Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Oct. 12th, 2010 11:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bearshortyI gave the first part of the midterm today (it is a two day midterm – a rough draft day and a final draft day) and it seemed to go ok. I’m still surprised by the number of times the students ask me stupid questions to which I gave the answer to a week ago when I specifically told them all they needed to know about the midterm. But they still need to ask if they get the rough draft day. It is like if I don’t repeat it three times, it would not go into their heads. I managed to grade some papers while I proctored.
The afternoon wasn’t as productive, mostly because I was tired.
I ordered “Dollhouse Season 2” today since a friend of mine gave me a Barnes and Noble gift card for my birthday a while ago. Now I will have all of “Dollhouse” and all of it is a gift that I don’t have to feel guilty for spending the money for. I might do a rewatch after the semester ends.
“An Evening at Joe’s” ed by Gillian Horvath, a collection of “Highlander” short stories came today. My library cancelled my hold since they couldn’t find an actual copy, and I just ordered a used one for one cent. (well, four dollars with shipping) It looks like brand new copy. I started “Postcards from Alexa” already, since this is why I wanted to read this book in the first place. I also want to see what backstory Jim Byrnes wrote for Joe. I do like when actors actually write about their characters.
Another fun development today for my fannish heart: a bunch of new stories are up from VAMB 2010 drabble exchange and this makes my J/C heart happy.
Caprica S1E11. Seeing both Peter Wingfield and James Marsters in the opening credits made me really look forward to the episode. But I think I was too tired to really enjoy it since I was just looking forward to scenes with these two actors and I was impatient in other scenes. This was the first episode where I really felt for Barnabus – his look at the end when he was locked to the bomb. Since we didn’t actually see him blow up, just the building he might have made it out, though. Clarice went crazy in this episode actually murdering so many of her competition. Lots of death of minor characters. I don’t think I quite expected this from her. This whole episode felt like a rainy day, the rain really sold the atmosphere actually. And the twenty-four hour craziness. It did feel like a set up to a bunch of plots from Amanda becoming a police informant to Daniel blackmailing this board, driving one to suicide. I need to rewatch when I’m not just watching to see my favorite actors.
I tried watching the episode of “House” that was taped for me, but I am not in a TV mood, and this is weird for me. I fast forwarded through the medical case to House –Wilson-Cuddy scenes. I’ll watch the actual episode later. Now, sleep. Lots of grading to do tomorrow – my folder review is on Friday so I need to finish grading all of them.
The afternoon wasn’t as productive, mostly because I was tired.
I ordered “Dollhouse Season 2” today since a friend of mine gave me a Barnes and Noble gift card for my birthday a while ago. Now I will have all of “Dollhouse” and all of it is a gift that I don’t have to feel guilty for spending the money for. I might do a rewatch after the semester ends.
“An Evening at Joe’s” ed by Gillian Horvath, a collection of “Highlander” short stories came today. My library cancelled my hold since they couldn’t find an actual copy, and I just ordered a used one for one cent. (well, four dollars with shipping) It looks like brand new copy. I started “Postcards from Alexa” already, since this is why I wanted to read this book in the first place. I also want to see what backstory Jim Byrnes wrote for Joe. I do like when actors actually write about their characters.
Another fun development today for my fannish heart: a bunch of new stories are up from VAMB 2010 drabble exchange and this makes my J/C heart happy.
Caprica S1E11. Seeing both Peter Wingfield and James Marsters in the opening credits made me really look forward to the episode. But I think I was too tired to really enjoy it since I was just looking forward to scenes with these two actors and I was impatient in other scenes. This was the first episode where I really felt for Barnabus – his look at the end when he was locked to the bomb. Since we didn’t actually see him blow up, just the building he might have made it out, though. Clarice went crazy in this episode actually murdering so many of her competition. Lots of death of minor characters. I don’t think I quite expected this from her. This whole episode felt like a rainy day, the rain really sold the atmosphere actually. And the twenty-four hour craziness. It did feel like a set up to a bunch of plots from Amanda becoming a police informant to Daniel blackmailing this board, driving one to suicide. I need to rewatch when I’m not just watching to see my favorite actors.
I tried watching the episode of “House” that was taped for me, but I am not in a TV mood, and this is weird for me. I fast forwarded through the medical case to House –Wilson-Cuddy scenes. I’ll watch the actual episode later. Now, sleep. Lots of grading to do tomorrow – my folder review is on Friday so I need to finish grading all of them.