I’m really amped for 2014. It’s a year of celebrations for me. I’m in three weddings in the first half of the year. Two of my best friends and my brother are getting married, so there’s all the celebrating that goes along with that. I also have my own celebrations (ABD–crosses fingers) coming this year. … Continue reading
Grey’s Anatomy has done some really bananas things over the years–the whole Denny thing, most of Alex’s love life, the shooter in the hospital, then the plane crash. It’s been a bumpy, dramatic ride and a lot of times people disparage the show for how over-the-top its plots are. I get that. Yet, I am … Continue reading
Yesterday afternoon, my sometimes-collaborator, always-friend Megan (whose reviews you can read at Review To Be Named) and I went to see Frozen. Because I’ve been otherwise occupied, I hadn’t kept up with the buzz about the film and so I didn’t really know what to expect. Overall, I loved it a lot. There are some obvious … Continue reading
The other day on the phone, I spent five minutes narrating what amounts to two pages of Leslie Marmon Silko’s Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit. In the introduction to the collection of essays, she explains why she went to law school and later why she left and pursued writing instead. Over the … Continue reading
Dear loved ones, I am being a miserable pain in your ass. A moody, anxious, hyper-sensitive hermit. I’m sorry. It’s been a rough semester. I’m at a really important turning point–studying for my exams and working on my dissertation prospectus. And a lot of things are going on in my personal life. Really good things … Continue reading
Ph.D.s and Pigtails 