May 27, 2006
It's the weekend.
A big holiday weekend. Are you going to be reading any blogs or are you going to be out behaving in the appointed outdoorsy fashion, acknowledging the official beginning of summer? In academia, summer seems to begin on the last day of class, which was somewhere back in April, and weekends only have to do with where traffic and crowds will be. "Do you have plans for the weekend?" I get asked that a lot. If I say "no," will I sound like a loser? If I explain why weekends mean nothing to me, will I seem to be bragging or will it just be boring, like answering the question "How are you?" with details of how things are going for you these days?
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W.W.C.O.D?
What would Chloe O'Brian do?
Well, I do have these exams.... But yeah, it's pretty cool. It looks like I have 5 months off. It's not quite like that, but still, it's nice!
What blogs?
C'mon now, secretly you live for the proverbial Memorial Day cookout, complete with tug-of-war, arm-wrestling contests, pin-the-tail on the donkey, the tree climbing contest....striped pic-nic table clothes (or do you set your blanket and picnic basket on the grass?)
You're not a pic-nic'r??
How about the annual 4th of July Barbeque?
The Labor Day cookout?
I know you are a purveyor of all those, Ann.
Peace, Maxine
I`m staying home by choice. Alone, by choice. Blogging reading blogging eating napping blogging eating bloggi...oh, and music
I'm completely self-employed and set my own hours - it's always odd to hear people ask "so what are you going to do this weekend?" The same combination of work and play I do every day, of course - what kind of silly question is that? Then I remember that the rest of the world still has structure.
1. I have 82 exams.
2. I've already blogged against picnics. It's back there in the archives somewhere.
3. I agree that the original meaning of "Memorial Day" -- the day, not the weekend -- should be preserved.
4. I love being on unstructured time and do a lot of work under these conditions. And most of the semester time is unstructured too. Only 5 or 6 hours a week are in class. So, yeah, I love my job. The in class part is very rewarding too.
I was supposed to work this weekend, but that was cancelled at the last minute. Such is life in the Information Technology field. So I took Elizabeth's advice. My wife and I are in New Orleans. I am using the unsecured wireless network of the restraunt next door (Stella's) to post this. Elizabeth, if you see this I just want to let you know that you were right. We are having a good time and helping a great American city at the same time.
1. I have 82 exams.
2. I've already blogged against picnics. It's back there in the archives somewhere.
3. I agree that the original meaning of "Memorial Day" -- the day, not the weekend -- should be preserved.
4. I love being on unstructured time and do a lot of work under these conditions. And most of the semester time is unstructured too. Only 5 or 6 hours a week are in class. So, yeah, I love my job. The in class part is very rewarding too.
A big holiday weekend. Are you going to be reading any blogs or are you going to be out behaving in the appointed outdoorsy fashion, acknowledging the official beginning of summer?
I'm studying Contracts and Corporations for the Ohio bar exam this weekend. *cries* Looking over the rather intense Bar/Bri review schedule, this will no doubt be my worst summer ever. But at least I can pop online to read blogs like this one on study breaks...and I suppose I could study outside on Monday.... :)
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