*I realized tonight that I am almost done with the first semester of my second year in a doctoral program. Friends who graduated told me this year would go fast, and man, they were right.
*As I write my pedagogy paper (this is a fancy word for instructional theory) I know what i am talking about and, maybe more impressive, I believe it! If you would have asked me a year ago what pedagogy was I would have looked at you blankly and distracted you with my witty humor, but now, I can freaking tell you! Hot damn...I AM becoming an educator.
*I also realized, that when I loose weight, i like wearing tighter clothes. I hope it doesn't make me look like a slut.
*I am getting on a plane in less than 500 hours and I am thrilled.
*Loss is weird. If you look back on my last blog I write about a friend who od'ed on heroin earlier this month. I realize I conceptualize loss in terms of those important to me who have died due to health issues. ODing is really different than AIDS...and I am going to need some time to figure out how to deal with it. This is also putting into reality how I have dealt with other losses (breakups, friendships, opportunities, etc.) and how maybe I viewed them all as I did the loss of a loved one to illness...and maybe that was a fucked up way to process things. The idea that I have a f'ed up way of processing loss is actually pretty freeing, and may allow me to re-think loss. Maybe my friendship with my friend wasn't so one-sided after all. Thank you friend. I will miss your crazy 3 am nonsensical phone calls, inappropriate (yet flattering) use of affectionate pet names, and ADHD distractability during our daily conversations. Good luck wherever you are Junebug. I hope you realize what you gave me too.
*P90X kicks my ass. I did 30 minutes of an hour and a half yoga video four days ago and I am still flippin sore! How did I do the entirety of P90X for a month? Man, I hate when we realize we are fit only after we are no longer fit!
*My apartment is a mess. That is what happens when I am in it awake more than 6 hours a day. Shit.
*At the coffee house I sat across from a first date in progress...between two boys! Wait, where do I live? Dear life, thank you for the reminder that there is diversity everywhere.
*I had my first Thanksgiving away from my family. We skyped in, and I swear I talked more to my teenage cousins than I do when I am there! I think the technology medium helped our communication. That is sad, but it was awful fun. I also think being able to see themselves on the computer screen helped keep them on. I think maybe our society is becoming more narcissistic (I say this as a write a blog...oxymoronic isn't it).
*It drives me nuts when people add extra letters to words...not in a dyslexic way, but it a byee, lovee youu, textt mee sort of way. I blame it on the young. I had a hard time understanding this until people I really love got old enough to do annoying stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love them and their stupid shit, but I don't understand them...and that makes me feel old.
Ok, back to pedagogy. 7 pages down, about 100 to go (not really...but seems like it).
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