Posted in personal on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
For those of you following along at home, our vet tells us that the cat has a clean bill of health. That means that all the bizarro new bathroom behaviors he now has are pure spite, not evidence of further illness as we’ve been thinking. No, he is just communicating the only way [...]
Posted in deep thoughts, political on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Here is a much more eloquent, generalized explanation for why I’m switching careers right now… in the form of a JFK quote:
I realize that there are some businessmen who feel only they want to be left alone, that Government and politics are none of their affairs, that the balance sheet and profit rate of [...]
Posted in links on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Check out the comments of this post. It’s an interesting discussion, and I’m curious if any of the people in my program (who read this solely on Facebook) have any comments.
Posted in academia, tagged academia, graduateschool, politics, senatorcraig, sociology, tearoomtrade on September 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I cracked myself up in a methods seminar this evening by saying that I think (the former?) Senator Craig has done more to raise public awareness of the plight of gay men in bathrooms than Tearoom Trade. But seriously folks, such ethical ambiguity is only worth it if the research eventually leads to social [...]
Posted in personal, tagged cat on September 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Size Comparison
Originally uploaded by Kristina B.
OK, this is a less regal looking photo of Nani in which he is compared (in size) to a small dog. As you can see, he is considerably larger. Thanks ML for reminding me of this photo.
Anyway, I got some good news late today. This is probably [...]
Posted in personal, tagged cat on September 17, 2007 | 4 Comments »
“yes, yes, i am lovely. sigh.”
Originally uploaded by Kristina B.
if you know nani, now might be a good time to offer your best wishes. he’s had better days.
he turned thirteen this past summer, and he’s had a good life. he’s traveled all over the place with me, and made many friends. [...]
Posted in sociology, tagged academia, career, easymajor, jeremyfreese, sociology on September 14, 2007 | 8 Comments »
This post started out as a comment over at Jeremy’s place, but it got too long so here it is instead. For those of you just joining the conversation, the original topic is why sociology is considered an “easy” major for undergrads. And now for my take:
I was a psych major in undergrad [...]
Posted in texas on September 14, 2007 | No Comments »
You know, when my East Coast buddies heard I was moving to Austin, many of them looked at me funny. Texas? Really? No, I’d say. Austin. Get it straight.
Now that I’ve lived here for a few years, I have developed a lot of respect for the spirit of Texas. [...]
Posted in academia, graduate school on September 12, 2007 | No Comments »
And by everyone, I mean my fellow grad students. Also, check out the
posts linked within it.
I’m one of those scary older grad students who stalks around the department always looking busy.* That said, the appearance of first years reminds me of myself when I was at that point. Particularly, it reminds me of all [...]
Posted in feminisim on September 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Sooo on Monday I parked in the commuter lot as usual and caught the commuter bus. I was feeling fine that morning. It was not yet seeringly hot, the week was new, yadda yaddda yadda. Plus, when I got on the bus there were actual seats, which is rare. I plopped [...]
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