Yeah, so…

This is the state of my mind at the moment: Sorry I’ve been such a bad blogger this month. It’s been frustrating–I was drowning in ungraded essays during late October/early November, and I was delirious most of this week with the flu. Since I didn’t go into work at all, I fully expect to be inundated with

See yaaa…

I’m off to Austin to see Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis at Book People later tonight. I have a couple of posts scheduled, so there won’t be much of a change. I just wanted an excuse to post more Decemberists music on the blog…thank goodness they have so many literary references in their work. 😉

Taking stock of 2011 (so far)

I cannot believe that half a year has already passed. At the beginning of the year, I once again set a goal of reading 50 books in 2011. I knew I’d pass that amount (I read 72 last year), but if life got hectic, I didn’t want to feel like I had to read. Yeah,

In which I return to blogging and talk about a kitten.

Sorry I dropped off the face of the earth with one more day of Armchair BEA to go. I wrote a post on Thursday night that got eaten, then I woke up sick on Friday. My throat is still scratchy, but I’m not walking around in a daze anymore (well, more than usual). I did

By My Mailbox: 3/27/11

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. First off, I just want to apologize for being MIA for much of the last two weeks. I have quite a backlog of reviews to catch up on. The first half of my absence was due to Spring Break, but not because I was