(I only read one book after October... that's too bad. Hopefully this year will be ripe with reading.)
Spring:
-?
(Really? None? Sad.)
Summer:
-Man Walks Into a Room by Nicole Krauss
-Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
-The Managed Heart by Arlie Hochschild
-Elsewhere, USA by Dalton Conley
-The Pecking Order by Dalton Conley
-Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
-Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
-Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
-Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Fall:
-The Help by Kathryn Stockett
-Then Came You: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner
-More Than Just Race by William Julius Wilson
-Divergent Social Worlds by Ruth D. Peterson And Lauren J. Krivo
-Genes and Behavior by Sir Michael Rutter
Winter:
-Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, October 24, 2011
Books (2011)
Let's update this list.
Books I've read this year (not in exact order):
Spring:
-?
(Really? None? Sad.)
Summer:
-Man Walks Into a Room by Nicole Krauss
-Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
-The Managed Heart by Arlie Hochschild
-Elsewhere, USA by Dalton Conley
-The Pecking Order by Dalton Conley
-Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
-Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
-Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
-Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Fall:
-The Help by Kathryn Stockett
-Then Came You: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner
-More Than Just Race by William Julius Wilson
-Divergent Social Worlds by Ruth D. Peterson And Lauren J. Krivo
-Genes and Behavior by Sir Michael Rutter
-To be updated as the year progresses... Though I don't have high hopes for the last two months.
Books I've read this year (not in exact order):
Spring:
-?
(Really? None? Sad.)
Summer:
-Man Walks Into a Room by Nicole Krauss
-Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
-The Managed Heart by Arlie Hochschild
-Elsewhere, USA by Dalton Conley
-The Pecking Order by Dalton Conley
-Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
-Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
-Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
-Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Fall:
-The Help by Kathryn Stockett
-Then Came You: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner
-More Than Just Race by William Julius Wilson
-Divergent Social Worlds by Ruth D. Peterson And Lauren J. Krivo
-Genes and Behavior by Sir Michael Rutter
-To be updated as the year progresses... Though I don't have high hopes for the last two months.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Goals
I think it helps to send things out. Out into the abyss. The great unknown. The world of ears. The hearts of your beloved. (These aren't all the same thing.) If I don't send it out it's easier for me to push it down, justify why I don't or can't have it. Acknowledging that I want it makes it easier for me to work for it. And I think there's power in the abyss. I don't think The Secret or Laws of Attraction are at work per say but I think saying it aloud increases the power that "it" has. That then increases the effect that it has on you and your decision making.
In an effort to push myself towards these things I present to you, my goals. (Note that some are large and ambiguous. That's probably better than having only specific, little goals.)
Short term:
-Present at ASA in August. The one in Denver, to be specific.
-Get to visit Nebraska for about two weeks (at least one and a half full weeks) this Christmas break.
-Defend my thesis successfully.
-Pay back parents for loaned money.
Long term:
-PhD
-Job at a nice University.
-Lose the last 20 pounds.
-Wedding, house, child, child, child, dog.
What are you sending out?
In an effort to push myself towards these things I present to you, my goals. (Note that some are large and ambiguous. That's probably better than having only specific, little goals.)
Short term:
-Present at ASA in August. The one in Denver, to be specific.
-Get to visit Nebraska for about two weeks (at least one and a half full weeks) this Christmas break.
-Defend my thesis successfully.
-Pay back parents for loaned money.
Long term:
-PhD
-Job at a nice University.
-Lose the last 20 pounds.
-Wedding, house, child, child, child, dog.
What are you sending out?
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Feelings
This semester is kicking my ass. Kind of.
I'm getting much better at managing my time. I feel like I understand more than I ever have before. I'm doing a lot, and I'm getting it done.
I could have added qualifiers to all of those statements. But I didn't. I'm working to encourage myself and talk positively about myself without contradicting my earlier statement before I've even finished a sentence.
Instead of saying "I'm getting better at managing my time, but I've cut out some things I really miss" it's just "I'm getting better at managing my time." It's not a big change but it's enough to keep me going.
I've needed a cheerleader a lot this semester. I often tell Chase "I can do it" just to hear him echo it back to me. He's started encouraging me by saying "Go go Icallo" which is a play off the phrase "Go go buffalo" from Idle Hands. It's amusing.
