Not My Favorite Outfit

Mon, Feb 1

I don't like this outfit for several reasons. I actually wore it today with brown tights instead of the trouser socks, and I liked the tights better, so that was a good thing. And I wore a brown geometric necklace with it. The main reason I think I don't like it is the belt. My friend Erin helped me improve this outfit - she suggested I put the belt on the inside of the sweater instead of over it, which was genius. And the skirt is too big, so she suggested I safety pin it to my bra so it would be a better length. Like I said, genius. But, despite her excellent advice, I still felt uncomfortable in it all day, and I think it has to do with the belt placement. Everyone says to put the belt on top of your ribcage, which is what I did, but that makes me feel weird. And it makes me look stumpy. I tried putting the belt on my actual waist, but then you could see the line of my skirt (which was pinned to my bra) through the tank top, and I thought that looked worse. I don't think I'm going to wear this again. No like-y.

Gem of the Day

Tues, Jan 26

Here is a lovely sentence from one of my students' rough drafts. Her topic is racial discrimination on US Census forms:

"Before they even characterized themselves as Negros, people of that race would check the “slave” box due to the fact that white was the only race that was important during the late 1700s. "

OMG.

Signs of the Times

First off, the fashion photo:

Mon, Jan 25

Next, a little diatribe:

Tonight in my "Victorian Poetry" class, my teacher started talking about how the Victorians lived in a time period "with all these issues - religious issues, scientific issues..." She was actually making a very good overall point which is why I didn't make this comment in class, but the vagueness of her description of the "issues" made me uncomfortable. Every era has issues - religious issues, scientific issues... The difference is what those issues are, and perhaps those issues even to some degree define the boundaries of that era. Now it's gay marriage, stem cell research, and are video games rotting our brains? In the early Modern era, it was the Reformation, dissecting the human body, and is the novel rotting our brains? In the Middle Ages, it was celibacy of the clergy, germ theory, and are those pesky minstrels rotting our brains? I find myself really needing to do extra reading to get a historical perspective on the Victorian era and to understand its "issues." But I really don't want to.

Thurs, Jan 21

Wed, Jan 20

Posting Pictures Here Now

Instead of facebook, because the pictures are easier to upload. Here are 2 of my outfits from last week. I haven't done the photo session for this semester yet:

Wed, Jan 13

Thurs, Jan 14

2 Funny Things

1) I tripped in the elevator today in front of the former head of my department. He accused me of being drunk at work. He was kidding, I think, but it was pretty embarrassing, especially since I had never actually spoken to him before. I'm undoubtedly labeled in his head as "That Drunk Girl."

2) Julie looked me up on rateyourprofessor.com. I have never done this myself because I am a coward who fears criticism. She told me I had a chili pepper, though, which means a select group of 18-year-old boys thinks I'm hot. Hey, I'll take compliments where I can get them.