the annie blog

It’s the start of the weekend and I’ve been awfully lazy already.  I slept till about 3.  Then we headed to Kings for lunch/dinner.  We did some homework.  I actually got tons done considering I thought I had much more to do.  Amazing.  I plan to listen to the football game on the radio tonight.  I also want to continue working on my robert frost stuff.  Plus other writing stuff I need to get done.  I want to read too.  It’s so fall-like outside – i love it.

We went to the bluegrass concert last night. Their encore was the best part.  They rocked!  They played Smoke on the Water bluegrass style – awesome.  Then they also did their own solos – the mandolin player was incredible.  He can jam.  I was very impressed.  Plus he had an awesome voice.  I got some stuff done while sitting in the booth – good for me!

I suppose I need to start laundry and stuff.  I actually could nap again and I’ve only been up for three and a half hours.  Lazy baby.  I want to watch SNL tonight too.  Gonna take a break from grading and read something.

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Touching base again.  I am loaded down with professor work for the weekend.  I have lots of poetry stuff to do.  I have tons of research on many poets.  I enjoy that type of work though, I think that’s why grad school was for me.  Research, research, research.  I love it.  I wish I would’ve had a computer back in grad school.  I actually used a typewriter! How antiquated is that?

Mark and I are doing our usual Friday lunch together.  We have a late lunch on Fridays and then just go home for the day.  We hope to be out of here by 1:45 at the latest.  Then we head to our favorite coffee shop and relax.  Then we usually head home for a snooze.

later

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It’s Friday, and I’m ready for my weekend. Mostly so I can sleep in on Saturday and Sunday.    Mark is doing so much better – he’s much more healthy than he was.  I am very pleased with everything – we’re just impatient.

I worked on my Robert Frost stuff for about an hour last night.  I think I’ll try submitting three different poems.  Different formats.  I have some good books, and there’s always the web, so I should be ok.  I hope I get it – that would be cool.  I should probably start a publishing resume.  I’m sure I’ll eventually forget all my stuff if this keeps up.

I don’t have much homework over the weekend at least.  We are busy both tonight and Saturday night.  That’s ok though.

Stuart still hasn’t sold his house yet – that would cause me stress.  Maybe not though.  I think I’ve gotten a lot stronger since the surgery and there isn’t a lot that stresses me anymore. I am kind of seeing the big picture for what it is.  I need to remember not to focus on teeny tiny things and stress about it all.

Ok, gonna continue (begin) my day.

Adios amigos

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am very pleased with my decision to continue my writing. I think about what kind of world we used to live in.  As far as writing is concerned.  I have always written.  I have diaries and journals from way back.  Now, I almost find it difficult to write for a long period time with pen and paper.  Don’t get me wrong, I MUST do it sometimes, but for the most part, and most of my daily life, I would much rather be in front of a keyboard.  My mind goes so fast, my fingers can barely keep up.  With a pen, forget it. I end up losing stuff from my head.  I enjoy writing by hand when it’s something like poetry, or some kind of essay thing about life.  Like when I’m reflecting out in a park, or a coffee shop – I don’t mind pen and paper.  I rather enjoy it.
I have finished grading papers – they weren’t too good. My students actually disappointed me because of their lack of knowledge over a little quiz I gave.  Not  a pop quiz – they knew this was coming PLUS it was open note!  I almost cry thinking about it.  I wish they all felt like I do about learning.  But alas, not everyone is like me.  That’s probably why I’m in academia and they’re just paying their dues – making their way through college so they can play ball.  Don’t get cynical now annie – you must keep your head up.
I plan on reading a few Robert Frost poems and then I’m grabbing my book for the rest of the night.  I will probably indulge in a cup of hot soy chocolate milk – yummy.
I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for me.

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Ok, I spent most of last evening reading everything about Blogger I could possibly find.  I need to start working on my page, but not right now – no time.  I took the title of terrible beauty because of the William Butler Yeats poem – Easter 1916.  That phrase is repeated in there a few times and I find it fascinating.

I am sending all my friends and family members in the state of California a sympathy card today – I figured if they’re stuck with Arnold they may as well have a laugh about it.  I’m embarrassed for them.

I wrote a bunch of pagan poetry the other day and almost feel shy about sharing it with my fellow writer friends.  I know some of them will judge.  Just because I write pagan poetry doesn’t mean I’m pagan OR evil.  People just assume stuff.  I actually had some stuff published in a recent pagan poetry anthology and was curious as to how many of the poets said they were practicing pagans.  Many of them were, but there were quite a few that weren’t.  I think I’m drawn to pagan poetry because of the tie with nature and the beauty of it.  The lure of the goddess is also enticing.

So – much madness is divinest sense.  (My mantra for today)

Oh, I’m also immersing myself in robert frost poetry – I’m submitting entries for an anthology by yale university press.  I remember I had to memorize “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening” when I was in 7th or 8th grade.  I thought he only wrote about winter because his last name was frost.

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I’m just trying this out.  I had a journal that I did online until I kind of lost interest.  I just kind of started to lose my mind with the whole thing.  I hated the annoying girly girls that whined about their anorexia and their 22 year old boyfriends. I also hated the judging they did of everyone else.  I guess I kind of got lost with all their negativity and decided to try things on myown.  I miss the writing and the feeling I get, but I don’t miss the people.  I have tried writing by hand, but I get awfully frustrated awfully quickly.  So – here I am.  I plan on writing more later, let me just get used to this whole thing for a minute.

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