The Nicest Things

I went back to work today after I came home last night from an exhausting interview. I was tired, unfocused, and sleep deprived. You cannot imagine how much I smoked these past few days when I was interviewing; I was like a train on fire.

But as soon as I stepped into my office, I had a constant steady stream of students meeting with me about their projects, their presentations, and just to check up on me to see how I was doing. And all of a sudden, I felt fine. The nicest thing about coming home is to see my partner again, and to see the happy faces on my students.

It's Official

I just got word of a second interview for a tenure-track position at a school on the west coast. I have my first interview at a university down south in which I'll be flying out tomorrow.

Considering the economic crisis and how it's impacting the market, I am extremely lucky to have just one. Two is a damn miracle.

Now I just have to do my thing and see where all of this goes.

Interviews

One interview for a tenure track position at a school on the west coast is done.

And another one at a school in the south coming up very very soon.

My head feels like it's going to explode!

Polytechnique

I just came across this trailer about the 1989 massacre of fourteen female students in Montreal's Polytechnique school. It's stirring quite a lot of controversy for a number of reasons especially when the government did not pursue an investigation into the tragedy which left a number of unanswered questions.

Personally, I don't know if I can watch it. I wonder if part of the controversy stems from what the movie is as opposed to what it's representing. I wonder if my reluctance has to do with the fact that it's a fictionalized account based on a real event and not a documentary. I seem to think that watching a documentary alleviates my concerns because there is an attempt to capture a truth, while a fictionalized narrative might exploit or sensationalize the tragedy unnecessarily. I know I hated watching The Matthew Shepherd Story and I refuse to watch all the movies about the 9/11 tragedy. But I was more than willing to watch documentaries of them all. I just don't know about this one.

SUPERBOWL XLIII

WOW! That game is what I love about football, an emotional, tense, and thrill ride to the very very end. I couldn't have asked for a better way to end this football season on such a great note. And the first franchise in NFL history to win six championships.

STEELERS BABY!!!