- Spring is taunting us here in Montana. We had a couple of really nice days where the snow melted enough that I can actually see most of my road (because for SOME DUMB REASON the roads aren't plowed even in the middle of the biggest city in the state...*ahem* this absolutely pisses me off and I vent about it regularly :). And then it snowed again this morning. So, go figure. I can't wait for this winter to be over though--it's been a long one!
- I think I post about how much I hate winter almost every single time I do one of these.
- Who else out there is watching the USA implode and trying not to tear their hair out? Because that's been utilizing a whole lot of my energy lately, let alone attending marches, writing letters, making calls. I have always been politically minded, though I don't post about it much, and good grief, lately it seems that EVERYTHING I hold dear is under attack: the arts, sciences, free speech, the gov't checks and balances, equality, understanding and acceptance of other religions and ancestry groups. I really try to remain neutral in general in my public posts but it's crossed the line. People, this is my LIFE. I am a professor who teaches about science and how we are all human and we should treat each other as such. Why is this so hard to understand for some people?
- The end is in sight for my WIP. Maybe not revisions, but I am *this* close to getting to the end. This draft has kicked my butt, and I generally love drafting. Some novels though, I swear, they're more blood than ink!
- I wrote a lecture on writing research papers (and how to do academic research...because for *some* reason I revel in my students being informed, intelligent members of society who can check out sources of information). This is the last slide, because it cracked me up:
Politics... um, seriously? I'm waiting to wake up. Because it has to be a dream, right? I mean, we didn't just step into that big heaping pile of shit... did we?
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain. I'm usually quiet about my beliefs/stance/opinions, too. But, I'm just saddened. And a little terrified by it all, if you really want to know the truth.
Yes, it should be spring. Wait, I'm in NC. Where the trees are flowering and it was 70 degrees over the weekend... don't hate me. :)
Michelle
I do content myself with the knowledge that that... excuse for a human being will ultimately prove to be his own undoing.
ReplyDeleteWinter's a good thing!
I love the Snape meme. :) I am waiting for spring too. We have been teased a few times, but the snow keeps coming back. I guess having some warm days is better than just cold.
ReplyDeleteI feel like one day I woke up in a dystopian book.
It's a tough time...and hard to concentrate on getting our work out there. But writing is what we do and it's important that we get our words in the hands of readers. We can make a difference that way.
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, the media is to blame for most of the outrage. Their candidate didn't win, so they're hellbent on assassinating our current president. He'll do enough of that on his own, but you notice, they didn't report on Obama half as intently as they're dogging Trump. (And he pulled many similar punches in his early presidency.) *shrugs* It is what it is.
ReplyDeleteI'll keep this in mind when "it is what is is" starts to effect your immigrant friends directly, you're fearful your parents will loose their ACA healthcare, that the nature outside your door will be threatened by the lack of an EPA, and that you watch your LBGTQ students dealing with hate crimes and crying in your office. Sorry, Crystal, but this is not "it is what it is" nor is it just the media.
DeleteI actually miss essay writing. The pressure and fun! Haha.
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