I have been...
Watching
I don't watch much TV. Or at any rate, I don't watch much TV that feels like separate shows. We frequently watch How It's Made, Restaurant Impossible (but not as frequently since it's all about the drama), Chopped (a great show), Phineas and Ferb (great children's programming!!) But there's nothing that I have to see. In fact, shows that require a commitment on my part (like Downton Abbey) simply don't work for me. Especially dramas. If I want a continuous plot, I'll take a book. They wait for me.
I don't watch much TV. Or at any rate, I don't watch much TV that feels like separate shows. We frequently watch How It's Made, Restaurant Impossible (but not as frequently since it's all about the drama), Chopped (a great show), Phineas and Ferb (great children's programming!!) But there's nothing that I have to see. In fact, shows that require a commitment on my part (like Downton Abbey) simply don't work for me. Especially dramas. If I want a continuous plot, I'll take a book. They wait for me.
Looking
At a computer screen. 10 hours a day.
At a computer screen. 10 hours a day.
Feeling
Caught between two worlds--university staff who used to be university faculty. Full-time worker who would rather be home more with her kiddos. Trainer who would rather be a teacher.
Conflicted about remaining in my current job vs. re-entering that abyss of misery, false-hope, and despair that is the academic job market, especially since I feel out-of-step with my discipline. I don't think I share many values, visions, or ideals with academia--or at least, not the upper echelons. But maybe what we do share is what's important... Inquiry. Desire to contribute to knowledge.
Also feeling like seeing myself as a seamless whole made of many different roles, threads, interests, and creative impulses is fine, but to base a blog on that concept is not possible because blogs need to have more focus, at least in my opinion. There at least needs to be one aspect of identity ("Catholic," "Mother," "Academic," or "Catholic Mom") that shapes the other parts. And I think that's why "Words, Words" has given over to other blog concepts.
Caught between two worlds--university staff who used to be university faculty. Full-time worker who would rather be home more with her kiddos. Trainer who would rather be a teacher.
Conflicted about remaining in my current job vs. re-entering that abyss of misery, false-hope, and despair that is the academic job market, especially since I feel out-of-step with my discipline. I don't think I share many values, visions, or ideals with academia--or at least, not the upper echelons. But maybe what we do share is what's important... Inquiry. Desire to contribute to knowledge.
Also feeling like seeing myself as a seamless whole made of many different roles, threads, interests, and creative impulses is fine, but to base a blog on that concept is not possible because blogs need to have more focus, at least in my opinion. There at least needs to be one aspect of identity ("Catholic," "Mother," "Academic," or "Catholic Mom") that shapes the other parts. And I think that's why "Words, Words" has given over to other blog concepts.
