can i make it?

a big 12 days left in my semester. i am so exhausted i can't wait for it to be over. i have a lot to get through before i can declare myself free from the evilness that is grad school, but the misery will be over soon enough.

there's a department "holiday" party next week. i'm still debating whether to go or not. the idea of seeing faculty drinking might be rewarding after this semester. sociologists (in fact, most academics) are the most dysfunctional (mainly alcoholic) group of the bunch. it's hilarious.

so, we were supposed to get about 5" of snow. yeah, not a flake to be found in noho/amherst this morning. none. i was all prepared and woke up extra early to ensure that i could clean off my car and make it to school in one piece. yearh. apparently my parents' got about 4" in DE (because apparently it snows in DE when i move out of the stupid state...). for a storm that would monopolize the tv for about 2 days, up here, it gets no attention. craziness! :-) they also suck at plowing. in case you were caring about that. or maybe they're saving their precious resources.

so that's that. i'm too exhausted to write an intelligent post today. be thankful i've given you a two-second distraction. i know i appreciate them.

as one of my students ended his FORMAL ACADEMIC paper, "I can't do this anymore. I'm done"