News of the World
Mar. 22nd, 2019 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
freixenetI'm still hearing Freddie in my head, can't you guess? (Of course it doesn't help that every time that ridiculous pika comes around Facebook and starts the Ay-oh! from LiveAid, I have to play it and giggle.) https://youtu.be/sl_4I7vLLc4
So. Bits and bobs of news.
A young feral mama has had a litter of kittens in my back yard. Again. She did this last year, too. She has found herself a little snug place against the foundation of the house and she's tucked in there with four adorable newborns. I am debating whether to try to trap her this year. I couldn't bear the thought of it last year but this year...maybe.
Last night we took the family to see the touring show of The Sound of Music. Lovely and well done. Astonishing voices. And the woman playing Reverend Mother was FANTASTIC. Wry, ironic, funny, heartfelt, joyous. The Baroness was miles away from the ice queen of the film. All the children were wonderful, especially the tiny child playing Gretel. The woman playing Maria gave it a decidedly different spin than I was expecting, which was great, but there was just zero connection between Maria and Georg, and that's a shame.
Mostly what I remember other than that is that I was petrified most of the time. All those people...I hope to god my fear of crowds isn't getting worse. I've never been afraid inside that venue before no matter how full it was, and it would be a shame to have to stop seeing shows there. Wine helped but not enough.
I don't see any point in commenting on national news other than to say that the long term toll of this dude who has usurped the White House is going to be terrible.
I went ahead and submitted my intent to go up for promotion to full professor. Big risk, too, since I've now committed to it without knowing for sure that I'll be approved. I swore I wasn't going to do that but there it is. I'm one publication short. I can pull my intent if I want to. I may have to, since the two articles I had out under consideration both came back with a polite "no thanks." Gah. Not even a revise-and-resubmit! Fuckity fuck.
Work continues. My teaching is good if not stellar, but the class is going far better than it has in the past, so that's good. My administrative stuff is starting to take shape and bear fruit. That's good too. I managed to catch myself making a TON of extra work for myself during the summer (for which I would not be compensated, even) and hauled myself back to reality with a thump. Like, what was I thinking there? Good for me.
We had a scare the other night when we realized that someone had gotten inside our back yard through a gate that's actually very hard to open. We didn't think much of it except to be pissed off, but then I learned from a neighbor that HIS yard had been broken into on the same night. So someone's casing beach houses, awesome news. D ordered a security camera setup, will connect it to floodlights on a motion sensor, and I'll probably feel a bit more secure.
Don't know if I've mentioned that my niece has moved in across the street from me, in my neighbor's rental apartment. It's a tiny but clean and pretty space, and this gives her a soft landing when it comes to living on her own. I'm sure my sister is delighted to be living alone again, but I also know she misses having her daughter around a lot. But this is how it works. I'm happy to have her across the street! Time to start working on my "cool aunt" points.
That's it. I'm seriously dehydrated after last night's terror and today my goal is at least a gallon of water. Also, a long walk, because it turns out that that kind of fear also makes my entire body tighten up. Bleah.
Happy Friday, my friends!
So. Bits and bobs of news.
A young feral mama has had a litter of kittens in my back yard. Again. She did this last year, too. She has found herself a little snug place against the foundation of the house and she's tucked in there with four adorable newborns. I am debating whether to try to trap her this year. I couldn't bear the thought of it last year but this year...maybe.
Last night we took the family to see the touring show of The Sound of Music. Lovely and well done. Astonishing voices. And the woman playing Reverend Mother was FANTASTIC. Wry, ironic, funny, heartfelt, joyous. The Baroness was miles away from the ice queen of the film. All the children were wonderful, especially the tiny child playing Gretel. The woman playing Maria gave it a decidedly different spin than I was expecting, which was great, but there was just zero connection between Maria and Georg, and that's a shame.
Mostly what I remember other than that is that I was petrified most of the time. All those people...I hope to god my fear of crowds isn't getting worse. I've never been afraid inside that venue before no matter how full it was, and it would be a shame to have to stop seeing shows there. Wine helped but not enough.
I don't see any point in commenting on national news other than to say that the long term toll of this dude who has usurped the White House is going to be terrible.
I went ahead and submitted my intent to go up for promotion to full professor. Big risk, too, since I've now committed to it without knowing for sure that I'll be approved. I swore I wasn't going to do that but there it is. I'm one publication short. I can pull my intent if I want to. I may have to, since the two articles I had out under consideration both came back with a polite "no thanks." Gah. Not even a revise-and-resubmit! Fuckity fuck.
Work continues. My teaching is good if not stellar, but the class is going far better than it has in the past, so that's good. My administrative stuff is starting to take shape and bear fruit. That's good too. I managed to catch myself making a TON of extra work for myself during the summer (for which I would not be compensated, even) and hauled myself back to reality with a thump. Like, what was I thinking there? Good for me.
We had a scare the other night when we realized that someone had gotten inside our back yard through a gate that's actually very hard to open. We didn't think much of it except to be pissed off, but then I learned from a neighbor that HIS yard had been broken into on the same night. So someone's casing beach houses, awesome news. D ordered a security camera setup, will connect it to floodlights on a motion sensor, and I'll probably feel a bit more secure.
Don't know if I've mentioned that my niece has moved in across the street from me, in my neighbor's rental apartment. It's a tiny but clean and pretty space, and this gives her a soft landing when it comes to living on her own. I'm sure my sister is delighted to be living alone again, but I also know she misses having her daughter around a lot. But this is how it works. I'm happy to have her across the street! Time to start working on my "cool aunt" points.
That's it. I'm seriously dehydrated after last night's terror and today my goal is at least a gallon of water. Also, a long walk, because it turns out that that kind of fear also makes my entire body tighten up. Bleah.
Happy Friday, my friends!