I'm taking ONE class next semester. I'm taking a teaching course too but it's much more like a non-intensive seminar so it doesn't really count. I've got a month and some change left with this load. Then I'll be done with this four class crap. I bet I can do it. I can get there.
I signed up for my course load and work load thinking that I'd slacked last spring when I should * have finished my thesis and wanted to prove to myself that I could do a lot, all at once. I wonder if that was a good tactic. Pushing myself to my limit to see what my limit was/is. I suppose we'll find out.
In the meantime I'm going to go read a book for class tomorrow.
*According to my standards. According to the grad department I have until this December to finish and defend it. So technically I'm not behind schedule.
I'm getting much better at managing my time. I feel like I understand more than I ever have before. I'm doing a lot, and I'm getting it done.
I could have added qualifiers to all of those statements. But I didn't. I'm working to encourage myself and talk positively about myself without contradicting my earlier statement before I've even finished a sentence.
Instead of saying "I'm getting better at managing my time, but I've cut out some things I really miss" it's just "I'm getting better at managing my time." It's not a big change but it's enough to keep me going.
I've needed a cheerleader a lot this semester. I often tell Chase "I can do it" just to hear him echo it back to me. He's started encouraging me by saying "Go go Icallo" which is a play off the phrase "Go go buffalo" from Idle Hands. It's amusing.
I'm taking ONE class next semester. I'm taking a teaching course too but it's much more like a non-intensive seminar so it doesn't really count. I've got a month and some change left with this load. Then I'll be done with this four class crap. I bet I can do it. I can get there.
I signed up for my course load and work load thinking that I'd slacked last spring when I should * have finished my thesis and wanted to prove to myself that I could do a lot, all at once. I wonder if that was a good tactic. Pushing myself to my limit to see what my limit was/is. I suppose we'll find out.
In the meantime I'm going to go read a book for class tomorrow.
*According to my standards. According to the grad department I have until this December to finish and defend it. So technically I'm not behind schedule.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Absence
I haven't posted in months. I'm trying to decide if I should ignore it or note it and apologize. But it's my blog and I shouldn't have to apologize.
Whatever. Here are a few things I like:
-Smart students
-Jackets for Georgia's winter.
-This waterfall. It's maybe my favorite set of waterfalls ever. (Chase and I visited it this weekend and I can't wait to go back.)
-Blogs that post things that make me nervous and push me as a student.
(I'm taking lots of classes this semester, working semi part time, trying to get my thesis defended, and trying to relax in between those things, please give me a break for being silent.)
(Oh hey, I guess I decided to apologize for my absence and ask for your patience and understanding!)
Whatever. Here are a few things I like:
-Smart students
-Jackets for Georgia's winter.
-This waterfall. It's maybe my favorite set of waterfalls ever. (Chase and I visited it this weekend and I can't wait to go back.)
-Blogs that post things that make me nervous and push me as a student.
(I'm taking lots of classes this semester, working semi part time, trying to get my thesis defended, and trying to relax in between those things, please give me a break for being silent.)
(Oh hey, I guess I decided to apologize for my absence and ask for your patience and understanding!)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Summer's Ending
It feels like classes start tomorrow and the daily naps will no longer be allowed. Even though I've got three weeks til that is reality.
Since getting back from vacation (4 days near the beach in North Carolina) and spending the last week moving and packing, I feel like my work ethic has slid into a coma and though I'm trying to coax it back to life, it's reluctant. I've only finished two books since the beginning of the month, even though I should be rounding on four this weekend. I haven't been writing for my thesis, though I had a really good talk with a classmate about it and feel like it's not insurmountable and I've been doing even less statistical work.
I'm going to save the new pictures of our place for the next entry, after we have everything fully unpacked and looking nice. Right now we've about about 85% of our stuff unpacked and organized but the rest is just strewn around the rooms it will eventually belong in.
I meant to post vacation pictures just after I got back from North Carolina but my sister had the majority of the good ones and I wanted to wait until I had those.
