I've been stimulated
May. 13th, 2008 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jpskewedthroneI've gotten my IRS stimulus check. I have no idea what I'll spend it on. It's not really like a gift, because it was my money to begin with, they just gave some of it back. But I do need some chairs for the 4th floor apartment, so I can invite more than 3 people over for game night, so perhaps I'll put it toward that. I also need 4 new tires for my car, and they aren't cheap.
As you can see, I've already spent the money in some form already. It's just a matter of where I decide to mentally put the tally.
In other wonderful news: I've finished grading the finals! I'm done with the grades! The semester (and the year) are officially over! I'll have to go back one day this week or next once I get the student evaluations and fill out my faculty report so I can (hopefully) get a raise next year, but other than that it's over. I can now devote all of my time tolazing about writing and doing writerly related things. Like:
Signing and Meet & Greet! Tomorrow, May 14th, from noon to 3pm I'll be at the Binghamton University campus bookstore signing my books and desperately trying to get students to spend some of their book buyback money on . . . more books. But fun books! Fantasy books! With an assassin and thief and kick-ass heroine! I don't expect much luck with this, since (like me and the stimulus check) I'm certain the college students have already spent their money on beer and condoms. At least in their head. *ahem* *refraining from typing something naughty*
But ANYWAY, after the signing, there's a Binghamton alumni Meet & Greet at Antonio's in Endicott (or perhaps it's Endwell) at 5:30pm where any alumni can stop on by and chat with me over a drink or five. Informal. With books on hand in case anyone gets drunk enough they feel like buying them all in hardcover. *grin* I'm sure non-alumni can stop on by as well, so feel free.
But AFTER tomorrow's little promo blitz, I hope to be writing on the novel on a regular basis. I need to at least finish off the sucker before the end of May, if not be hip deep in revisions by then. And I can see how those revisions are going to go, meaning I can see how good the book COULD be if only I could write. No, no! That's not what I meant! I meant if only I could find the time to write!
You can tell the hyper-high has hit from finishing the grading, can't you?
As you can see, I've already spent the money in some form already. It's just a matter of where I decide to mentally put the tally.
In other wonderful news: I've finished grading the finals! I'm done with the grades! The semester (and the year) are officially over! I'll have to go back one day this week or next once I get the student evaluations and fill out my faculty report so I can (hopefully) get a raise next year, but other than that it's over. I can now devote all of my time to
Signing and Meet & Greet! Tomorrow, May 14th, from noon to 3pm I'll be at the Binghamton University campus bookstore signing my books and desperately trying to get students to spend some of their book buyback money on . . . more books. But fun books! Fantasy books! With an assassin and thief and kick-ass heroine! I don't expect much luck with this, since (like me and the stimulus check) I'm certain the college students have already spent their money on beer and condoms. At least in their head. *ahem* *refraining from typing something naughty*
But ANYWAY, after the signing, there's a Binghamton alumni Meet & Greet at Antonio's in Endicott (or perhaps it's Endwell) at 5:30pm where any alumni can stop on by and chat with me over a drink or five. Informal. With books on hand in case anyone gets drunk enough they feel like buying them all in hardcover. *grin* I'm sure non-alumni can stop on by as well, so feel free.
But AFTER tomorrow's little promo blitz, I hope to be writing on the novel on a regular basis. I need to at least finish off the sucker before the end of May, if not be hip deep in revisions by then. And I can see how those revisions are going to go, meaning I can see how good the book COULD be if only I could write. No, no! That's not what I meant! I meant if only I could find the time to write!
You can tell the hyper-high has hit from finishing the grading, can't you?
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Date: 2008-05-13 08:53 pm (UTC)harass yousupport a fellow author.no subject
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Date: 2008-05-13 09:29 pm (UTC)The student who majorly pissed me off? I'm teaching a Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry class using a modified Moore method. Essentially if no student proves a theorem then the class as a whole doesn't see the proof, since they present all the proofs to the class. I've been begging them for the last week of class to present some of the theorems from the last problem set because they are terribly important. This young man handed in all of them on Friday and didn't present a single one. He'll get bonus points for doing so, since most other students didn't, but he hurt the rest of the class. This could have helped them prep for the final. I need to calm down so I can grade those last few problems with some equanimity.
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Date: 2008-05-13 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-14 01:02 am (UTC)Last time I got tires I joined Costco (I think, or it might have been Sam's) for a deal on Michelin tires. You can order them online and they'll tell you when they get them in. It was worth it. No hassle, they're great tires, and I didn't pay more than I would have for crappier tires elsewhere.