Archive for the 'Academia' Category

I’m surprised I made it this far.

Yesterday I turned in the last paper for my last real class in my program. Huh. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel… Of course, I still have to do a research internship, my comp exam, and my dissertation…but still. I feel…like maybe I accomplished something. Also, I feel like I’ve been in […]

Do you know how creepy it is….

…when you’re sittin’ in your office, eating lunch and minding your own business, and you suddenly hear bagpipes? Are they staging a remake of Braveheart on campus? Do I at least get to be on the winning side? Oh wait…grad students never win. I almost forgot. Any time they get close the finish line is […]

If you were wondering…

Matt just got accepted into the Master’s program in Instructional Technology at Utah State. …Now he can figure out why I sometimes act insane…because I AM insane, which is generally less fun than it sounds, actually.

Yep.

OK, the week after Spring Break is one of the hardest weeks to go to class ever. EVER.

Went south. Then came back.

Yes, I am still alive. I’ve been in Albuquerque at the Popular Culture/American Culture SW/Texas Regional Conference. Where I presented on sexy gamer girl images online. It was beautiful in New Mexico. Sunny, 60 degrees. Nice people. Diversity. Adobe buildings. Good food. The things I like. Even the Atomic Museum, one of my new favorite […]