The term is over. Exams left to give, and some grading to do, but the bulk of the work is over. I'm frankly pretty discouraged about how things turned out . . . I don't think I did a good job with any of my classes. One student yesterday cracked that she had made some kind of critical comment--and while cracking a joke in return, I thought, "if you only knew."
That said, given what else was going on in my mind, it could be considered a major achievement that there didn't come one day in October or November when I just failed to appear.
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Unbidden it came to my mind yesterday: I really want to go live in Japan. Sleep on a futon (a real one, not the bastardized version that people use in this country), eat with hashi, buy canned coffee out of a vending machine (hot or cold, your choice). And so on.
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Greg Maddux retired yesterday. He & Tom Glavine & John Smoltz were the best reason to watch the Braves in the 90's. I admire them so much.
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I'm looking forward to getting on the bike again; there hasn't been much time or energy for that recently.
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Someone asked yesterday whether I wasn't upset about the deep budget cuts and upheaval at the university. I said, "nope." What would be the good of getting upset, especially since there's not a thing in the world I can do about it? Sufficient unto the day is the trouble thereof, or something like that.
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Gonna get Christmased up today. Which will take plenty of time. Which means I should draw this to a close.
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