voncookie | May 31, 2007
I had this terrific idea for a blog post today, something having to do with my childhood, something remote and lovely, and I didn’t stop whatever it was that I was doing to write it down, and so I lost it. Just *zip* right out of my head. Maybe the thought was about days at [...]
voncookie | May 30, 2007
Please. Shut up about the Whales. I don’t want to hear one more word about the goddamn whales. Let them go to the ocean and stop running news stories about them in your “Eleven at Eleven” segments. I beg you, news syndicates of the Bay Area, enough already with the fucking whales. Sheesh.
voncookie | May 30, 2007
Just a *few* days early, but summer is officially here—bring on the FOG!!! San Francisco summers are decidedly unlike the ones that James Taylor praises and that I wrote about a few entries back. No, June Gloom has arrived with its thick marine layer (read: fog) and cool temperatures. It’s good migraine weather—not a whole [...]
voncookie | May 29, 2007
The winning word at last year’s National Spelling Bee was the word “Ursprache”—a German word that we who sub-specialize in Translation Theory are not unfamiliar with. And yes, I feel a little superior about that. Especially when the news lady reporting on this year’s spelling bee pronounces the word with a Spanglish twang: Er-sprah-chay. Well, [...]
voncookie | May 29, 2007
I didn’t post yesterday because I was in bed with a migraine nearly… no, not “nearly”… I was in bed with a migraine the entire day, and it still is lingering a little bit, making me think that I need to either seek medical attention or just go back to bed. But since I’ve already [...]
voncookie | May 27, 2007
As we all know (or maybe some don’t) vonCookie will be taking leave from teaching next semester to work exclusively on the Diss. What you may not know (probably because this just happened) is that vonCookie will be travelling for ONE WHOLE MONTH to Spain this fall. Dates have been determined, flights arranged, apartments rented. [...]
voncookie | May 26, 2007
Extra! Extra! I’ve officially had my first stress dream about going on the market later this year. Yep. That must mean I’m ready to really start considering myself as worthy of a job in academia. That’s new. The dream was that I got a flyback to Penn State, even though I hadn’t spoken with them [...]
voncookie | May 25, 2007
So, I fell in the library. Fell nearly flat on my face, took some skin off my foot, twisted my ankle a little bit, shook me up quite a bit. They’re also doing some construction work in the Library right now, very disorienting. ILL was in a different place. They were so sweet at ILL, [...]
voncookie | May 25, 2007
…I’m sneaking into the Department right now hoping not to be seen because I need a place to drink my unasked-for-but-immediately-available Americano before I go to both ILL and the Physics library to pick up stuff I need for chapter one. The thing with the Americano… I order one every day at the Coffee Spot [...]
voncookie | May 25, 2007
“A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or [...]
voncookie | May 24, 2007
Cribbed from What an untenured college professor shouldn’t be doing who apparently got it from Dr. Crazy and I just think it’s cool as hell—even if I’m not quite sure what a “meme” is… Sorry, professors, I’m new to blog-speak. Anyway, here is: 1. What’s your earliest music memory? This is complicated having grown up [...]
voncookie | May 24, 2007
Not to brag, but I wrote 1,000 words yesterday. Yep 1,040 words to be precise. Two whole pages single-spaced. Am I happy about this? You betcha. ********* There’s a scene in the movie Amadeus, when Mozart is writing his “Requiem” at the same time that he is writing “The Magic Flute”. When his producer asks [...]
voncookie | May 23, 2007
When I was a kid, one of my aunt Carol’s favorite songs was this one by James Taylor called “Summer’s Here”… Summer’s Here I’m for that Got my rubber sandals Got my straw hat Got my cold beer and I’m glad that it’s here It’s my favorite Time of the year and I’m glad that [...]
voncookie | May 22, 2007
We are going to fight the good fight. We are going to finish a clean draft of this chapter by the end of next week. We are going to fill in holes and fill up outlines, we are not going to start to paint the portrait in one corner alone.  What does that mean? I’ll [...]
voncookie | May 21, 2007
It’s 12:30 in the afternoon on a Monday, the week after all classes have ended, no one is here except for staff… and me. I’m editing the lit mag this year, and so I’m catching up on stuff that should’ve been done while I was writing my chapter. (Can’t be superwoman.) But as I’m sitting [...]
