ok, so yeah, I am addicted to the internet. Must have my fix, must be able to check email and write occasional blogs. I turned off the internet at my apartment back in April because I was going to be gone for two months, plus some, and I didn't see the point in paying for it when I wasn't going to be there to use it. And here I am, the first Saturday night I am back in Berea and I am sitting outside BC&T typing a MySpace blog entry about it.
Damn, I missed this town when I was gone.
I just watched Pan's Labrynth (sp?) and it was a beautiful film. Absolutely wonderful in music, art, plot.... the history and the tyrant. I was horrified by the Captain's actions. Absolutely horrified.
Tomorrow I will try to wake up and get to the graduation ceremonies in the morning. I want to see some of these exceptional folks walk across that stage and start a new beginning. :)
Well, now I must upload more photos to Flickr. Later taters!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
archive: 11 may 2007: writing for local magazines
I just finished watching "Georgia Rule" in the theatre. It was pretty good, a fun movie, even though there are many time I wanted to SLAP Lindsey Lohan's ultra bitchy and spoiled character, but then again, she's pretty screwed up and had needed help a long long time earlier in the movie's backstory. Oh well. It was a good generational movie of daughters and mothers and grandmothers reconnecting and bonding. Crazy storyline. But good movie.
I may do a lot of writing in my work blog this weekend. It is possible.
I may also start writing some blog entries in my personal blog about the restuarants and coffee shops I ate and drank at during this entire trip. It requires me to go through the receipts and remember. We'll see if I can remember them all! Maybe some of them have websites that will jog my memory. Several of the coffeehouses did have websites, and today I finally picked up and took with me a copy of the menu. I need to sit and make notes each time I go. I'll try to remember for the rest of my trip to do this. Mom said it can't hurt to try, then edit it, and submit it to local magazines. Who knows what can come of it? In the very least it gives me something to do.
I am reading The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. It is very good, so it will be a battle to either sit and read for hours or to write for hours. I know, but I cannot seem to do both. lol.... I think, right now, I am going to sort out receipts for May so far, write down the names of restuarants and coffeeshops I visited in April and May, and then read for a while. Maybe then go downstairs to eat and have a drink. Maybe...
I may do a lot of writing in my work blog this weekend. It is possible.
I may also start writing some blog entries in my personal blog about the restuarants and coffee shops I ate and drank at during this entire trip. It requires me to go through the receipts and remember. We'll see if I can remember them all! Maybe some of them have websites that will jog my memory. Several of the coffeehouses did have websites, and today I finally picked up and took with me a copy of the menu. I need to sit and make notes each time I go. I'll try to remember for the rest of my trip to do this. Mom said it can't hurt to try, then edit it, and submit it to local magazines. Who knows what can come of it? In the very least it gives me something to do.
I am reading The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. It is very good, so it will be a battle to either sit and read for hours or to write for hours. I know, but I cannot seem to do both. lol.... I think, right now, I am going to sort out receipts for May so far, write down the names of restuarants and coffeeshops I visited in April and May, and then read for a while. Maybe then go downstairs to eat and have a drink. Maybe...
Monday, April 30, 2007
archive: 30 april 2007: interview
quick post!
I have my interview today! Wish me luck! Especially think good thoughts for me between 9-10 a.m. when I talk with the search committee and between 3-3:30 p.m. when I give my presentation. I created a powerpoint tonight with OpenOffice.Org, and I hope that it will work fine tomorrow.
Happy Day!
I also leave for Harrogate, TN, sometime around 4:30 or 5. I am staying in a B&B there, so I have to get there relatively early. It'll probably be 7 when I get there.
Ok, gotta get some shut eye!!!
I have my interview today! Wish me luck! Especially think good thoughts for me between 9-10 a.m. when I talk with the search committee and between 3-3:30 p.m. when I give my presentation. I created a powerpoint tonight with OpenOffice.Org, and I hope that it will work fine tomorrow.
Happy Day!
I also leave for Harrogate, TN, sometime around 4:30 or 5. I am staying in a B&B there, so I have to get there relatively early. It'll probably be 7 when I get there.
Ok, gotta get some shut eye!!!
archive: 30 april 2007: post-interview
I think it went quite well, and I am definitely glad it is over-with. I am looking forward to hearing from them when they finish interviewing other applicants. I feel good about it now that I have had some time to feel relieved and relaxed. I learned a lot about the new changes and up-coming possibilities in the department, and they're all exciting ones! I am excited for the department, and if I happen to be a part of these new changes I would feel honored to have contributed. :) In any case, WOW!
Well, I have to get some sleep tonight. I work at Lincoln Memorial University in the morning. I'll be here for three days because LMU has a ton of stuff. Excitement!
later friends!
