midgebop
Drunk on a world served straight: through the lens of a travel junkie, movie slut, foodie, music lover (no country twang please), queer liberal, English prof.

March 2009



RBOC--Overly Ambitious Spring Break

Sunday, 29 March 2009 7:55 P GMT-07
Clearly I do not understand the word break, although I do understand the concept of separation. Not going into campus for awhile, even if I am doing work, feels rather liberating. I love my job, love the school, but there comes a point in the semeste

RBOC or why it's Tuesday and I'm already exhausted by the week (OK a bit of a whine)

Tuesday, 24 March 2009 7:52 P GMT-07
Sitting here at my computer, 8:26pm, it finally dawns on me the entirety of why, on this Tuesday evening, I am feeling like I've worked more than a full work week.I have spent many hours preparing for a Transgender Training I'm piloting tomor

Early Evening Scenes along South Sherman Street

Tuesday, 17 March 2009 5:09 P GMT-07
It's only with the pacing of a dog that I take the moments to stroll my street, noticing how the work day transforms into evening along South Sherman Street. Just a few doors up the block, Carmen pulls her car into her 80 year-old-neighbor Frank&

CCCC 2009 Initial Reflections

Monday, 16 March 2009 7:26 A GMT-07
Inspired by reading Nels' posting on the CCCC's conference, I thought I'd give some initial impressions a whirl. I have a mixed relationship with the conference, at times loving and at times hating. When I first attended the conference, I

How I Think

Tuesday, 3 March 2009 8:18 P GMT-07
Nan says she doesn't get writing because she doesn't think like a poet. She doesn't know how they think. I ask her if she knows how I think. She ponders and says nope.So I get to thinking about how I think. I'm humming Philadelph