Last night I spent hours and hours finishing a movie that represents that department of modern languages, and i am happy with the result. i think that it needs a bit more work, but that it serves its purpose now. and even as excited as i am to be meeting all these students today (ca [...]

i really admire the amount that my university reaches out to students in Umeå. there are different days all through the year when students are invited in to listen or experience or experiment. this friday is one such day and i have the honor of representing the Department of Modern Languages to 4 groups of [...]

ok, so i get to go to a ball which i am so excited about because i *LOVE* playing dress up…all the world’s a stage, former drama teacher, present drama queen, etc. and i need to decide on a dress. while i am very partial to the Audrey Hepburn look, i need to think about [...]

one of the things i miss most about moving here (which really is not a cultural thing – or even a place specific thing – more a person specific thing) is a friend that i left behind. he and i used to drive for hours and talk about *everything* (usually quite abstractly). we spoke quickly [...]

i have not really had time to blog this week (reason will become clear towards the end of this post), and consequently, i have begun mentally blogging again (strange). i want to talk about so many great things that have happened this week, and will do so in a series of posts today.
worked on the [...]

Oh! So busy, but not always with what I want to be busy with…sigh.
Things going on at the moment:
Early Middle English Class
Moving 5 blogs to a new server, complete with new stylesheets (more info soon)
Finishing identity paper
Finishing definition paper
Starting pilot study – final article to be submitted by end of semester
One more session of the [...]

happy birthday my chicken pocked, wonderful children. This is a bit late, but well, we have had chicken pox :-P

Tonight we marched.

We marched for the second time. The second time out of necessity.

And it breaks my heart that we have to do this. That my our Umeå is changing so quickly. And I feel so strongly that there is an air of indifference wafting through our small town. Piggybacking on the crisp smell of [...]