I had two relatively good teaching sessions this week. Not outstanding, but okay. Tomorrow I expected to help a friend move, but now it's postponed. Instead, I guess, I'll clean and do work. In the …
I experienced a truly transcendent moment the other day while teaching, and I'd like to share it with you. (In the CD slot right now: Frisbie, "The Subversive Sounds of Love." Playing the first track, …
Pills, chills, and goodness. Overall, I'm feeling better. Even non-psychiatric medicine, if you forget it for a few days, can mess with your moods. Creepy. DO NOT waste your time or money on "Head Over …
Cowardice or well-honed evolutionary instinct? I'm afraid to try new things. I fear the unknown. I'm insecure. How different am I, then? I'm like mroe and more of the world. I don't like unmediated experience. …
I took notes at a lecture, learning about the factors that slow or hasten the formation of new ethnic elites. And then I went to a meeting of the school humor magazine, where white guys …
Okay, continuing my ramble (not 'babble,' one hopes) on career, temperament, teaching, comedy, and talent. During the week before my fifth comedy show appearance (it was Saturday, 27 January, in 145 Dwinelle, and I was …
Sorry that I never posted that promised "career, exhibitionism, temperament" screed, part III. It'll happen. Netscape crashed. Grrr. For now, other thoughts. Movies, music, mice, abstinence. I tend to be doubtful of a medicating approach …
I'm at the life stage where I should be thinking not just about jobs, but about careers. I'm something of an extrovert, I like to write, and I enjoy hanging out with geeks. What to …
I saw the movie, directed by Steven Soderbergh, with an ensemble cast (the most famous of whom would be Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas). Did you? I was very glad that I saw it, and …
What to do? Should I review Russian, create flyers for the class I'm teaching, or just enjoy unfettered Berkeley? Ah, a procrastinatrice like myself generally chooses the path of least (immediate) resistance...right now, I'm listening …
