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bearshorty) wrote2011-04-21 09:44 pm
bearshorty) wrote2011-04-21 09:44 pm
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
I maybe got at most five hours of sleep last night. This whole week, I’ve been busy so I would get 5 to 6 hours. I really need a day to sleep in. On top of all the grading I’ve been doing (and all I have to do), I know I need rest.
Today grading total – 14 papers for Writing class.
Things to grade:
1. 20 papers for Writing, section 2, Paper 4 - by Tuesday, April 25 – this weekend
2. 25 papers for History, section 2, Paper 1 – by Wed, April 26
3. 41 papers for Writing, section 1 and 2, Paper 5 – by Thur, May 5
4. 55 papers for History, section 1 and 2, Paper 2 – by Mon, May 9
5. Final exam for Writing (41 exams – both sections) – by Thur, May 5
6. Final exam for History (55 exams – both sections) – by Fri, May 13
7. In-class exercise 5, History, 55 short essay – by Mon, May 2
8. Map Quiz 2 for History – by Mon, May 9
I really just need to tackle this one day at a time. At least for Paper 5 for writing and for final exams I don’t have to do a lot of comments.
Since it is Passover and I can’t buy lunch I brought my mazza and turkey sandwich with me to school. And a banana. And I decided to go buy French fries for my tired brain. So I did. I can’t have ketchup (it has high fructose corn syrup which I can’t have this week) but the fries were delicious.
Today was an easy teaching day. My students did evaluations for a bit and I got to enjoy the sun for ten minutes.
So a little while ago I checked out the first chapter of “Hunger Games” since I heard things about it and I figured I would pick up the book eventually this summer. I mentioned it to Papa that day in passing. We were in the car today, after he picked me up from work and having a conversation and sci-fi and books and he stared giving his opinion on “Hunger Games” after I mentioned it as something to recommend to a daughter of his friend. And I was like “did you read the reviews or something?” Turns out he downloaded it into his Kindle from some free Russian site and has been secretly reading it. He just finished the first book. He thought the author took the easy way out on some plots and I had to yell at him for not spoiling it. But he did like it enough to download the second one. So once my parents go on vacation in May, I will read it on his Kindle. My dad is awesome. We do have similar tastes in books and TV so those are our bonding activities. We watch “True Blood” and “Dexter” together and he watched “Buffy” and "Firefly" and “Farscape” and “Battlestar Galactica” and "Dollhouse" and "Caprica" with me. And read “Harry Potter.” He rocks. (although watching 'True Blood' gets a bit awkward occasionally at sexy scenes) We are going to try "Game of Thrones" tomorrow.
“Community” just reached a whole new level of awesomeness. I laughed so hard and so often. I love you, show. Lots of old and new memories in the episode and lots of random scenes. Including the outside perspective to Christmas episode and Jeff and Britta’s secret sex. This is definitely has been my favorite show of this TV year. The montages (both Annie and Jeff and Pierce and Abed one, dean in costumes (I laughed and laughed), the intersecting memories and just so much fun stuff the group does together. I think this is my favorite episode ever of this show. Jeff’s speeches and all the backgrounds. I wish I had all those crazy adventures. MegaDean. I have a feeling I will watch this episode a couple of more time this weekend.
“Avatar S1E8” Now that was an awesome episode. Very suspenseful with great action and plot twists and plot advancements. And just as I asked why the priests don’t just wait at the door when Aang is supposed to go, the show reveals that they sealed the door. Sokka and Katara were very useful and awesome too.
As I started watching “Bones”, I realized just how much I couldn’t care. Especially as it is a backdoor pilot. So just watched the cold open. I think I might be done once this season is over.
Today grading total – 14 papers for Writing class.
Things to grade:
1. 20 papers for Writing, section 2, Paper 4 - by Tuesday, April 25 – this weekend
2. 25 papers for History, section 2, Paper 1 – by Wed, April 26
3. 41 papers for Writing, section 1 and 2, Paper 5 – by Thur, May 5
4. 55 papers for History, section 1 and 2, Paper 2 – by Mon, May 9
5. Final exam for Writing (41 exams – both sections) – by Thur, May 5
6. Final exam for History (55 exams – both sections) – by Fri, May 13
7. In-class exercise 5, History, 55 short essay – by Mon, May 2
8. Map Quiz 2 for History – by Mon, May 9
I really just need to tackle this one day at a time. At least for Paper 5 for writing and for final exams I don’t have to do a lot of comments.
Since it is Passover and I can’t buy lunch I brought my mazza and turkey sandwich with me to school. And a banana. And I decided to go buy French fries for my tired brain. So I did. I can’t have ketchup (it has high fructose corn syrup which I can’t have this week) but the fries were delicious.
Today was an easy teaching day. My students did evaluations for a bit and I got to enjoy the sun for ten minutes.
So a little while ago I checked out the first chapter of “Hunger Games” since I heard things about it and I figured I would pick up the book eventually this summer. I mentioned it to Papa that day in passing. We were in the car today, after he picked me up from work and having a conversation and sci-fi and books and he stared giving his opinion on “Hunger Games” after I mentioned it as something to recommend to a daughter of his friend. And I was like “did you read the reviews or something?” Turns out he downloaded it into his Kindle from some free Russian site and has been secretly reading it. He just finished the first book. He thought the author took the easy way out on some plots and I had to yell at him for not spoiling it. But he did like it enough to download the second one. So once my parents go on vacation in May, I will read it on his Kindle. My dad is awesome. We do have similar tastes in books and TV so those are our bonding activities. We watch “True Blood” and “Dexter” together and he watched “Buffy” and "Firefly" and “Farscape” and “Battlestar Galactica” and "Dollhouse" and "Caprica" with me. And read “Harry Potter.” He rocks. (although watching 'True Blood' gets a bit awkward occasionally at sexy scenes) We are going to try "Game of Thrones" tomorrow.
“Community” just reached a whole new level of awesomeness. I laughed so hard and so often. I love you, show. Lots of old and new memories in the episode and lots of random scenes. Including the outside perspective to Christmas episode and Jeff and Britta’s secret sex. This is definitely has been my favorite show of this TV year. The montages (both Annie and Jeff and Pierce and Abed one, dean in costumes (I laughed and laughed), the intersecting memories and just so much fun stuff the group does together. I think this is my favorite episode ever of this show. Jeff’s speeches and all the backgrounds. I wish I had all those crazy adventures. MegaDean. I have a feeling I will watch this episode a couple of more time this weekend.
“Avatar S1E8” Now that was an awesome episode. Very suspenseful with great action and plot twists and plot advancements. And just as I asked why the priests don’t just wait at the door when Aang is supposed to go, the show reveals that they sealed the door. Sokka and Katara were very useful and awesome too.
As I started watching “Bones”, I realized just how much I couldn’t care. Especially as it is a backdoor pilot. So just watched the cold open. I think I might be done once this season is over.