.
Teaching has been great. I'm really enjoying it and wish I were better at being on top of the lectures. There is just no way I can get through everything I think the course ought to cover, but I will do my best to get through as much as I can. Being back in Victoria hasn't been as strange as I thought it would be. Neither has being back at the law school. I'm not sure what I was expecting it to be like, but it's quite nice to be under-employed (the lack of an adequate pay-cheque part is not so nice).
I haven't been tearing up the fitness scene, like I had hoped I would. For the past month or so, I've been sick (to a greater or lesser degree). I'm finally feeling as though I have mostly kicked my strange flu/cold/sinusitis but am now feeling the wrath of seasonal allergies. Every year they get worse and every year they creep up earlier and earlier. They were bad enough in NYC, but here -- in the lushness of this green, green place a'bloomin' -- I am a goner.
Still, I live in a creaky big ol' house with bad electrical wiring and single-pane windows on top of a hill in an area bounded by the Pacific Ocean. Somehow, I think I can live with allergies.
Adieu.
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