voncookie | October 27, 2009
Well, you know I’m going to complain about work. Actually, maybe I won’t… I’ve always said, “better busy than bored”, but I feel like my mantra is coming around to haunt me a bit. Still, with all that, I’ve managed to squeeze in some recuperatory time and activities that have made my work overload a [...]
voncookie | October 23, 2009
6:10 pm Just back from a Dr.’s appointment, somewhat ready to work. Knitting has been put away. Notes are ready to be taken (which should have been taken a few days ago) and soon I’ll be ready to write. It needs to be soon. It has to be soon. The question remains but is never [...]
voncookie | October 22, 2009
1:10 pm (Tuesday) Yesterday I somewhat serendipitously found a document that has half of my conference paper already written for me. I wrote it several years back, and forgot about it. So it’s a good thing that I went through my archives, because I’m now ahead of the game. Or at least I was. I [...]
voncookie | October 17, 2009
I just drove by C’s house– where Dee used to live– to see if C (or anyone else) was there, on the off chance that maybe I could quell this afternoon’s melancholy feeling about Dee’s death with some company and some shared memories, and maybe a little talk about Teh Now, and what’s happening in [...]
voncookie | October 17, 2009
I finished the second draft of Ch5. Hurrah! That’s terrific, take 4 hours off. Did you enjoy that? Great. Now get back to work. This semester is, to say the least– the *absolute* least– overloaded with responsibility. I would list the projects I have going, but I fear it would not only bore you to [...]
voncookie | October 15, 2009
5:50 p.m. I would like to say at this point in the day that I have a good start on Ch5. Alas, I do not. Reason being: DRAMA. Boy drama. *So* not okay with me. I wish I could go into the whole sordid story, but suffice it to say that my summer is coming [...]
voncookie | October 11, 2009
I went back to my Highfalutin New England University in the fall of 1994 for my second year of college after spending a summer half in Spain and half in my friend Neednik’s apartment, living out what Good Witch Exbf and I refer to as “The Summer of Debauchery”. Life was good. Life was good? [...]
voncookie | October 7, 2009
Hello Ghost, Goblins, and Ghouls! Here’s a YouTube clip of my Mom playing Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, otherwise known to me when I was a kid as “Dracula Music”! She’ll be performing her recital on Friday, October 23rd at 6pm Eastern at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Salem, NJ. Take a looksee, whippersnappers!!!
voncookie | October 6, 2009
For those of you who don’t know, this song is based on a German pop song from 2003 called “The Burger Dance” that satirizes fast food with a catchy tune and matching hand motions. Find it HERE on YOUTUBE. Now, take those lyrics about the Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and McDonald’s and replace them [...]
voncookie | October 6, 2009
This past weekend I received two unexpected treats: 1) I got word that a paper of mine has been accepted for a conference and 2) I got to see an old friend from Big U who showed up unexpectedly in Liberal Paradise, visiting from distant lands where football reigns supreme. (Which is not to say [...]
voncookie | October 4, 2009
I know it’s fall when the interior door to the garage of my apartment building starts sticking. The door appears to swell a bit, and the top of it sticks to the frame when you go to pull it open, making a huge “thunk!” when you finally pry it away. It only happens from October [...]
