I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Atropa - Nov 28, 2005 4:44:53 pm PST #7023 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

What Plei Said! SEATTLE!!!


meara - Nov 28, 2005 4:45:57 pm PST #7024 of 10003

Heh. Fear not, PMM--if I actually manage to get my ass in gear and apply, a visit out there will be needed v. soon!! I'll get to see squeakaboo!!

I'm also contemplating applying to a program in Portland--it looks like more fun, but it's nowhere near as prestigious/well-respected. I haven't decided yet how important that is....

(Oh, I got my official GRE results Saturday, too! So Verbal=770 (/800, 99%ile), Math=790 (90%ile), and writing=6.0 (out of 6! 96%ile) Yeehaw! Why isn't real life more like taking multiple choice tests??? I'm *good* at those!)


amych - Nov 28, 2005 4:46:45 pm PST #7025 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Rock ON with your bad test-taking self!


Emily - Nov 28, 2005 4:46:58 pm PST #7026 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I don't get the scheduling, either, though. That can't be right. You'd only have a chance to teach one class a day that way, yes?

Exactly. It'd certainly give me some free time! But since the teacher information page talks about "no more than four classes a day," I guess I must be misunderstanding something.

AmyLiz, good point. I'm just trying to think what she might ask, so I'm not going, "Duhhh.... I dunno" on the phone. I've pretty much read everything they have on their Website. I think I need to come up with a couple of questions (for the ever-fun "Do you have any questions for me?") and think up what I think about education in general, but it's unlikely to be too in-depth (more "Is this person worth spending interview time on?"). Of course my major question is, why are they looking for someone to teach these classes in the middle of the year?


P.M. Marc - Nov 28, 2005 4:49:40 pm PST #7027 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

meara, is the program at UW? We can make Paul show you around! And you can apply and totally go Seattle over Portland.

(Portland generally rocks, though, so I can see the appeal of it, and I would, were I not a selfish meara hog, be pushing you in that direction.)


Nicole - Nov 28, 2005 4:51:41 pm PST #7028 of 10003
I'm getting the pig!

meara, if you have time in Denver for a drink or dinner or lunch type thing, e me at my profile. It'd be great to meet you f2f.

Woo-hoo, vw! Go you!


Cass - Nov 28, 2005 4:53:50 pm PST #7029 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Oh, I got my official GRE results Saturday, too!
Congrats! And you've got e, meara.

Mom's unthankful. I gave her plague. Bad daughter, no biscuit!


meara - Nov 28, 2005 5:02:41 pm PST #7030 of 10003

Yup, Plei--UW public health program. It's very well respected. But...Portland is so cool! Except their program is...less respected. And I've never been to Seattle, maybe it's as cool as Portland? I mean, it does have, like, 1000% more cool people I know (since, um, I know no one in Portland).

Nicole, not sure that I will--am there two days, but have family (aunt/uncle/cousins) in Denver I have to see, since otherwise I never see them (we don't do Chirstmas together anymore since my grandparents died).


§ ita § - Nov 28, 2005 5:06:41 pm PST #7031 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

it does have, like, 1000% more cool people I know (since, um, I know no one in Portland).

1000% of zero is zero, miss test taking lady.


Nicole - Nov 28, 2005 5:09:41 pm PST #7032 of 10003
I'm getting the pig!

Nicole, not sure that I will--am there two days, but have family (aunt/uncle/cousins) in Denver I have to see, since otherwise I never see them (we don't do Chirstmas together anymore since my grandparents died).

No worries. I know how that is. Enjoy Denver and pack sweaters. No snow but still quite chilly.