I'm a crappy blogger. What's my glitch?
I finished grades on time. They were not the best grades I've ever given, but I haven't received a single complaint and/or request to explain why absence of points led to failure. I read my course evals (against my better judgment) and they were good, proving that I have no sense of what the students are thinking...ever. It's a dumb game to play--I hereby vow to never speculate again about whether or not my course evaluations will be good or bad. I play this every semester, and they are always good (knock on wood).
I started summer term. It's fine. Nice students, interesting class, etc. I'm just not into it. I am really sick of teaching class after class after class. (And I better get over that fast because I have another one starting soon. Blah. Wipe brain clean. Don't think about it yet.)
I'm working on my book revisions. My agent pitched the book at a conference and got a bite from a major place (my dad would say outfit, so I'm going to say a major outfit). The trick is I now have two weeks to finish my revisions. What the hell am I doing over here? Who knows.
I shall now tell you what movies I saw these past two weeks:
Duplicity--good, very twisty, excited enough about its own cleverness to make me excited too.
Gran Torino--excellent (save for a few bits of symbolism that made me want to roll my eyes because, seriously, Clint, we get it); one of my favorite movies of the year.
I shall now tell you what books I've read these past few weeks:
Still Alice--excellent, if depressing, story about a forty-nine-year-old woman who discovers she has early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Wouldn't that suck? Yeah, this book confirms that it would.
Made in the USA--okay novel about a couple of kids who run away and have terrible things happen to them; redemptive, I guess, but too redemptive to ring true for me.
Dark Places--excellent thriller/literary novel about a Satanic mass murder in the 80s. Gillian Flynn is my new writing model; her descriptions are just so good. She's a writer to watch.
Just Listen--a great YA novel about date rape; very angsty, but uplifting enough to feel hopeful.
I also watched Lost last night, but I'll refrain from commenting in case someone clobbers me for revealing the ending.
That's it. That's all I got. More later...
Posted expressly for you @ 12:05 PM
7 Comments:
I'm always amazed at how much stuff you get done. I don't think I could get 1/10th of that done in twice the time. Not without a Delorean anyway.
Oh, heavens no, Chris. I'm actually quite lazy.
I'm with Chris. You amazingly productive. I'm lazy. I think I'm authorized to teach a graduate seminar on lazy.
If you are lazy, then I see your next project: a self-help book--How to Get a Fuckload Done without Really Trying. I would buy that book.
Middlebrow's suggestion is an excellent one! Although he is not one bit lazy, either.
I loved Duplicity--saw it a second time with my daughter and loved it twice (how appropriate!). I also thought Gran Torino was very good. Right, a little over the top once or twice, but otherwise, I thought it hit the exact nerve that made it worth seeing and thinking about.
Good luck with those revisions!
I can confirm that she is indeed lazy. Other than prepping and teaching several new classes each year (in addition to teaching classes that she has taught in the past), attending and presenting at a few conferences each year, working on articles for scholarly publication, working on articles for non scholarly publication, managing several undergraduate internships, managing several graduate projects, serving on a couple of committees, attending many required fun events, planting millions of flowers, pulling millions of weeds and writing a novel, all she does is sit on her ass. I just don't know what it's going to take to motivate her.
You are not one of those who would get any benefit from reading the War of Art, because you probably secretly co-authored the book. Once again, thank you for the reading list. I am intrigued by Dark Places.
Ack, Limon! Once again, you have proven you don't know squat. If you ever feel like hanging out with me for a week, I can teach you a thing or two about lazy. Actually, I wouldn't...and that's how lazy I am!
:P
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