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Friday, September 24, 2010
Sep. 24th, 2010 11:00 pmHarry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 trailer . I’m really looking forward to the movie but for some reason I liked the previous trailer better.
Stephen Colbert testifying before Congress… in character?!!!! That was the most mindboggling thing of the day. It seems a mockery of our whole political system and an awesome satire at the same time.
I was teaching today. It was a peer review day – my favorite teaching day. They get to read each other’s papers and I talk to each individually about their papers. I basically skim their intro and look at the thesis statement and tell them how it won’t work. It always amuses me that many freshmen never heard of outlining your paper to see what each paragraph is doing there.
I printed out the Museum Day ticket just in case I do decide to leave the house tomorrow.
I finished the September issue of the National Geographic by reading about eels. I really did not know that eels can slither on land to go from lake to pond or river and that they spawn in the ocean (and no human seen their natural spawning) and I didn’t know that we can’t ever eat eels raw because they have a deadly neurotoxin (which they tested on a little bunny, who after getting a small injection of eel blood had seizures and died). I do love eel especially in sushi, but I admit that I never thought much about them. I didn’t expect to like this article so much but it was fascinating. The magazine is really introducing me to cool information.
No exercise today – Fridays just wipe me out, I was not up for anything.
I did watch the season premiere of “Community” and it was hysterical. I always end up watching that show more than once to catch all the jokes. I just love the cast and all pop culture references and the ability of the show to mock standard tv clichés while doing something new with them – the love triangle resolution was silly and very very funny. And the show makes me wish that I was taking classes at a community college too. Bring on Season 2.
Stephen Colbert testifying before Congress… in character?!!!! That was the most mindboggling thing of the day. It seems a mockery of our whole political system and an awesome satire at the same time.
I was teaching today. It was a peer review day – my favorite teaching day. They get to read each other’s papers and I talk to each individually about their papers. I basically skim their intro and look at the thesis statement and tell them how it won’t work. It always amuses me that many freshmen never heard of outlining your paper to see what each paragraph is doing there.
I printed out the Museum Day ticket just in case I do decide to leave the house tomorrow.
I finished the September issue of the National Geographic by reading about eels. I really did not know that eels can slither on land to go from lake to pond or river and that they spawn in the ocean (and no human seen their natural spawning) and I didn’t know that we can’t ever eat eels raw because they have a deadly neurotoxin (which they tested on a little bunny, who after getting a small injection of eel blood had seizures and died). I do love eel especially in sushi, but I admit that I never thought much about them. I didn’t expect to like this article so much but it was fascinating. The magazine is really introducing me to cool information.
No exercise today – Fridays just wipe me out, I was not up for anything.
I did watch the season premiere of “Community” and it was hysterical. I always end up watching that show more than once to catch all the jokes. I just love the cast and all pop culture references and the ability of the show to mock standard tv clichés while doing something new with them – the love triangle resolution was silly and very very funny. And the show makes me wish that I was taking classes at a community college too. Bring on Season 2.