So without further ado, my vacation:
Sarah flew down from Nebraska on Wednesday and we spent the evening driving up to North Carolina. We spent the night at my uncle's Army friend's house (he's a good, safe guy, no worries) and then headed up for the last 2.5 hour portion of the trip before 8am on Thursday. After stopping to get a picture with tobacco plants (we've never seen a tobacco field before), we got to our cousin's house around 10:30 and were greeted with lots of hugs and kisses and screams. :)
My cousins are 4 and a half and 2 and a half and my aunt is about 7 years older than I am so it's really easy to hang out and visit and not feel like I'm stuck with relatives. My uncle's in the military. He's currently stationed on a boat in the Mediterranean for a longer-than-average deployment. He left in March and will be back... as far as I know... around February. Oh, and my older cousin (a year younger than me) recently moved out to North Carolina to live with them for a bit, so we got to see her too).
On Thursday we went out for lunch and then walked around the town they live in. It's cute and old (300 years last year!). After our afternoon out we came back home, napped, and then played at a playground near their house. They live in a cute development area that a golf course runs through. It's quite nice.
On Friday we got up and left for the beach around 9am. We were about an hour from the beach and the kids choose to ride in our car so that we could spend extra time together. :) Towards the end of the trip I was grateful that Sarah was riding with me so she could entertain while I focused on driving. (Kids get annoying.) After the beach we stopped for pizza and then headed home for naps and showers. That evening the kids got a babysitter and the adults headed out to see the new Harry Potter movie. (Woohoo!)
On Saturday we headed back to downtown and perused the Farmer's Market, gathering supplies for lunch. After salads for lunch and snacks for dessert we headed back out to the beach, this time not having quite as much fun in the sun because the waves and undercurrent were much stronger. We stopped by Chick-Fil-A for a short supper and then headed home for the evening.
Sunday was more laid back than the other days. We had planned to leave Sunday afternoon to make it home before dark that night but didn't get off to as quick of a start as I'd hoped. We left our cousin's around 3pm and made it home around 10:45 which wasn't toooo bad but was later than I'd expected. We spent the pre-3 hours hanging out, lounging around and resting up from a weekend that had been so much fun.
I LOVED my cousins so hard this visit. The last two times I'd visited they'd been a little too little and a little too rowdy for me to fully enjoy them but this time was different. Not even 20 minutes after we'd arrived and I'd sat down, my younger cousin climbed up in my lap and spent the next while singing me nonsense songs. And every morning after I'd gotten out of bed but before the day had started, the older cousin would cuddle in my lap, asking me to pretend he was a baby. This involved me rocking him, feeding him, and commenting on how adorable he was. :)
Since their dad's away right now I think they're a little more sentimental than normal. He's deployed before but they were younger then and probably didn't understand (or notice) the big difference in their lives. Now that they're more aware, it's easier to see how they're affected. Each of them has a blanket that has a bit of their daddy's love in it and they'd each offer their blankets to me randomly, telling me that I could have some of their dad's love. :)
And who can forget about the silly things kids say?! Adi, my younger cousin, could never seem to say my name when someone asked who I was but after Sarah told her I was a princess (something Adi's kind of into right now) my name became Princess. I have to say, it wasn't a horrible nickname. :) Towards the end of the weekend, Julian, the older cousin, started calling me Princess Jessica.
Julian and his family have a Jeep Wrangler Limited and they often drive without the windows or doors on. When we were getting something out of my Honda Accord Julian asked me if I ever took my doors off. It caught me a bit off guard but reminded me how cute kids are at this age.
Vacations should never end. :)
(P.S. It was really good to see Melinda and Tori too. They reminded me how much people can love me, something I sometimes forget living all the way out here in Georgia.)
Since getting back from vacation (4 days near the beach in North Carolina) and spending the last week moving and packing, I feel like my work ethic has slid into a coma and though I'm trying to coax it back to life, it's reluctant. I've only finished two books since the beginning of the month, even though I should be rounding on four this weekend. I haven't been writing for my thesis, though I had a really good talk with a classmate about it and feel like it's not insurmountable and I've been doing even less statistical work.
I'm going to save the new pictures of our place for the next entry, after we have everything fully unpacked and looking nice. Right now we've about about 85% of our stuff unpacked and organized but the rest is just strewn around the rooms it will eventually belong in.
I meant to post vacation pictures just after I got back from North Carolina but my sister had the majority of the good ones and I wanted to wait until I had those.
