And now for a real post

[lunabee34]

1. The students have asked me to be the faculty advisor for the Anime Club. I am going to decline. I feel bad for saying no, but I cannot go up to campus one day every week and watch anime with them for three hours (EVERY WEEK), and I am not going to supervise lock-ins. Um, ever. So, I'm flattered they asked me (this is what I get for talking about Dragonball Z and Inuyasha with my World Lit 1 class), but I am not prepared for that kind of time commitment.

2. This is Fiona's second week of school. We got a note sent home last week that she had hit a kid while standing in line. Why? we asked her. Because it was time to go, and he wouldn't move. Yesterday, I got a call from the school because Fiona has pinched a kid who tried to usurp her turn at the smart table. At least we don't have to worry about her having Emma's problem with being assertive. *jazz hands*

3. I got a letter from kayleecat. I love getting unexpected correspondence. :)

4. GoT finale on Sunday! Yay! I have to get my reviews typed up for the last two episodes before it airs. I'm guessing either the dragon somehow brings down the Wall, or the Night King has that horn from the books that migrated from Jericho. I also think the Wall coming down will be the final shot of the season. I love that the need for a third dragon rider is eliminated. I think it's a good call; I mean, Tyrion or Jaime and Cersei turning out to be Targaryens would have been stretching the bonds of credulity. I wonder if Bran can Warg into the bad dragon and bring it down that way. IDK Real reviews forthcoming.

5. Academical people who do book reviews, how do you get that process started? Do you just cold email a publisher or something? How does that work? I'd like to do some reviews, I think.

Comments

[cathexys]

Just sent you an email. Prod them if they don't respond...

Do you actually need to supervise for a college club? I'd assumed advisor just meant that you're their faculty go to--we only have philosophy club and while I know the faculty person tries to be there, it's run by the students (essay pic etc) and they do it with or without. I mean, they're adults, right???

[lunabee34]

You are awesome. *hugs*

I didn't think I needed to supervise anything either, but he kept saying I'd need to come up on campus and actually watch the anime with them. If being their advisor meant being around for one or two events per semester, I wouldn't have a problem with that. But I don't have time to watch Tenchi in Tokyo for three hours a week with these people. I was very surprised, too. Maybe he just thinks I need to be there that much because the previous advsior was? IDK.

[cathexys]

I'd check with someone and then talk to him. Because if the alternative is you at two meetings or noone then I bet he'd go for it if the school doesn't require it. (And why would they??? Students do meetings on campus all the time by themselves. They're not kids!!!)

And i can't wait for your first review. Have you read the book yet I proposed?

[lunabee34]

No! But someone on the email chain suggested it to me, so that's what I'll do. Yay!

Do you have a copy of The Fan Fiction Reader I could borrow to review? If not, I can get a copy elsewhere.

[cathexys]

I have a copy, but I wonder if it'd be easier to get an e-version and then get Katie&Louisa get you a real copy later.

[lunabee34]

I just realized I forgot to ask them if they had a review copy to send. So I did that. :)

Looks like buying a Kindle version on Amazon is actually about ten dollars more expensive than just buying the book, so I'd rather not do that if I don't have to. I checked the University System of Georgia holdings and none of our university libraries have the book (which kinda surprises me actually).

[chelseagirl]

Usually you contact a journal that you'd like to review for; some of the science fiction studies journals will send emails to their membership list on what books are available.

[lunabee34]

Cool. Thank you!

I thought it would be something fun to do.

[havocthecat]

Haha. I had that problem with the kidlet. We got through it without quashing his assertiveness. Which was not easy. I can imagine it will be harder with a girl!

[lunabee34]

*nods*

And Fiona is just a different kettle of fish than Emma. Emma is a total first born. People pleaser, stickler for rules, wants to please people in authority, responds very well to being punished just by you letting her know you're disappointed in her. Fiona doesn't even bat an eye when you raise your voice at her. She gets in trouble with us and it doesn't even seem to bother her; she does get upset when she gets in trouble at school. It's so weird. and maddening.

[monanotlisa]

Well, she sure sounds like she has no trouble standing up for herself...of course, standing on others, also not great... ;) I'm sure you'll manage. I hit other kids when I was younger (although I maintain they always deserved it, and I was enough of a teacher's pet to never be chastised or had any letters sent to my parents).

[lunabee34]

LOL

It's that unswerving sense of justice.

We'll see what happens next. Maybe she's gotten it out of her system.