See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.

Mal ,'Shindig'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Kat - Jan 10, 2014 6:29:37 am PST #16827 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Well, last year I had 307 students and this year I have 260. When I am at Hil's numbers of 130, I'm okay. I can remember them. I mean I don't remember anything salient beyond name and face and writing ability.

Last spring we had these super detailed reports done on us via student surveys. Unsurprisingly my 88% of students found my class rigorous and only 24% found it fun. I wonder if there is an inverse correlation?


shrift - Jan 10, 2014 6:30:36 am PST #16828 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I am eating a blueberry yogurt oatmeal parfait with granola.


Jesse - Jan 10, 2014 6:41:53 am PST #16829 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I really don't want to work today. Five days in a row is a lot!


brenda m - Jan 10, 2014 6:42:04 am PST #16830 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Can you bring me one?

meara, no idea, but it must've been some conversation.


Hil R. - Jan 10, 2014 6:47:12 am PST #16831 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

OK, I'm being ridiculously lazy today. My plan had been to go to campus and get my syllabus set and all the copies made to hand out on Monday. Then I didn't feel like driving to campus, so new plan was to get all the stuff done at home, and then make the copies on campus on Monday before class. Then I realized that I needed a few things that I'd left in my car. Rather than put on actual clothes to go out to the car and get the stuff, I just put on boots and a jacket over my pajamas. I might have felt slightly less ridiculous if my pajama pants didn't have pictures of penguins skiing.


msbelle - Jan 10, 2014 7:00:53 am PST #16832 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I really don't want to work today. Five days in a row is a lot!

I KNOW, right!

ION, you know what I am really good at? Process documents for tasks. I am training someone today on managing our toll tag accounts and I am writing up the documents before we start training so ideally, he can just drive from them and we can see if there are any issues. Step by step instructions, very little commentary and screenshots of the webpages you have to use and each screen you get for each step. Also scan of the documents you encounter.


Kate P. - Jan 10, 2014 7:13:23 am PST #16833 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I'd look forward to the part of the wedding reception where the Witch King says "No man may dance with me," and the Best Man tears off his false beard and breast bindings and whips her into a waltz.

A+++++! Someone make this happen, okay?


-t - Jan 10, 2014 7:14:31 am PST #16834 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's so cool, brenda!

Well, last year I had 307 students and this year I have 260.

Standing by my "too many students" conclusion.

Five days in a row is a lot!

Right? I have come to this conclusion in general. Eight hours a day, also too much, really.

That's a great skill, msbelle. Love a good SOP!


Jesse - Jan 10, 2014 7:43:03 am PST #16835 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Eight hours a day, also too much, really.

It's true. This is why I'm here!


Dana - Jan 10, 2014 8:23:55 am PST #16836 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

If we don't leave to go get lunch soon, I'm going to kill my husband and eat him.