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Some good, some bad
Dec. 13th, 2011 11:08 pm1. Emma is rocking the track. She came in 49th in her race (out of 73) and had a time of 11:08 for a mile on the outdoor track. Not bad for a third grader starting out. :) And bonus--she is finally interested in an extra curricular activity! Yay! I don't want to be one of those parents who forces her children to do tons of extra curriculars. She is nine. LOL However, she has trouble making friends and gets really bored during the summer, and so we've been trying for a couple years to get her interested in doing something that might help with both those things.
2. So we're never shopping at Lowe's again.
3. What the hell was up with Glee tonight? I mean, Rachel singing "Coming on Christmas" was gorgeous, and I loved Blaine and Kurt's version of "Let It Snow." But otherwise, BORING BORING BORING BORING.
4. Awesome feedback from dissertation director! Whooo! Work on chapter one goes apace! One of the three books needed to be read down! Trajectory for chapter one mapped out! How do I tell my dissertation director that two of the commas she wants me to insert are grammatically incorrect? I mean, I know for 100% sure that she is wrong. I've been teaching grammar for three and half years now, and I know if you're not actively studying grammar rules, you can be a bit fuzzy on them. I also know that British comma rules and American comma rules are different (although I do not know exactly in what way), and I wonder if she corrects me thusly because she mostly reads Victorian literature all the time and has internalized British rules. But anyway. I will make whatever stylistic, word choice, add info changes she wants regardless of whether I agree with them but I draw the line at adding grammatically incorrect commas. Help.
2. So we're never shopping at Lowe's again.
3. What the hell was up with Glee tonight? I mean, Rachel singing "Coming on Christmas" was gorgeous, and I loved Blaine and Kurt's version of "Let It Snow." But otherwise, BORING BORING BORING BORING.
4. Awesome feedback from dissertation director! Whooo! Work on chapter one goes apace! One of the three books needed to be read down! Trajectory for chapter one mapped out! How do I tell my dissertation director that two of the commas she wants me to insert are grammatically incorrect? I mean, I know for 100% sure that she is wrong. I've been teaching grammar for three and half years now, and I know if you're not actively studying grammar rules, you can be a bit fuzzy on them. I also know that British comma rules and American comma rules are different (although I do not know exactly in what way), and I wonder if she corrects me thusly because she mostly reads Victorian literature all the time and has internalized British rules. But anyway. I will make whatever stylistic, word choice, add info changes she wants regardless of whether I agree with them but I draw the line at adding grammatically incorrect commas. Help.