Well, I have to get some sleep tonight. I work at Lincoln Memorial University in the morning. I'll be here for three days because LMU has a ton of stuff. Excitement!
later friends!
Friday, April 20, 2007
archive: 20 april 2007: madness in the air
I just read my daily horoscope and it says this:
"Your reliability helps you realize your work and love goals, especially when you're trying to form long-term plans. Your efforts now will pay off with unexpected dividends very soon."
Interesting... I just received an email from S.W. saying that he had something unexpected earlier this week and he was not able to call me. I do hope he's allright. I am leaving out the details here. Anyway, so he asked a couple things in the email, one of which was salary and if that range suited me fine. It does. And he was asking if and how we'd schedule a face-to-face interview. So... I scrutinized my schedule and decided that Union College can go last. Yeah. I am supposed to visit them on April 30th and it is the closest college on my itinerary to Berea, and completely possible for me to stay that Monday. So I sent an email asking SW if that Monday will work well for him. I also sent an email to Union saying I need to reschedule my visit with them. Maybe I should have waited for a response from SW though... But I am confident it should work out. *crosses fingers* Any other day won't work! Most of May I am in North Carolina and West Virginia. Far far far away from Berea.....
*crosses fingers*
I am going back to the hotel for a little bit to change shirts, and then I am going to go find something outdoorsy to do. Both batteries on my cameras are running low though... Maybe not many pictures. hrm. Saturday should be half-filled with fun, and I will also spend some of Saturday driving to Greeneville, TN. I am staying there Saturday night through Tuesday night, and then I am staying in Mars Hill, NC, Wednesday night through Friday night.
Have a good Friday!
"Your reliability helps you realize your work and love goals, especially when you're trying to form long-term plans. Your efforts now will pay off with unexpected dividends very soon."
Interesting... I just received an email from S.W. saying that he had something unexpected earlier this week and he was not able to call me. I do hope he's allright. I am leaving out the details here. Anyway, so he asked a couple things in the email, one of which was salary and if that range suited me fine. It does. And he was asking if and how we'd schedule a face-to-face interview. So... I scrutinized my schedule and decided that Union College can go last. Yeah. I am supposed to visit them on April 30th and it is the closest college on my itinerary to Berea, and completely possible for me to stay that Monday. So I sent an email asking SW if that Monday will work well for him. I also sent an email to Union saying I need to reschedule my visit with them. Maybe I should have waited for a response from SW though... But I am confident it should work out. *crosses fingers* Any other day won't work! Most of May I am in North Carolina and West Virginia. Far far far away from Berea.....
*crosses fingers*
I am going back to the hotel for a little bit to change shirts, and then I am going to go find something outdoorsy to do. Both batteries on my cameras are running low though... Maybe not many pictures. hrm. Saturday should be half-filled with fun, and I will also spend some of Saturday driving to Greeneville, TN. I am staying there Saturday night through Tuesday night, and then I am staying in Mars Hill, NC, Wednesday night through Friday night.
Have a good Friday!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
archive: 18 april 2007: sewanee and mixed cd fun
I love this campus! Mom told me that it was beautiful here. She visited Sewanee once in the '60s with a friend who was visiting a friend who was in the seminary here. But wow... the buildings make me think of England (and I have been there) and the students are nice, and the staff I have met are friendly. I like this place, at least in the same way I was initially (and still) impressed with Berea. I have not seen the town of Sewanee yet, though. I have only been on campus and to the campus coffeehouse, which is where I am at now.
Here's some photos. This afternoon it was windy and overcast, threatening to start raining at any minute. Tomorrow, I hope, will be sunnier. Also, soon, I hope to go visit the Sewanee Natural Bridge. Or maybe some tomorrow afternoon.
Whoever this guy is who is at the counter has the PERFECT mixed CD in the stereo. It is a mix of 80s and 90s music, but it is great. I love this song... "What is Love?" *sigh* Is that the song that is playing on MY So-Called Life when Ricki and Delilah are dancing, having a good time, and Angela and Brian are sitting up in the stands bored with themselves and disappointed, but for once two friends (R and D) are having a good time after all the shit they had been through. HAHA! M.C.Hammer now, "Can't Touch This." I'm tellin ya, this is cool. Ok. I am asking about it. haha. It is the other barista. ok... Back to work.
Here's some photos. This afternoon it was windy and overcast, threatening to start raining at any minute. Tomorrow, I hope, will be sunnier. Also, soon, I hope to go visit the Sewanee Natural Bridge. Or maybe some tomorrow afternoon.
