Fingers crossed.
I feel a combination of relieved, happy, sick to my stomach, and exhausted. It would be nice if the negative feelings would fade away so I can enjoy the rest of my Friday.
Shortest entry ever!
Friday, November 20, 2015
It Is Done!
It sounds like I just ordered a hit on someone through the mafia and they completed the job for me but my entry actually relates to my application to be advanced to a senior lecturer.
Fingers crossed.
I feel a combination of relieved, happy, sick to my stomach, and exhausted. It would be nice if the negative feelings would fade away so I can enjoy the rest of my Friday.
Shortest entry ever!
Fingers crossed.
I feel a combination of relieved, happy, sick to my stomach, and exhausted. It would be nice if the negative feelings would fade away so I can enjoy the rest of my Friday.
Shortest entry ever!
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Procrastination is My Middle Name
Greetings:
As my title states, procrastination and even prioritization has been an issue in recent weeks. My application for promotion is due at the end of the week and I have SO much work to do on it. Sigh. But to be fair, I've also been working my butt off on grading too. I almost wish I had waited to apply for promotion in the spring.
Other than being buried in work, life is pretty good. Home life seems more relaxed since Gavin is done with football. He lifts after school on most days but it's still easier to pick him up and transport him now. I had to guess when he was done with football on many days which got irritating very quickly. I am still waiting for his PSAT scores. Anxious to see how he does on that type of testing since he should be thinking about the ACTs soon too.
I am so ready for next week. ISU is closed all week and I need Monday and Tuesday to catch up with work. DMACC is technically in session Monday-Wednesday but I gave my online course a work week for a handbook they have to create. I am hoping to be able to go to NE Iowa and not bring any work with me. Who wants to grade on their birthday anyway?
Things are going very well with Dan too. It turns out that I need someone that is as quirky and goofy as me. Tomorrow is four months since I've met him. It truly seems longer which I take as a good sign. I am hoping to introduce him to some family now at the end of 2015 or as 2016 begins. He and I went to see "The Martian" and it was a pretty decent movie. I still plan on reading the book some day.
Gavin and I are doing a good job of plugging away through our Netflix list of movies too.
"Rendition": Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Withersoon. Women's husband is detained as a possible terrorist. It was OK and kept my attention but I'm not a huge fan of that type of movie. It had two story lines and showed how they were connected by the conclusion of the movie so that was neat.
"Wish I Was Here": Zach Braff (Scrubs) is the main character about a family struggling with money but also dealing with a terminal cancer situation with a grandparent. It had interesting comedy and I did really like it.
"Boyhood": I was really surprised by this movie. It won major awards. It really doesn't have any famous people in it. It follows a boy's life from like 5 years old until college. As Gavin and I were watching it, we were wondering how they found actors that looked so similar as the boy ages in the movie. Turns out the director used the same kid throughout the movie and took 12 years to create the film. No wonder the kid continues to look the same as he ages.
"Men, Women, and Children": we actually saw the preview of this before watching "Boyhood". Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner are main characters. The foundation of the movie is on technology and how it affects relationships. I was surprised by the nature of the sexual situations but in the long run, it made sense to include them in the movie.
"Birdman": I was intrigued about this movie as it was supposed to win a lot of awards and I hadn't seen Micheal Keaton in a movie for a long time. It's centered on a broadway show and an actor struggling with the decrease in popularity. It alludes that he's a super hero (Birdman) as that was his first acting gig and was super popular in the 90s. It was rather confusing at times and was WAY too long. Don't bother with it.
"St. Vincent": It was nice to see Bill Murray in a movie again. It was pretty funny but there were serious parts too. He ends up babysitting for a single mother and helps the boy cope through a divorce situation. He's also dealing with his wife dying from Alzheimer's and his own health problems too.
"The Giver": the book is better. Decent job with trying to relay the message from the book but definitely liked the book better. Jeff Bridges did a great job and most of the acting was decent. I guess they tried making this book into a movie since the 90s.
"John Wick": I was interested to see if Keanu Reeves was still a decent actor since he's not appearing in many films anymore. The film was excellent but had a very sad beginning. It's like "Kill Bill" but with a male lead actor.
"Whiplash": This movie was up for major awards so I added it to our list. It's about a man going to a post-secondary music school that focuses on jazz. He is striving to be a great drummer. The main teacher (the dad from Juno) is a very difficult teacher and some awful things happen in the movie in regards to deception. There are scenes where the drummers have to practice so much their hands bleed. Yikes.
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas": I wished I had read the book before the movie but reading for pleasure isn't doable at the moment. It was a good movie with a sad ending. It relates to World War II. It turns out that some of the wives of German officers didn't fully know what was happening in the concentration camps. The movie shows one of those wives realizing what is happening at a local concentration camp and their son never fully understanding the purpose of those sites. I assumed that everyone was in the loop in regards to the camps' purpose so it was an interesting perspective.
"Gone Girl": I saw this in the theater and wanted to see it again for the heck of it. Gavin thought it was good and really twisted...because it is. I still need to read the author's second book.
"A Million Ways to Die in the West": The dude that made Family Guy created this movie and it was actually pretty funny. Lots of crude humor though. I liked it more than I thought I would.
