I can’t believe that there are people out there who are so misinformed.
I also can’t believe I’m up this early in the morning. This may be what I need to get back on track, sleepwise. I’ve been sleeping 10+ hours a night and I don’t think that’s good for me, even if I am sick. I think I’m coming down with bronchitis now. Oh, boy!
Last night, since I didn’t have class, I did a good bit of just fooling around and then got cracking on my work for today’s class. I did my scene analysis for the movie from last week and did my PowerPoint presentation for my mid-term project. We have to do a presentation, using PP and filmic illustrations, about a theme or topic related to one of the movies we’ve seen so far. I used a film from Cameroon to talk about images of black and white to symbolize imprisonment. I think it will be a good presentation. My voice is almost totally gone, so I hope I’m able to give it. Maybe she’ll cut me some slack and not make my presentation too long or anything. Tonight I have to go to B’ham with Scott for some law school dinner. I’m actually excited because Warren St. John (author of Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer) will be speaking. I’m sure that will be awesome. I was unclear about what I should wear, but I think I may wear a nice pair of black pants and a shirt I just bought this week that I really want to wear. My shopping trip last night yielded a pair of gaucho pants on sale (from the kid’s department, lol!) and then I used my Cingular rebate gift card to buy a really cute skirt and a pair of sunglasses at Cato. I popped in there because I was already over in the general area buying a gargantuan bag of dog food for Brubeck and was curious to see if they had what I wanted. I’d never been in there, but the clothes overall are pretty cheap and cute. I may start going there for more trendy things.
haphazard musings of a recovering academic 
Don’t freak out hon. It seems as if you’re taking all of your changes well, and it will definitely all work out for the best in the end. Anyways, good luck with the rest of your semester, and I’m here for if you need me!
Oh my gosh. I am just reading this now and I am really sorry to hear all that has gone on. I am going to resist the urge to fuel the fire and just let you know (not that it really makes a material difference at this point) that I didn’t lie to you when I evaluated you in the summer and that I did give you a good review when I sent in the rec for the scholarship. I think that some people just have “one way” of doing things and if you don’t do it their way then they get on a high horse. Unfortunately those of us who are in the field are the eyes and ears of the profs when it comes to practica and it becomes a professonal v. a student. Please feel free to call me if you need anything.
Thanks. I know you were honest and I really appreciated that. You told me how it was (good or bad) and I think that’s what helped me learn so much. And I agree. It’s “my way or the highway” for some people. Definitely not a good way to learn.
Be prepared, because St. John is very good-looking. (c;
And also, he coined the phrase ‘metrosexual’ while working for the NYT.
The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me…
Yeah, and I live in AL!
It does sound like a good presentation you have there.
As for the cop, if he’s what constitutes ‘West Virginia’s Finest’ then Lord help everybody in that state!
Why thank you, I’d like to think so, too.
Yeah, WV isn’t really on my list of “Places I’d Like to Live One Day” for many, many reasons!