I am madly flailing today, so here’s someone else’s video at the Montemartini museum, which gives a nice sense of the unique place. I promise to get my pictures, video and adventures up soon!
Category: stress
BitchBuzz: Should Writers Abandon Social Media?
Three guesses what I’m going to say — what’s that? You only need one? Yeah, go on then. Read it anyway: Should Writers Abandon Social Media? By K.A. Laity Is social media getting to be too much to manage? This week over at Publisher’s Weekly, Andrei Codrescu castigates the use of social networking as a complete waste…
Twice as Fast
“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” I shall now attempt to run twice as fast… Sorry for being so quiet lately: I am a victim of…
Ironic
Today in the New Media class, we’re talking about blogging. I, however, have nothing to blog. Instead I already have a bunch of grading to do, teaching to prepare, schedules to finish working out for the rest of the semester (now incorporating visits by prospective new faculty — hurrah!), a proposal to get sent off…
BitchBuzz: How to Ruin the Holidays + Mangrove Trailer
First, my column for the week: if you’re mild-hearted and love the holidays, you may want to skip it. I am particularly proud of finding that picture of Katy Perry: How to Ruin the Holidays By K.A. Laity Whether you celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Solstice or Yule, you have an equal opportunity this year to…
Purposeful
I started out the day purposefully: I got a needed oil change, ran to the store and then came to campus. There things began to bog down a bit, not only because there was a lot of email to get to and a call from the Dean but then there was the printer not working….
Unexpected
Well, the most unexpected thing yesterday was the snow that fell after the weather report suggested no more than the possibility of some light rain. My first reaction was disbelief, then dismay as it continued to fall. We finally accumulated over an inch and a quarter. There’s something distressing about getting snow this early, though…
If it’s Tuesday, this must be…
So this is how the whole of September has felt: me as Durga with at least eighteen arms and too much to do and people standing in my way who need a good poke with a sharp stick. Where’s my lion? Or tiger! I will take either. Part of it is the normal start to…
My Fabulous Friends
In the middle of a manic Monday (as usual) — no, the conference paper isn’t done; no, the book proposal isn’t ready; no, I haven’t done whatever it is I promised you that I would do for sure by today — so in lieu of the film review I had hoped to write, I’ll tell…
Whew!
Lovely Ganesh, remover of obstacles (and wearer of leis and Mardi Gras beads). Sorry! Busy busy busy — last night was the Women’s History Month concert put together by my fabulous colleague Yvonne Hansbrough and featuring colleagues Young Kim and David Bebe as well as Jamecyn Morey, who all played music by women composers, including…