I'm incredibly lazy. When I heard CM was going on hiatus, I thought, "Of course. I'm in."I haven't posted a "Baffled" entry for weeks. I had trouble remembering my password to get in the blog. My belly has grown three sizes since I last wrote. I have been on hiatus proudly.
Hiatus is not shameful. Hiatus is a state of being. In fact, a shitty online dictionary tells me that a hiatus is "a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break."
Don't we all need that from time to time, from the kids, the spouse, the dog, the neighbors?
Wear it with pride.
Q: Now, for the rest of the six of you who read the page. Now that CM will not be such the hotbed of activity, what will you spend your time on? Sudoku? Fapping? Teaching? Be creative. Be detailed. Spill some blood on the screen. Don't hold back.
Hiatus Shmiatus! I will use the quiet period to launch my return to the page.
ReplyDeleteUnless I get winded, in which case I'll go back to bed.
I am making pesto, grading things from the summer session, going for a bike ride, catching up on those e-mails from the editor, trying an ice cream cake recipe, writing that program report, seeing if Mike's Hard Lemonade will freeze in popsicle molds, grading some more. . . 'summer' collated with the same-old.
ReplyDeleteWatching my email fill with excuses about poor summer session course performance.
ReplyDeleteI am going to drink wine and convince some boob to rub my feet.
ReplyDeleteI hate that word "fapping." GROSS.
ReplyDeleteI am going to continue to tune in to CM just in case Yaro returns.
I, too, have been thinking of Yaro. I very much hope he and Mrs. Yaro are enjoying their first retirement summer at the cabin. And I, too, hope he might check in now and again, and offer his reflections, or wisdom, or whimsy. Hearing from him always bucks me up.
DeleteMy hiatus ended Monday.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Most Interesting Man in the World, "The after-party is the one you want to attend."
Let the after-hiatus begin!
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ReplyDeleteMy next-door office coworker and his freshman-in-September son just came back from orientation, so I get to be the soundboard for all his (the dad's) fears and anxieties. As a regular reader of this page and RYS before, I solemnly swear to do my very best to strip the blades from this helicopter parent (who was shocked, *shocked* to realize that the school considers his 18-year-old an adult with rights to privacy and everything), and to beat responsibility and a work ethic into his son. And when I say beat, ... nah, I mean beat (verbally, of course).
ReplyDeleteThis should be an oath we all take.
DeleteI'm not moving from the chaise lounge in the yard. Trying to teach my cats to fetch so they can bring me beer. Yeah, it's working well.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to get my summer class to hurry up and be over. Time is supposed to move faster in the summer, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteYes, me too. I have 3 university jobs over the summer, and so far I'm on task to clock 84 hours this week.
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I know what you mean! I get done in three weeks... and THEN summer can begin. I mean RESEARCH can begin.
DeleteThat is crazy!!! I understand many go to college to make more money in the long run but what plays a part the most here are life experience degrees. Most should not go to college to make the most money, but to learn and get a job doing what you love most. I went to college to progress in my field and I plan on going back to school one day to pick up something else. When choosing what degree you want, make sure to choose the best college to get that degree at. Once again, thank you for this exciting post. Hope this finds you and many well. Have a great day!
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DeleteAnd apparently we do need someone watching for spam. I thought this seemed like something of a non-sequitur. It also represents a really bad choice of target audience, but never mind; I guess that's what happens when you get a "life experience" degree.
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DeleteMy "life experience" degree would be in mixology.
DeleteI'm forcing myself to write one "I'd be glad to meet with you in the fall to discuss how you could improve your writing in the future, but final grades are final unless there was a calculation error" email a day (my inbox looks like ovreductd's, though my summer class is over; a few of the students don't seem to have quite realized that yet).
ReplyDeleteOther than that, I'm trying to do a bit of research and writing, and catch up on household tasks, somewhat hampered by the fact that I've taken on some freelance writing (for a big publisher of reference works/databases, which may mean I've gone over to the dark side, but it helps pay the bills, and dammit, it feels good to actually be *paid* for writing). And, now that temperatures have dipped below 100, I've puttered in my community garden plot and taken a walk or two. It feels pretty good; the sad part is that I'm going to need to start thinking about fall courses in 2 or 3 weeks.
I am teaching this summer, and next summer, forever and ever, world without end. We have a kitchen to redo, and another Disney Cruise to pay for in 2014.
ReplyDeleteI'm avoiding impending writing deadlines by infusing bourbon, which requires a *lot* of sampling to perfect.
ReplyDeleteLet's see: Just caught a Wikipedia plagiarist, unsuccessfully tried to convince a student that sticking it out in a class he's almost finished and in which he's making a high C and could easily end up with a B makes more sense than dropping it in favor of a shiny new class that is still 75% refundable, getting ready to embark on a major, expensive landscaping project, and prepping for an outpatient procedure I'll have done as soon as this insufferable semester is over. Oh, and the committee work we supposedly don't do in the summer? Yeah, that too.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't really hit hiatus yet, but as of Wed my summer class is over, and then we'll see. The last time that I had real free time, I watched all of Firefly in one day, so I tend to go a little nuts. I also have an active internet life, so I could actually read my three twitter and two rss feeds worth of accounts. Or I could plan for fall semester. We'll see how it goes.
ReplyDeleteSince my gradflake has left town for the duration of the summer, getting lots of research done and loving it!
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