Archive for December, 2005

Almost Finished

December 30, 2005

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es, I finally decided to get serious last night and graded furiously. Consequently, I am just about finished. Just in time for the Sun Bowl where UCLA plays Northwestern. I hope to greet the New Year with all accounts closed–i.e. all grades in–and with a Bruin victory. God knows we need it after the spanking [...]

Almost Finished

December 30, 2005

Y

es, I finally decided to get serious last night and graded furiously. Consequently, I am just about finished. Just in time for the Sun Bowl where UCLA plays Northwestern. I hope to greet the New Year with all accounts closed–i.e. all grades in–and with a Bruin victory. God knows we need it after the spanking [...]

The Mostest 2005–Movies

December 28, 2005

Science Fiction + Action = high marks

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he word “film” is a term I associate with academia. I show Japanese Films: Ikiru, Woman in the Dune, Seven Samurai, Twenty-four Eyes. I enjoy these films for what they are: Films that inform, stories that engage, ideas that make you think. These are all very good things to [...]

The Mostest 2005–Movies

December 28, 2005

Science Fiction + Action = high marks

T

he word “film” is a term I associate with academia. I show Japanese Films: Ikiru, Woman in the Dune, Seven Samurai, Twenty-four Eyes. I enjoy these films for what they are: Films that inform, stories that engage, ideas that make you think. These are all very good things to [...]

It’s the Last Week of the Year

December 27, 2005

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hristmas is over and everyone is getting ready for the New Year, and I can’t freakin’ believe that I’m still grading! Aaaargh. I suppose if I had just sat down and focused last week–forget last minute Christmas shopping, screw Christmas eve, chuck Chrsitmas day presents–I suppose I would be finished by now. But nooooooooooooooooo. Two [...]

It’s the Last Week of the Year

December 27, 2005

C

hristmas is over and everyone is getting ready for the New Year, and I can’t freakin’ believe that I’m still grading! Aaaargh. I suppose if I had just sat down and focused last week–forget last minute Christmas shopping, screw Christmas eve, chuck Chrsitmas day presents–I suppose I would be finished by now. But nooooooooooooooooo. Two [...]

It’s the Last Week of the Year

December 27, 2005

C

hristmas is over and everyone is getting ready for the New Year, and I can’t freakin’ believe that I’m still grading! Aaaargh. I suppose if I had just sat down and focused last week–forget last minute Christmas shopping, screw Christmas eve, chuck Chrsitmas day presents–I suppose I would be finished by now. But nooooooooooooooooo. Two [...]

It’s the Last Week of the Year

December 27, 2005

C

hristmas is over and everyone is getting ready for the New Year, and I can’t freakin’ believe that I’m still grading! Aaaargh. I suppose if I had just sat down and focused last week–forget last minute Christmas shopping, screw Christmas eve, chuck Chrsitmas day presents–I suppose I would be finished by now. But nooooooooooooooooo. Two [...]

The Mostest 2005–Sports

December 26, 2005

Rounding third and heading home…

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know a lot of you are going to hate this. I have had people tell me personally that when they get the first inlking that its a sports post, they stop reading. Bah! Humbug! Why are there so many who are indifferent to sports? Guess I can’t help that, but I [...]

The Mostest 2005–Sports

December 26, 2005

Rounding third and heading home…

I

know a lot of you are going to hate this. I have had people tell me personally that when they get the first inlking that its a sports post, they stop reading. Bah! Humbug! Why are there so many who are indifferent to sports? Guess I can’t help that, but I [...]