Back Again
Ok, so my break from blogging was a little longer than I originally anticipated…Oh well. Thankfully, the semester’s over now, which means that the mountain of work has diminished a bit and I’m free once again to spend some quality time in the blogosphere. (Knuckles crack…arms stretch…feet a little sweaty…)
As usual, I’ve got a busy summer planned, beginning almost immediately with RSA in two weeks. I still working on my paper (ok, working on a time when I can sit down and write my paper), but I’m really excited about the conference, my panel, and of course catching up with old friends and meeting some new ones. I couldn’t make the CCCCs this year on account of tending to that small zoo we call our house, so I’m especially eager to re-connect with colleagues and hear/discuss their new work…
I’m also planning to knock off as much of the prelim reading list as possible this summer. Thinking ahead as well to my own prelim reading list…?!
I’m also planning a Digital Rhetorics course for the fall, and since this is my first “content” course, I’m a little/extremely nervous about what to include and what to leave out. Right now, I just have a rough outline of some readings, but haven’t decided yet what books we’ll use. I’ll certainly blog about this over the summer, and probably bug a few readers at RSA later in the month…
And last but certainly not least, I’m going to spend some well-earned time with J, who as I write is putting the finishing touches on her disseration and packing boxes in preparation for the long drive from Raleigh to Madison. To quote the Boss, “It’s been a long time comin’…”
Update Forgot to mention, I’m also shopping around for another blog provider on account of Blogsome’s less-than-groovy comment coding. With (as far as I can tell) no commenters left authorized to post here, it feels a little like a blogging dictatorship at ole schizze and flows: no matter what I say, everyone seems to totally dig it…So, look in the coming weeks for a post re-directing you (yet again) to a new site. Sigh.
Can I just tell you how much it sucks to interrupt a dissertation dream with a car-accident dream? I had to spend 10 minutes at 4 AM this morning trying to think of ways to avoid pet-related death on the 1000 mile move. I miss the days when I used to sleep well.
One bad dream deserves another….
Comment by J — May 16, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
…she’ll be just in time for you to leave for RSA. Happy birthday! BTW, I’ve been reading for prelims today and, well, there’s no way I’m going at this all alone…count on having a prelim reading partner.
Comment by Adam — May 17, 2006 @ 11:13 pm
Yep, just in time for RSA…Thanks for the reminder. As far as prelims go, we’ll definitely get together. I’m thinking book reports. You read one, give me the skinny. I do likewise. Or even better, and because I tend to forget summaries, how about a movie-themed reading group–”they’re making a movie adaptation of The Composing Process of Twelfth Graders. Who stars, directs, produces? Discuss.”
Comment by schizzesflows — May 19, 2006 @ 1:23 am
I love it. For The Composing Process of Tweflth Graders, I definately see an Amy Heckerling high school drama. It’d be an ensemble cast, of course. And the title would be changed to Look Who’s Writing.
Would it be fair to say that Jerry Bruckhiemer would produce Pedagogy of the Oppressed? I think so.
Comment by Adam — May 19, 2006 @ 9:07 pm