voncookie | September 30, 2008
12:30 a.m. Technically, I have two pages left to write to fulfill the 20-page term-paper requirement. Technically. But I have a lot more than two pages left of material. And I’m tired. So I’m going to take a quick nap and finish this up in the a.m. More soon. 2:22 a.m. Finished. Four years of [...]
voncookie | September 30, 2008
I was just thinking about how I’m writing this paper, how I’m choosing to finish The Incomplete. Not my usual M.O. of writing everything the day before it’s due, although I have pulled a few unintentional all-nighters. No, as it turns out, grad school has taught me something after all, and I am writing this [...]
voncookie | September 29, 2008
Wall Street has decided to play a gigantic game of “Chutes and Ladders”. You know it’s a bad day when you open up your iGoogle page and see this: Jeez. That’s something I never wanted to see in my lifetime, although I guess I already did, post-9/11. But really, now? I know nothing about the [...]
voncookie | September 29, 2008
Getting my 3 a.m. jones for 7-11 crap coffee, I head out up the hill to get my fix. I drive into the parking lot at “The Sev”, go inside, get my Dark Mountain Roast 16-oz cup full o’ mediocrity and head back to my car. As I’m about to pull out of the parking [...]
voncookie | September 29, 2008
I’ve decided the insomnia ain’t so bad after all, as long as it leads to productive output. I’ve just written a one-page prologue to my Incomplete that can serve as an abstract, and I’ve had a new vision as to what this first part of the essay is all about. (Ever heard of Rey Pastor, [...]
voncookie | September 28, 2008
A little background: The paper known as “The Incomplete” is one that’s been hanging over my head since Fall of 2004. Several times I’ve started to research it, and then have lost interest. My original topic–the problem of the actor in Symbolist theater–was more confusing than interesting, and so I kept putting off the paper… [...]
voncookie | September 25, 2008
I’m beginning to think that my inability to sleep comes and goes in cycles that are unavoidable. Nothing to do with anxiety, nothing to do with my meds not working, or the fact of my bipolar disorder. Nothing of the sort. Just a virus I pick up every three weeks or so… It lasts a [...]
voncookie | September 23, 2008
Don’t know what to say, really. I seem to be having some sort of karmic dry spell after disparaging “real” writers the other day. So nothing’s been on my mind that’s been worth writing about. Matter of fact, my mind has been blissfully blank for a while, and I’ve been enjoying that *very* much. I [...]
voncookie | September 20, 2008
There is new temptation afoot. It is called Open.Salon.com. Another blogging venue, but this time–this time–it’s for people who consider themselves to be writers. “Real” writers. ::sigh:: Which I, alas, am not, but let me define. A “Real” Writer is– a) Someone who writes fiction/poetry/screenplays/drama, i.e. someone that invents worlds out of nothing but pure [...]
voncookie | September 19, 2008
11:42 a.m. I have a public speaking engagement today of approximately 5 minutes in length, starting at 1:30 p.m. … pretty free-form in general… and for this reason, I am nervous. Nerviosísima. Because of the indeterminate format, I’ve not figured out how to really prepare for this thing, so I guess we’ll just see. I’m [...]
voncookie | September 17, 2008
I don’t like being read to. I hate the sound of someone reading aloud to me. So you think I’d hate the NPR program “Selected Shorts”. But no. I guess it was over a week ago that I heard a dramatic, powerful reading on “Selected Shorts” of Benjamin Percy‘s powerful story about the homefront of [...]
voncookie | September 17, 2008
So, yesterday I read my teaching evals. I’ll refrain from commenting on that. It’s one of the more bracing parts of the job search, going through–in my case–the evaluations from 10 classes that I’ve taught here at Big U, and picking out “some really good ones, some good ones, and some okay ones,” as I [...]
voncookie | September 15, 2008
You know you’re anxious about an election when it makes its way into your dreams. Last night I dreamed McCain not only won, but trounced Obama. I woke up sad and frightened, saying “It’s only a dream. It’s only a dream.” But I fear it may come true, what with The Bounce and all. How [...]
voncookie | September 12, 2008
9:41 p.m. I hit a big stall in my progress this afternoon, and now I’m preparing for the final push. I think I’ll liveblog this final esfuerzo. As of now, 14,315 words. One full section left to write, one full section left to be rewritten. More soon. 10:25 p.m. 15,005 words. *whew* Now I need [...]
voncookie | September 12, 2008
The day has, unfortunately, gotten off to a slow start. I got distracted by some stuff–little things that needed clearing up–and didn’t get a real groove on until nearly 11 a.m. By 12p.m. I was starvin’ like Marvin and needed some bad hotel food (although I have to say, the quesadilla that I ordered from [...]
