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Okay, so the second semester's a wrap. I don't know what the final deets are on the my final essay's; it's just too soon for that, I guess. I check my email about five times a day, just in case, but the information's gonna make its way to me when it's ready. In terms of what my grades are going to be for the semester, I can't imagine anything less than A's in both classes, though. I feel like I could have done better, in terms of producing content, if I had more time but I also feel like the real lesson is producing something reasonable based off the prompt under duress. Despite what I consider to be weaknesses in my writing, I can say that I managed to do that.
So, anyway, growth is something I internalize and constantly work towards. That's mine. The 'A' is simply the metric my job assigns to measure my degree of productivity in what I consider to be an extremely expensive journeyman system. These are different things that happen to have some overlap, but are frequently at odds with each other. I feel that working to spec is a very good way (for me) of tempering my perfectionist tendancies.
Other news: got the TA position. Gig starts during summer classes, and the initial gig is me TAing for a graduate level pedagogy course which counts towards my own MA program. That shit's an arduous 9-3, week long, gig with some meets in the fall. It's a 9 month position, so I'll be TAing a 101 course, too. Assisting at the grad level sounds more prestigious to people, so when people outside the academic system wanna ask me questions about what I'm doing, I tell them that to get them off my back. Teaching for 101 is likely to be way more frustrating, though. It's a "wait and see" scenerio, but I'm betting on "sentences like a word search block" in terms of quality of writing.
Money is running really low. Jobs that were supposed to have called in for interviews by now haven't - largely because upper management has been stingy with replies. Kay's run into no fewer than three seperate positions now which are waiting for news from management for final word. Because my loans are guaranteed and the job's come through though, I might be able to borrow some against the loan from my family. I've really wanted to go on vacation, which really just means a road trip and sitting in a different place with some friends - the costs have already been figured and seem minimal. This is a situation which is better described as "I don't feel bad about it" than "I feel optimistic", but that's better than normal.
I'm probably going to get to work on personal projects pretty much right away, even though I need about a day or two to sort out what I'm up to first. Yesterday was a lot of pretty critical errand running and today is spending time helping at the food pantry, but I'll probably finish up Malcom X pretty soon. I was spending some time trying to get into Fable III and it really wasn't taking, which is really dissapointing. It's got good reviews, but it seems like something's missing in the execution. On one hand, I want to stick to it for a little while to suss out what I feel is lacking but, on the other, it's kind of fucking boring and that's a hell of a way to spend precious gaming free time. The parallel that comes to mind is Dragon Age: Inquisitio, which I've also described as mediocre in some aspects, but was a lot more engaging on more levels despite it often feeling like I was playing in front of a clapboard two-dimensional backdrop instead of the three dimensional world they were aiming for.
Whenever I boot up the XBox for Fable, I feel like I'd rather just replay Mass Effect. There are still some A+ PS2 titles I haven't ever gotten around to, so I think I'm just gonna swap the systems out and go old school for a little while.
Alright everyone, peace out.
So, anyway, growth is something I internalize and constantly work towards. That's mine. The 'A' is simply the metric my job assigns to measure my degree of productivity in what I consider to be an extremely expensive journeyman system. These are different things that happen to have some overlap, but are frequently at odds with each other. I feel that working to spec is a very good way (for me) of tempering my perfectionist tendancies.
Other news: got the TA position. Gig starts during summer classes, and the initial gig is me TAing for a graduate level pedagogy course which counts towards my own MA program. That shit's an arduous 9-3, week long, gig with some meets in the fall. It's a 9 month position, so I'll be TAing a 101 course, too. Assisting at the grad level sounds more prestigious to people, so when people outside the academic system wanna ask me questions about what I'm doing, I tell them that to get them off my back. Teaching for 101 is likely to be way more frustrating, though. It's a "wait and see" scenerio, but I'm betting on "sentences like a word search block" in terms of quality of writing.
Money is running really low. Jobs that were supposed to have called in for interviews by now haven't - largely because upper management has been stingy with replies. Kay's run into no fewer than three seperate positions now which are waiting for news from management for final word. Because my loans are guaranteed and the job's come through though, I might be able to borrow some against the loan from my family. I've really wanted to go on vacation, which really just means a road trip and sitting in a different place with some friends - the costs have already been figured and seem minimal. This is a situation which is better described as "I don't feel bad about it" than "I feel optimistic", but that's better than normal.
I'm probably going to get to work on personal projects pretty much right away, even though I need about a day or two to sort out what I'm up to first. Yesterday was a lot of pretty critical errand running and today is spending time helping at the food pantry, but I'll probably finish up Malcom X pretty soon. I was spending some time trying to get into Fable III and it really wasn't taking, which is really dissapointing. It's got good reviews, but it seems like something's missing in the execution. On one hand, I want to stick to it for a little while to suss out what I feel is lacking but, on the other, it's kind of fucking boring and that's a hell of a way to spend precious gaming free time. The parallel that comes to mind is Dragon Age: Inquisitio, which I've also described as mediocre in some aspects, but was a lot more engaging on more levels despite it often feeling like I was playing in front of a clapboard two-dimensional backdrop instead of the three dimensional world they were aiming for.
Whenever I boot up the XBox for Fable, I feel like I'd rather just replay Mass Effect. There are still some A+ PS2 titles I haven't ever gotten around to, so I think I'm just gonna swap the systems out and go old school for a little while.
Alright everyone, peace out.