The two first items on my Google Reader today: Tina at Scatterplot, writing that misfortunes highlight how lucky I am, and A. over at On My Commute, who is feeling lucky no longer putting off the inevitable. A double-whammy of good advice to quit whining and get some perspective — coincidence, or just good luck? [...]
Category Archives: Jobs
Luck of the Draw
28-Apr-09I’ve Missed You!
08-Dec-08But now I’m back. I was buried in work, and then occupied with rebelling against work, then suffering from post-rebellion malaise. Now I’m returning to work, happily, maybe even with some enthusiasm. Since last we spoke, I finished a draft of my introduction, which felt significant. Though I will undoubtedly have to change it quite [...]
3 paper jams, and 2 paper cuts. But I love my Mother, so I carried on with printing on the back side of scrap paper despite such obstacles. But more importantly, after clearing the second jam, as printing resumed, I thought to myself: Did somebody let a horse into the computer hub? Or did someone [...]
At Home He’s a Tourist, 5
25-Aug-08Detoured on my bike ride home, went along the westside path and flopped down on the lawn at the Christopher Street Piers for a little time in the sun/away from the computer. Then, biked across town and treated myself to a dinner of gourmet hot dogs and roasted brussell sprouts, because that is the sort [...]
Recuperating
08-Aug-08I think I am finally back in working order post-ASA. Phewf, that conference really took it out of me–that’s alotta days to be on all the time. Nonetheless, I have to say, overall, a good sociological time was had by all. I think I got everything out of this conference you should–meeting new people, reconnecting [...]
ASA Dress Codes
03-Aug-08Members of the undergraduate honors program: Business skirts, high heels, oxfords, pants, suit jackets, ties, button-downs, brief-cases. Grad students doing employment service: Pants, skirts, ties, shirts, sports coats, suits, khakis. First & second year grad students: T-shirts with slogans, sneakers, hoodies, no deodorant. Just graduated assistant profs: Cute going-out outfits. Assistant profs: Shirts, no ties, [...]
Report from the Hynes Trenches
01-Aug-08I’m in Boston, at ASA. Arrived yesterday. The rough start to my ASA adventure included: waking up yesterday with a nauseating migraine; a bus driver who got lost leaving NYC and entering Boston, making us late and unable to attend the panel we were arriving for; a panic that I might puke on the bus; [...]
At Home He’s a Tourist, 1 & 2
11-Jul-08Dean is working on me to work on my powers of positive thinking, and along those lines, I’ve decided to assume I will get a real job for next year, despite some indications to the contrary. A corollary to this is that I will, most likely, be leaving NYC in about a year. I think [...]
Tuesdays With Mannies
11-Jun-08The temperature seems to have returned to something resembling a habitat suitable for human life, which I’m happy about, as I’m planning to be out and around on my bike later. Though first I need to fix a flat — the second in one week! Defying everything I know about having (and keeping) a bike [...]