Tuesday, August 29, 2006
In case you didn't know, I'm a huge nerd.
yay, I had my fourth (and final!) comprehensive literature exam today for my French phd program. I had prepared "Francophone" (French lit. outside of France) and mostly concentrated on Quebecois literature. I was so happy when I saw the question and saw that it was on MICHEL TREMBLAY! dude, I wrote a paper on him for a linguistics class last spring! I even kept the same title I used for that paper on my exam: "'Vive le joual libre!': Michel Tremblay et l'identite quebecoise." Well, that "vive le joual libre!" is extremely clever and I'm proud of that title. I'm pretty sure I passed, it's a good feeling.
As I walked to school to take the exam, I passed by Macy's. I LOVE looking at the Project Runway window to see all the winning clothes. That's the best show ever. Besides The Simpsons, duh. I think I even like it better than America's Next Top Model (I think). I'm rooting for Michael, Kayne, Uli and Laura. I can't stand Jeffrey, esp. after he made Angela's mom cry, boo hiss!
What else . . . I went to Queens to fill out paperwork for my new teaching job at St. John's that starts tomorrow on Staten Island and it was a very catholic campus, i mean there were religious statues all over the place. And on the employment forms, I had to (well, I probably didn't HAVE to) check which religion I am, so I wrote in "Unitarian." Surprise, surprise, that wasn't already an option. And for my emergency contact, I put C, of course, and then circled that she was my "wife" and then wrote in (domestic partner) and then imagined that they would behave as the catholic girls high school that didn't hire me this summer after they found out I'm gay (the interview went from "Oh Rebecca! You are so overqualified and experienced and charming!" to "Oh, a domestic partner . . . well, we'll let you know" (and I got a form 2 days later in the mail saying I was not "suited" for that particular job. I hope they found a French teacher who is unqualified and awful). I don't think this will happen with St. John's, after all it's a college not a high school and it's in NYC plus who else besides me could they find to trek out to staten island to teach 5 students French 3 times a week?!?!
. . ooh, yesterday I called and ordered 2 vials of STAN to be delivered on Thursday morning ($185 for shipping, yikes!). I take my last Clomid tonight. It's very exciting . . .
As I walked to school to take the exam, I passed by Macy's. I LOVE looking at the Project Runway window to see all the winning clothes. That's the best show ever. Besides The Simpsons, duh. I think I even like it better than America's Next Top Model (I think). I'm rooting for Michael, Kayne, Uli and Laura. I can't stand Jeffrey, esp. after he made Angela's mom cry, boo hiss!
What else . . . I went to Queens to fill out paperwork for my new teaching job at St. John's that starts tomorrow on Staten Island and it was a very catholic campus, i mean there were religious statues all over the place. And on the employment forms, I had to (well, I probably didn't HAVE to) check which religion I am, so I wrote in "Unitarian." Surprise, surprise, that wasn't already an option. And for my emergency contact, I put C, of course, and then circled that she was my "wife" and then wrote in (domestic partner) and then imagined that they would behave as the catholic girls high school that didn't hire me this summer after they found out I'm gay (the interview went from "Oh Rebecca! You are so overqualified and experienced and charming!" to "Oh, a domestic partner . . . well, we'll let you know" (and I got a form 2 days later in the mail saying I was not "suited" for that particular job. I hope they found a French teacher who is unqualified and awful). I don't think this will happen with St. John's, after all it's a college not a high school and it's in NYC plus who else besides me could they find to trek out to staten island to teach 5 students French 3 times a week?!?!
. . ooh, yesterday I called and ordered 2 vials of STAN to be delivered on Thursday morning ($185 for shipping, yikes!). I take my last Clomid tonight. It's very exciting . . .
# posted by RebeccaL-O @ 2:02 PM 
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Jeffrey is such an ASS! You do NOT make someone's momma cry! I was hoping he would get kicked off after his "stellar" performance. I'm pulling for Michael. He's totally got a great sense of style, and he's a good guy. (So is Kain, so I wouldn't mind if he won either :)
yea I'm a michael fan. he's the only normal guy on the show.
And the two bottles of pure Stan essence. That cracked me up. *croses fingers* good luck!
By the way, I went to catholic school for 13 years (k - senior year) and while I never took french you would have kicked ass as a teacher.
And the two bottles of pure Stan essence. That cracked me up. *croses fingers* good luck!
By the way, I went to catholic school for 13 years (k - senior year) and while I never took french you would have kicked ass as a teacher.
argh, I can't watch PR tonight because I have to work at stupid starbucks! I'll have to catch it on rerun over the weekend . . .
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