"Sex Tape": Cameron Diaz movie. It was 'meh'. Another one of those sexually-based comedies that tries too hard. Moral of the story: don't film yourself having sex with your Ipad and let it automatically sync to "the cloud".
Don't get me wrong, we aren't sitting around just watching movies. Some movies are from September and October. We are currently waiting to receive "Babel" and "The Constant Gardener".
I've been working on this for two days. Time to finally hit 'publish'.
As my title states, procrastination and even prioritization has been an issue in recent weeks. My application for promotion is due at the end of the week and I have SO much work to do on it. Sigh. But to be fair, I've also been working my butt off on grading too. I almost wish I had waited to apply for promotion in the spring.
Other than being buried in work, life is pretty good. Home life seems more relaxed since Gavin is done with football. He lifts after school on most days but it's still easier to pick him up and transport him now. I had to guess when he was done with football on many days which got irritating very quickly. I am still waiting for his PSAT scores. Anxious to see how he does on that type of testing since he should be thinking about the ACTs soon too.
I am so ready for next week. ISU is closed all week and I need Monday and Tuesday to catch up with work. DMACC is technically in session Monday-Wednesday but I gave my online course a work week for a handbook they have to create. I am hoping to be able to go to NE Iowa and not bring any work with me. Who wants to grade on their birthday anyway?
Things are going very well with Dan too. It turns out that I need someone that is as quirky and goofy as me. Tomorrow is four months since I've met him. It truly seems longer which I take as a good sign. I am hoping to introduce him to some family now at the end of 2015 or as 2016 begins. He and I went to see "The Martian" and it was a pretty decent movie. I still plan on reading the book some day.
Gavin and I are doing a good job of plugging away through our Netflix list of movies too.
"Rendition": Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Withersoon. Women's husband is detained as a possible terrorist. It was OK and kept my attention but I'm not a huge fan of that type of movie. It had two story lines and showed how they were connected by the conclusion of the movie so that was neat.
"Wish I Was Here": Zach Braff (Scrubs) is the main character about a family struggling with money but also dealing with a terminal cancer situation with a grandparent. It had interesting comedy and I did really like it.
"Boyhood": I was really surprised by this movie. It won major awards. It really doesn't have any famous people in it. It follows a boy's life from like 5 years old until college. As Gavin and I were watching it, we were wondering how they found actors that looked so similar as the boy ages in the movie. Turns out the director used the same kid throughout the movie and took 12 years to create the film. No wonder the kid continues to look the same as he ages.
"Men, Women, and Children": we actually saw the preview of this before watching "Boyhood". Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner are main characters. The foundation of the movie is on technology and how it affects relationships. I was surprised by the nature of the sexual situations but in the long run, it made sense to include them in the movie.
"Birdman": I was intrigued about this movie as it was supposed to win a lot of awards and I hadn't seen Micheal Keaton in a movie for a long time. It's centered on a broadway show and an actor struggling with the decrease in popularity. It alludes that he's a super hero (Birdman) as that was his first acting gig and was super popular in the 90s. It was rather confusing at times and was WAY too long. Don't bother with it.
"St. Vincent": It was nice to see Bill Murray in a movie again. It was pretty funny but there were serious parts too. He ends up babysitting for a single mother and helps the boy cope through a divorce situation. He's also dealing with his wife dying from Alzheimer's and his own health problems too.
"The Giver": the book is better. Decent job with trying to relay the message from the book but definitely liked the book better. Jeff Bridges did a great job and most of the acting was decent. I guess they tried making this book into a movie since the 90s.
"John Wick": I was interested to see if Keanu Reeves was still a decent actor since he's not appearing in many films anymore. The film was excellent but had a very sad beginning. It's like "Kill Bill" but with a male lead actor.
"Whiplash": This movie was up for major awards so I added it to our list. It's about a man going to a post-secondary music school that focuses on jazz. He is striving to be a great drummer. The main teacher (the dad from Juno) is a very difficult teacher and some awful things happen in the movie in regards to deception. There are scenes where the drummers have to practice so much their hands bleed. Yikes.
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas": I wished I had read the book before the movie but reading for pleasure isn't doable at the moment. It was a good movie with a sad ending. It relates to World War II. It turns out that some of the wives of German officers didn't fully know what was happening in the concentration camps. The movie shows one of those wives realizing what is happening at a local concentration camp and their son never fully understanding the purpose of those sites. I assumed that everyone was in the loop in regards to the camps' purpose so it was an interesting perspective.
"Gone Girl": I saw this in the theater and wanted to see it again for the heck of it. Gavin thought it was good and really twisted...because it is. I still need to read the author's second book.
"A Million Ways to Die in the West": The dude that made Family Guy created this movie and it was actually pretty funny. Lots of crude humor though. I liked it more than I thought I would.
"Sex Tape": Cameron Diaz movie. It was 'meh'. Another one of those sexually-based comedies that tries too hard. Moral of the story: don't film yourself having sex with your Ipad and let it automatically sync to "the cloud".
Don't get me wrong, we aren't sitting around just watching movies. Some movies are from September and October. We are currently waiting to receive "Babel" and "The Constant Gardener".
I've been working on this for two days. Time to finally hit 'publish'.
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