Whoever this guy is who is at the counter has the PERFECT mixed CD in the stereo. It is a mix of 80s and 90s music, but it is great. I love this song... "What is Love?" *sigh* Is that the song that is playing on MY So-Called Life when Ricki and Delilah are dancing, having a good time, and Angela and Brian are sitting up in the stands bored with themselves and disappointed, but for once two friends (R and D) are having a good time after all the shit they had been through. HAHA! M.C.Hammer now, "Can't Touch This." I'm tellin ya, this is cool. Ok. I am asking about it. haha. It is the other barista. ok... Back to work.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
archive: 15 april 2007: creepy place
Honestly, the downtown area of this town gives me the creeps. I was thinking of not going there again, but... I didn't get a good picture of the statue or of the courthouse.
I am in Dayton, Tennessee. If you're up on your history you'd know this was the town where the Scopes Trial took place. Still don't know what I am talking about? From July 10-21, 1925, a high school teacher, John Thomas Scopes, was tried for teaching about evolution in a classroom setting, which apparently violated a recent state law prohibiting it. Scopes had three lawyers defending him, one of which being Clarence Darrow. The prosecutor was William Jennings Bryan. Yeah. Bryan. And the college here is named Bryan College. So yeah, the campus kinda gets under my skin, too, but I gotta go back.
/begin soapbox
I don't believe we just popped out of no where onto this earth. It makes sense, to me, that we evolved from our closest animal cousin. Especially after hearing Kenneth Miller speak at Berea College in July about the chimpanzee and human genomes. THAT explanation right there was what set it in stone for me. It still doesn't say that there is or isn't a God/god, but it does say things make more sense. A loophole, in my opinion, has been filled. If there is a God, then God is grander that just making us humans just show up on earth. God planned the evolution of creatures on the earth from the very beginning of the earth's creation. The way animals, and subsequently humans, would evolve as they are today as the earth changed climates and environments over billions of years. And who's to say we're not evolving anymore? With all this advancement into technology, maybe we're supposed to move forward with that in some manner...
/exit soapbox
Anyway, as I was driving around downtown I saw this HUGE Republican Party building with red, white, and blue and elephants and etc etc. I drove on to park, walked down to the "Dayton Coffee Shop" but it was packed with elderly folks who just got out of church (lots of Baptist churches here) so I decided not to stick around with my long-in-the-front and SHORT-in-the-back haircut and jeans on Sunday (omg, a sin to wear jeans on SUNDAY!) and got back in my car. agh. This place gives me the creepies.
BUT, I have to say there is an excellent pizzeria here. Joe and Vinny's. I ordered a calzone and had my choice of four toppings to have it stuffed with: fresh mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, and pesto. OMG. Mouth watering! I am going back tomorrow!
I hope the weather is warmer tomorrow, but I doubt it. Drier, but still very windy. I drive to Athens, TN, tomorrow afternoon.
I am in Dayton, Tennessee. If you're up on your history you'd know this was the town where the Scopes Trial took place. Still don't know what I am talking about? From July 10-21, 1925, a high school teacher, John Thomas Scopes, was tried for teaching about evolution in a classroom setting, which apparently violated a recent state law prohibiting it. Scopes had three lawyers defending him, one of which being Clarence Darrow. The prosecutor was William Jennings Bryan. Yeah. Bryan. And the college here is named Bryan College. So yeah, the campus kinda gets under my skin, too, but I gotta go back.
/begin soapbox
I don't believe we just popped out of no where onto this earth. It makes sense, to me, that we evolved from our closest animal cousin. Especially after hearing Kenneth Miller speak at Berea College in July about the chimpanzee and human genomes. THAT explanation right there was what set it in stone for me. It still doesn't say that there is or isn't a God/god, but it does say things make more sense. A loophole, in my opinion, has been filled. If there is a God, then God is grander that just making us humans just show up on earth. God planned the evolution of creatures on the earth from the very beginning of the earth's creation. The way animals, and subsequently humans, would evolve as they are today as the earth changed climates and environments over billions of years. And who's to say we're not evolving anymore? With all this advancement into technology, maybe we're supposed to move forward with that in some manner...
/exit soapbox
Anyway, as I was driving around downtown I saw this HUGE Republican Party building with red, white, and blue and elephants and etc etc. I drove on to park, walked down to the "Dayton Coffee Shop" but it was packed with elderly folks who just got out of church (lots of Baptist churches here) so I decided not to stick around with my long-in-the-front and SHORT-in-the-back haircut and jeans on Sunday (omg, a sin to wear jeans on SUNDAY!) and got back in my car. agh. This place gives me the creepies.
BUT, I have to say there is an excellent pizzeria here. Joe and Vinny's. I ordered a calzone and had my choice of four toppings to have it stuffed with: fresh mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, and pesto. OMG. Mouth watering! I am going back tomorrow!
I hope the weather is warmer tomorrow, but I doubt it. Drier, but still very windy. I drive to Athens, TN, tomorrow afternoon.
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