– SORRY – Normally I try to get these things up in the morning. But if you’ll let me explain…
– UNDER PRESSURE! – It’s a good thing that I quit my second job, because there was no way I was going to stand a chance this semester while working full-time.

– No time now! It’s Thursday and I’ve a million things to do… in Greenpoint! I’ll try to post something good later tonight, but no promises.
– JANUARY – Is the month of Glaucoma awareness.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Paul Newman.

This will not be of interest to many of you, but I thought I ought to recap what happened on Jess and my vacation in the midwest before I completely forgot.

* Friday, December 23rd.

I rode the subway (yes, the florid, functioning subway) to work for my two hour stint at the writing center.

The Historic Katz House in Carriage Town – $269,900.

I don’t even want to think about what this would fetch in New York City.

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Today is the feast of the conversion of St. Paul. Most of you are familiar with this story, but if not, you can read it here. At any rate, I am a convert to Christianity myself, although not in such a dramatic fashion.

– YESTERDAY – Worked all day and read all night. Dinner was steak and soup. All sore from my (over?) zealous workout.
– TODAY – Work, then, the first event of the literary colloquia, and after that, my first literary seminar session with Shelley Jackson.

Truly.

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I’ll take a break from the close reading to address some points raised by my colleague, Christian. To quote his post in its entirety:

I can remain silent on this issue no longer! So let’s get some things straight: I’ve never listened to his music, and in truth I know almost nothing about him.

Of the two Sufjan Stevens albums I know, the two that inaugurate the 50 State Project, Michigan is far and away the easiest to tackle. It may actually be difficult for me to come up with much to say. While this album really impressed me with its freshness and candor, I was so disproportionately blown away by Illinois, that I have difficulty making comparisons now.

– YESTERDAY – Was wonderful in the end… I don’t know… maybe it was difficult last semester to feel excited about moving to New York after the wedding and our trip to Belize. At any rate, this time around I feel much more like I typically do at the start of a school year.