May 2010
Progress
On April 26, I joined a fitness bootcamp ran by a former student. Initially, I gave it a shot because I wanted to support him. But honestly, I didn’t have any intentions on sticking with it. A month later I have completed 11 sessions (could’ve been more had certain plans not taken over on certain afternoons.) After 4 weeks of just doing two sessions a week, I finally completed my first...
Most Students Prefer Print Textbooks to Digital... →
juliasmola:
Nearly three-quarters of the students surveyed last fall by the National Association of College Stores said they preferred traditional print textbooks to digital texts, according to a report from the association. And just over half the students said they would not consider buying course textbooks in digital form even if they were available.
» via The Chronicle of Higher Education...
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Summer To-Do List
I’m determined. This summer I want to be able to balance out the lazy vs. active. I want to come back to work in August re-energized and refreshed. this is what I want to do.
Read 10 books (Kavalier & Clay, Everything is Illuminated, White Oleander, The Whale, Midnight’s Children, Mother Night, Reservation Road, Franny & Zooey, Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Through the...
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
– Ray Bradbury (via ecosystemlife)
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Lost →
Vincent made me cry too.
“If you’re going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not...”
– Louis L’Amour (via ecosystemlife)
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Let the Lostalgia kick in...
Granted, I didn’t follow Lost since 2003. I became a fan last summer when I saw all 5 seasons in the course of a month. Then I anxiously awaited the season premiere, which just so happened to coincide on my 28th birthday. Regardless, I went through the same things that all fans went through in a sort of crash course; the waiting, the disappointment, the elation, the sadness, the anger, the...
