busy, busy

[mckitterick]

Not a lot of updates lately due to lots of stuff I've been doing. Quick rundown:

. Did the 3-day Landmark Forum self-help thingy. Overall, I'd say it was a good experience. Just getting through it was the painful part. Nothing like spending three solid days doing self-reflection and thinking through issues, eh?

. Classes started. I'm teaching two sections of my intro to tech writing class, plus an advanced tech-writing class and an advanced tech-editing class, plus directing a science-fiction novel writing student on his project and an intern on his. Been busy.

. Planning a cool new class for Spring semester: Science and Science Fiction. Can't wait.

. Helping get our new Coordinator of Volunteer Activities going (this year, it's tmseay).

. Built a carport for my driveway to protect old autos.

. Got my VW Rabbit roadworthy. Fun!

. Cleared out my office: Got rid of a spare bookshelf, got rid of several reams of paper I was saving for don't-know-why, organized paperwork I do need to save, arranged the spare desk so it's useful for tmseay to use when he needs an office on campus, and more.

. Mowed the lawn. "Big deal," sez you. Well, Kansas has had deluges for the past month, so I wasn't able to mow for a long time. Was a foot tall in places - and of course those places weren't really soft grass.

. Read the prequel book of Order of the Stick (comix).

. Cleared the V-10 engine & tranny out of my garage, started really organizing it to make it useful for building my Lil' Vehicle of Danger (or whatever else is next), and ran a drain hose for the new dehumidier to reduce the humidity out there.

Um, more stuff too, but the students are wrapping up their exercise.

Later,
Chris

Comments

[pointoforigin.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, how well I remember that tough Kansas grass/greenwhateverish and how it would grow rank and gleeful during the sporadic episodes of downpour. And how the sweat would run into one's eyes during the laughable pretense that a lawnmower could "mow" this "lawn." Ha. Out here in PA, the grass is so meek. Half the lawn isn't even grass--it's moss and bits of twig and acorn in the shade of the trees.

I also loved your stories of car repair. (Again, one of those things that are more fun to watch than to participate in . . .) It reminded me of living back in Michigan, where our next-door neighbor was a dear friend, and he and the Sparrowhawk used to operate what I dubbed "The Neaderthal Bump and Dent Shop" after they took an errant bumper off and pounded it out in the sandpit of the school next door, with a sledge hammer and a mallet . . . .

Anyway, you are one hardworking boy!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

And it's back again, sigh. At least the grass is also alive this time, after many rains. I prefer the moss, myself.

Chris

[next-bold-move.livejournal.com]

What's the catalogue number for that Science and Science Fiction class? :-D

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

We don't have an English number yet, but the HWC number is 510. I'll announce it here when it's set up.

Thanks for your interest!
Chris