Well, that was a busy and fairly productive weekend–not in the writing sense, of course, but in the family and grading sense, and also in the job-search sense, in that I did manage to get the most pressing application sent. I guess I feel I have accountability to invisible people, because it helped me enormously [...]
Archive for October, 2007
27 Oct
The accidental time machine
On deck for this weekend: Complete three two job applications (I finished the one due Wednesday. Next deadline is Friday.) Grade 25 16 5 papers for the Monday-only class (Will finish the others Monday morning.) Grade 15 papers for the MW class with the aim of handing them all back on Wednesday (Okay, this was a little [...]
26 Oct
Envy
I guess there is no way that these next two applications, which are both due Oct. 31, are going out today–not with two classes to teach. Okay. Saturday, perhaps. Or Monday, since I’ll have to Express-Mail them anyway. There are many things I miss about my last full-time job; a small but significant one is having carte [...]
24 Oct
In search of the perfect job, part two (with bonus question!)
I’m pulling together a couple more applications to send off on Friday, and I’m wondering whether it could possibly be okay to leave 2YC off the c.v. altogether. There are two reasons for this. One is that 2YC is a for-profit technical college, and I’m afraid that the four-year liberal arts school and the state university [...]
22 Oct
Little boxes
As I predicted a couple of weeks ago, I’m delighted with my Ori Yoki pencil box. I always have a selection of writing implements, and I don’t poke myself in the hand while scrabbling for a pencil in my shoulder bag. My pleasure in using this seventy-five-cent item is surprisingly intense. It reminds me of an essay [...]
20 Oct
The insect god
On Thursday evening, Stubb and the Snork Maiden found a praying mantis with a swollen abdomen climbing up the front of our house, and on Friday morning, Stubb found her protectively hovering and feinting over an ootheca which she’d securely attached under the roof. By Friday afternoon, however, she’d gone off, perhaps to lay more [...]
18 Oct
The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe
Wow. I thought I’d cap off my day of working at home in my sloppy clothes and sheepskin slippers with a quick blog post about finally getting out a couple of job applications. After I posted it, I idly clicked on the link to check my blog stats, and that’s when I realized that I’ve [...]
18 Oct
In search of the perfect job, part one
[Note: the subtitle of the actual book In Search of the Perfect Job is "8 Steps to the $250,000 Executive Job That's Right for You." Of course, if there were eight steps between me and such a job, the first two would be "1. Find a way to reverse time" and "2. Go back about fifteen [...]
16 Oct
Wookiee cookies
A few words about the title of this post: I just happened to run across it; it’s the title of a Star Wars cookbook; it seemed like a perfectly good title for a random-bullets-o’-crap kind of post; not everyone realizes there are two ee’s in “Wookiee”; and I can’t wait to see what kind of [...]
12 Oct
Enormous changes at the last minute
Those who teach creative writing may be aware that this year’s AWP Conference is in New York at the end of January (shiver). The early registration deadline is October 31. I registered online this week in order to get the presenter rate (unlike many conferences, there’s a substantial discount if you’re presenting). In a burst of [...]