So without further ado, my vacation:
Sarah flew down from Nebraska on Wednesday and we spent the evening driving up to North Carolina. We spent the night at my uncle's Army friend's house (he's a good, safe guy, no worries) and then headed up for the last 2.5 hour portion of the trip before 8am on Thursday. After stopping to get a picture with tobacco plants (we've never seen a tobacco field before), we got to our cousin's house around 10:30 and were greeted with lots of hugs and kisses and screams. :)
My cousins are 4 and a half and 2 and a half and my aunt is about 7 years older than I am so it's really easy to hang out and visit and not feel like I'm stuck with relatives. My uncle's in the military. He's currently stationed on a boat in the Mediterranean for a longer-than-average deployment. He left in March and will be back... as far as I know... around February. Oh, and my older cousin (a year younger than me) recently moved out to North Carolina to live with them for a bit, so we got to see her too).
On Thursday we went out for lunch and then walked around the town they live in. It's cute and old (300 years last year!). After our afternoon out we came back home, napped, and then played at a playground near their house. They live in a cute development area that a golf course runs through. It's quite nice.
On Friday we got up and left for the beach around 9am. We were about an hour from the beach and the kids choose to ride in our car so that we could spend extra time together. :) Towards the end of the trip I was grateful that Sarah was riding with me so she could entertain while I focused on driving. (Kids get annoying.) After the beach we stopped for pizza and then headed home for naps and showers. That evening the kids got a babysitter and the adults headed out to see the new Harry Potter movie. (Woohoo!)
On Saturday we headed back to downtown and perused the Farmer's Market, gathering supplies for lunch. After salads for lunch and snacks for dessert we headed back out to the beach, this time not having quite as much fun in the sun because the waves and undercurrent were much stronger. We stopped by Chick-Fil-A for a short supper and then headed home for the evening.
Sunday was more laid back than the other days. We had planned to leave Sunday afternoon to make it home before dark that night but didn't get off to as quick of a start as I'd hoped. We left our cousin's around 3pm and made it home around 10:45 which wasn't toooo bad but was later than I'd expected. We spent the pre-3 hours hanging out, lounging around and resting up from a weekend that had been so much fun.
I LOVED my cousins so hard this visit. The last two times I'd visited they'd been a little too little and a little too rowdy for me to fully enjoy them but this time was different. Not even 20 minutes after we'd arrived and I'd sat down, my younger cousin climbed up in my lap and spent the next while singing me nonsense songs. And every morning after I'd gotten out of bed but before the day had started, the older cousin would cuddle in my lap, asking me to pretend he was a baby. This involved me rocking him, feeding him, and commenting on how adorable he was. :)
Since their dad's away right now I think they're a little more sentimental than normal. He's deployed before but they were younger then and probably didn't understand (or notice) the big difference in their lives. Now that they're more aware, it's easier to see how they're affected. Each of them has a blanket that has a bit of their daddy's love in it and they'd each offer their blankets to me randomly, telling me that I could have some of their dad's love. :)
And who can forget about the silly things kids say?! Adi, my younger cousin, could never seem to say my name when someone asked who I was but after Sarah told her I was a princess (something Adi's kind of into right now) my name became Princess. I have to say, it wasn't a horrible nickname. :) Towards the end of the weekend, Julian, the older cousin, started calling me Princess Jessica.
Julian and his family have a Jeep Wrangler Limited and they often drive without the windows or doors on. When we were getting something out of my Honda Accord Julian asked me if I ever took my doors off. It caught me a bit off guard but reminded me how cute kids are at this age.
Vacations should never end. :)
(P.S. It was really good to see Melinda and Tori too. They reminded me how much people can love me, something I sometimes forget living all the way out here in Georgia.)
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Status Report
Books I've read this summer (in order):
-Man Walks Into a Room
-Eating Animals
-The Managed Heart
-Elsewhere, USA
-The Pecking Order
-Veronika Decides to Die
-Hunger Games
-Catching Fire
-Mockingjay
Yaye reading! P.S. My Kindle rocks. You should buy one, really!
I've got stats to do this weekend, two articles to finish today, and progress to make. I can do it. I will! (And then I'll drink and be merry.)
-Man Walks Into a Room
-Eating Animals
-The Managed Heart
-Elsewhere, USA
-The Pecking Order
-Veronika Decides to Die
-Hunger Games
-Catching Fire
-Mockingjay
Yaye reading! P.S. My Kindle rocks. You should buy one, really!
I've got stats to do this weekend, two articles to finish today, and progress to make. I can do it. I will! (And then I'll drink and be merry.)
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