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I guess it's been a few days. Busy-ness (isn't that "business"?) does that.
This weekend has been mostly entertaining, I guess. Friday night, I knocked off work early and skipped colloquium for the first time ever to go home and hang out with Amy. Friday night was the first Kent State hockey game, which made me extremely happy.
On Saturday, I taught class on urban geography and had part of my lesson dedicated to spotlighting a handful of North American cities. I acutally ran out of time before I was finished, but the class actually wanted to stay and see the last 10 minutes or so of my presentation. Not bad, chief. And I'm really starting to like these kids. Granted, with five kids there basically is no classroom dynamic. None. But these kids are all working hard. I was so proud of them when I graded their comprehensive map assignments today. They all did well enough to get As, which is no easy proposition for assignments that generally take about 3-4 hours.
Saturday night was hockey (more happiness), after which we went and harrassed Kory at the Quality Inn since he was working the overnight shift. Kory has a new little Nintendo DS thing that I've decided I will have. Not his, that belongs to him, but I will acquire one of my own. It's only fair. That thing is a great deal of entertainment, and I must have one. Or else. They have brain games on it, which makes me even happier.
Oh, and Kent's hockey team seems to be pretty solid this year, as they've done all but de-pants their opponents in the games we watched. They beat Drexel last night 9-3, and one of Drexel's three was a KSU own-goal.
I had a milkshake on Saturday night, which was my first (to my knowledge) non-vegan thing since Monday. Not bad again, chief. I have less problems with consuming dairy than I do with meat and eggs and other animal products. But, I'm trying to phase that out too.
Today, after waiting out Amy's attendance at church, we had Flame-Grilled Veggie Burgers (which may finally be the appropriate hamburger substitute that I've been waiting for) with Vegan Gourmet cheddar fake-cheese (decent but meh). Then, it was off to a couple of parks for hikes. We hit the Furnace Run and Deep Lock Quarry Metroparks for hikes, and now we only have two left to get our walking stick and shield. We've been thinking about doing all 14 of the selected hikes, even though you only need eight.
See, it's also a good thing because we've rediscovered a wonderful hobby. One thing about this area that Indiana sure didn't have: nice hiking trails, and plenty of them. I want to get a super-nice pair of hiking boots. Unfortunately, that means leather which I'm not really at peace with. I have yet to find weird-sized shoes in non-leather that are able to support my super-weak ankles. That may be a concession I have to make so that I can continue to walk. I don't really like it, but I guess it's as good as I can do.
The strange thing about this vegetarianism/wannabe-veganism thing is that I feel more at peace with many of my decisions. See, I thought many of these things all along but was too discouraged or too lazy to do anything.
I wrote my Climate Change prof an email to apologize for my poor performance in the climate change debate. I don't know really why I did, other than to make myself feel more at ease about it and to motivate myself to do better. One thing that the department here seems to lack is the guts to tell people that they suck. I need to be criticized so that I can get better, otherwise, how am I to know. I guess it's taught me measures of self-motivation and self-criticism, though. Who knew?
Some sad news: Gilbert F. White, the godfather of Hazards Geography died the other day. It's sad. It's like Economics losing Adam Smith or Karl Marx. Old Dr. White was like 96 years old. I met him once; of course, he didn't know me from the man on the moon because I was just another young student kissing the ass of the subfield's creator. Rest in peace.
Amy's gotten sick tonight, and I've done what I could to take care of her. She's been asleep now for almost an hour.
I hope she feels better soon.
On Saturday, I taught class on urban geography and had part of my lesson dedicated to spotlighting a handful of North American cities. I acutally ran out of time before I was finished, but the class actually wanted to stay and see the last 10 minutes or so of my presentation. Not bad, chief. And I'm really starting to like these kids. Granted, with five kids there basically is no classroom dynamic. None. But these kids are all working hard. I was so proud of them when I graded their comprehensive map assignments today. They all did well enough to get As, which is no easy proposition for assignments that generally take about 3-4 hours.
Saturday night was hockey (more happiness), after which we went and harrassed Kory at the Quality Inn since he was working the overnight shift. Kory has a new little Nintendo DS thing that I've decided I will have. Not his, that belongs to him, but I will acquire one of my own. It's only fair. That thing is a great deal of entertainment, and I must have one. Or else. They have brain games on it, which makes me even happier.
Oh, and Kent's hockey team seems to be pretty solid this year, as they've done all but de-pants their opponents in the games we watched. They beat Drexel last night 9-3, and one of Drexel's three was a KSU own-goal.
I had a milkshake on Saturday night, which was my first (to my knowledge) non-vegan thing since Monday. Not bad again, chief. I have less problems with consuming dairy than I do with meat and eggs and other animal products. But, I'm trying to phase that out too.
Today, after waiting out Amy's attendance at church, we had Flame-Grilled Veggie Burgers (which may finally be the appropriate hamburger substitute that I've been waiting for) with Vegan Gourmet cheddar fake-cheese (decent but meh). Then, it was off to a couple of parks for hikes. We hit the Furnace Run and Deep Lock Quarry Metroparks for hikes, and now we only have two left to get our walking stick and shield. We've been thinking about doing all 14 of the selected hikes, even though you only need eight.
See, it's also a good thing because we've rediscovered a wonderful hobby. One thing about this area that Indiana sure didn't have: nice hiking trails, and plenty of them. I want to get a super-nice pair of hiking boots. Unfortunately, that means leather which I'm not really at peace with. I have yet to find weird-sized shoes in non-leather that are able to support my super-weak ankles. That may be a concession I have to make so that I can continue to walk. I don't really like it, but I guess it's as good as I can do.
The strange thing about this vegetarianism/wannabe-veganism thing is that I feel more at peace with many of my decisions. See, I thought many of these things all along but was too discouraged or too lazy to do anything.
I wrote my Climate Change prof an email to apologize for my poor performance in the climate change debate. I don't know really why I did, other than to make myself feel more at ease about it and to motivate myself to do better. One thing that the department here seems to lack is the guts to tell people that they suck. I need to be criticized so that I can get better, otherwise, how am I to know. I guess it's taught me measures of self-motivation and self-criticism, though. Who knew?
Some sad news: Gilbert F. White, the godfather of Hazards Geography died the other day. It's sad. It's like Economics losing Adam Smith or Karl Marx. Old Dr. White was like 96 years old. I met him once; of course, he didn't know me from the man on the moon because I was just another young student kissing the ass of the subfield's creator. Rest in peace.
Amy's gotten sick tonight, and I've done what I could to take care of her. She's been asleep now for almost an hour.
I hope she feels better soon.
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