orichalcum: (Pompeii)
orichalcum ([personal profile] orichalcum) wrote2004-07-08 11:57 am

Goods and Bads

Bads:

The annnoying Touchy-Feely Student from my Roman History section decided to take my summer class because he thought I was such a great teacher.

I'm feeling tired and unmotivated dissertation-wise.

I hate dealing with library reserves.

I still have vertigo. Our GM over the weekend arranged all these shiny glass gems in a circle to represent the crunchies attacking us, and after a few hours, they were spinning whenever I looked at them.

Goods:
I have 8 interesting and cool students in my summer course, ranging from a biomedical post-doc wanting something different to a Latinophile high school senior to a South Asian studies grad student. This should be fun. I think the opening lecture went well, too.
In the end of a 10.5 year D&D campaign, we changed the world into a hopefully better world, and my character survived without permanent brain damage! Maybe I can finally erase my brain damage curse!

I got to spend two weekends hanging out with [livejournal.com profile] fajitas, who I don't get to see nearly often enough. Last night on DS9, we figured out why he likes that show so much - both Jake and Nog share [livejournal.com profile] fajitas' sense of fashion and color.

We have a vice-presidential candidate who I can actually cheer for! His little kids are cute too. Democrats - the Good Hair party...

[identity profile] ladybird97.livejournal.com 2004-07-08 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe I can finally erase my brain damage curse!

Oo, and I managed to survive with my right hand intact, too! Although I suppose the question of whether I had a father-figure in peril is sort of ambiguous, considering all the confusion with my ancestors that was created by the multiple timelines...

[identity profile] fajitas.livejournal.com 2004-07-08 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hang on, now. What season of DS9 are we talking about? Are you still in the first, with Jake's weird jumpsuits? 'Cause then I take umbrage.

If we're in the later seasons, I don't object so much.

[identity profile] ladybird97.livejournal.com 2004-07-08 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Are any of them fluorescent green? ;)

Season 2

[identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com 2004-07-08 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
And it is, in fact, a flourescent yellow and green jumpsuit. Not that you'd actually wear a jumpsuit, fajitas. But the coloring was very familiar. What happens when you take umbrage, anyhow? I don't think I have any umbrage to give you at the moment. Can you take an IOU?

Re: Season 2

(Anonymous) 2004-07-08 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you for explaining that. It saves me sitting here trying to remember when Nog and Jake ever wore fanny-packs.

--SpyScribe

Re: Season 2

[identity profile] ladybird97.livejournal.com 2004-07-08 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
*snicker* That must be where he keeps the umbrage.

(And hi, Spyscribe! I didn't know you were reading LJ. It's cool to see you around - I'm looking forward to meeting you in person!)

Re: Season 2

(Anonymous) 2004-07-08 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, I'm usually lurking around. :) Looking forward to meeting you too!

--SpyScribe

Brain damage curse

[identity profile] havenstone.livejournal.com 2004-07-08 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Erase the curse?

Not if I have anything to say about it.

Bloodcore memorizations all round, next game!