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Lately, I’ve mastered the art of existing. I’m very good at it. I’m not much good at anything else though. In keeping with this vain, tomorrow’s lesson plans are as follows: American Experience–show a long movie and go over the midterms.World Culture–go over midterms and have students present on key figures in the chapters. I’llContinue reading “Existing”

My baby brother went to prom!! (He’s the cute one on the far right in powder blue.)In my mind, he’s still the chubby little baby in his purple sweat pants, pulling the dog by the tail.

April, 2004I was living in Coralville, IA with Merry, Lisa, Katie, and Angela. I was working at University of Iowa mail room. I processed mail. I had just gotten back from visiting Virginia and applying for grad school at Mary Baldwin College. I spent a lot of time with the guys next door, Casey, Ben,Continue reading “What I can remember tonight”

Today was a perfect, lovely day. I suffered from some strange horrible headache during this day of days, but for the most part, it was lovely. 1) I woke up at 10:30am after falling asleep at 3am. I got out of bed the moment I felt like it.2) I emailed lectures and responded to students’Continue reading “Art and New Music”

This week has been a crapper of a week. It seems that everyone I talk to has been having a bad week. Except for my mother, who I believe has found the holy grail of anti-depressants because she was positively chipper the last time I talked to her. But other than my happier than thouContinue reading “Reasons to Be Happy”

Easter is my favorite holiday. Today started off with a nice long shower. I put out Easter baskets for my two roommates last night before going to bed. I spent the morning listening to conference talks that I had missed last weekend. After enjoying a perfect omelet, I got the house ready for choir. AtContinue reading “Easter”

I’ve been trying to find the words for this post for a long time. I’m going to attempt it now, without making it too long. Lately, the wards in the area have been throwing around the idea of a mid-singles ward. To which I say, “Great! What a wonderful way to teach people who don’tContinue reading “Evil thoughts of Heaven and Hell on Earth”

Today’s class was Theatre Appreciation. The goal in the class is to teach students to appreciate theatre. I have to remember this on days like today. Today my classes projects were due. They were so cute, for the most part. So prepared, for the most part. But there were two main actors missing from bothContinue reading “Theatre Appreciation”

Last weekend, I presented a paper at a Humanities Conference in Richmond. The presentation went very well, but between preparing classes, writing the paper, and worrying about job security–by the time Saturday rolled around, I was mentally and emotionally kaput. At the conference, Tim Reid talked about the power of perception vs. reality. We areContinue reading “Perception vs. Reality”

This is what I’m going to use to teach my students about the Declaration of Independence tomorrow. There’s plenty of reasons to detest HBO’s way of doing things if you’re a mormon–but dang it all this miniseries is heaven on earth!! Long live David McCullough! Long live Youtube!! And of course, Long live these UnitedContinue reading “Independence and Revolution”