Apart from two or three hours at Rhett and Stacey’s wedding Saturday night, the last 65 hours or so (counting from when I arrived home Friday night) have been distinctly punctuated by the sense that the universe is playing one really huge practical joke on me. Except it’s not funny … unless, apparently, you’re not …
a wedding
Saturday night, Daniel and I went to his friend Rhett’s wedding to Stacey, two people I’ve only known a short while and haven’t had many opportunities to get to know terribly well. It was a gorgeous wedding held at an asian art museum in downtown Dallas. Stacey looked stunning, Rhett cleaned up very nicely, Daniel …
it’s been a GREAT week!
I just got off the phone with a student who is already interested in applying for the new position I mentioned earlier this week to help me out. She sounded very bright and composed over the phone, and is a second-semester freshman. I’m so excited! Last night’s YAP outing to the Improv to see Jim …
I’ve found a home…
A doable practicum site for my MLS program has finally been offered to me — I’m going to be at the TWU library in the reference department this spring. I sometimes half-jokingly think of the library staff as a major contingent of my (totally imaginary) fan club, which seems to have paid off as they’re …
step one, done.
Last night, after resurrecting my GW transcript to compute my junior/senior undegraduate GPA (what sort of messed up question is that?!) and after locating my old GRE scores, I submitted my application for the Ph.D. program at UTD. I’ve got three people recruited to do my recommendations (all congratulated my decision, which was nice). The …
A Widow for One Year
Mark just finished “A Widow for One Year,” a novel I’ve long described as my all-time favorite and the catalyst in my years-ago decision to one day write fiction. Mark also had a powerful reaction to the story, but his was about different elements — which only reiterates to me how intricate Irving’s writing is …
good news, bad news
Yesterday was quite a day. I got some good news: I get to hire a student assistant to help me at work! This is HUGE and something I’ve been secretly coveting for ages now. The director of the Ph.D. program in political science at UTD sent me a response to an e-mail encouraging me to …
babies!
My friend-from-high-school Kim just had her first baby, a girl named Randi Diane. Her dad, now a proud grandpa, sent out an e-mail with a link to Randi’s picture. Awwww!
Section 8 scores again!
It was another brilliant night of hilarity at Section 8 last night at Ozona Bar & Grill. If you missed it, you *really* missed out! Their show has changed quite a bit since I last saw them. Julie was stunning in her newest “goin’ out” shirt (which did not escape the notice of the guys …
unsatisfactory endings
We had a “girls night out” (GNO) last night with a few good friends. The destination for the evening was the Studio Movie Grill in Plano, an interesting concept for a movie theater that includes a full bar and menu. The food was decent and the movie, “Spanglish,” was a really good choice for a …