It seems that life has started down the far side of the plateau finally.  In a very small sense, I caught a breather.  That’s good.  Life was getting unbalanced.  I don’t intend to scramble down for too long.  I intend to leap into the clear blue soon and just soar down.

Only one more big assignment due in Thesaurus Construction.  We spent a couple hours on it yesterday and are meeting again tonight.  We have two of the staff evaluating it for us tomorrow morning.  Then we may or may or not make some updates, think about what we’re saying about it and its evaluation on Tuesday, and then post it in the shared space for the others to look at before Tuesday afternoon [My thesaurus team].

Movies (as in post title referents):

During my short break (the week or so before I officially graduated) I watched a bunch of movies, although I never mentioned the last three.  So, here they are:

10-12 May 2006
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolia)
Dark Blue World (Czech)

If I remember correctly, I liked them in reverse order.  Memoirs was OK.  Lavish.  Watched a lot of the extras; interesting.  Camel was excellent.  Dark Blue World was also excellent.

Last night, I watched The Weather Man and today I watched Transamerica.  I wasn’t that taken with the first.  Michael Caine was exquisite, as usual.  All the main characters were well acted.  I think I just have some issues with the story morally and didactically that I can’t quite put my finger on.  Ah well.  OK for $1.50.  Transamerica was good.  I’m going to live with it for a bit before I say much more I think.  Well worth the time and $ though.  Well worth it!

I have a confession to make.  I do not use my public library much.  Yesterday, I decided to do better and went over, had a look around, and borrowed about 14 CDs (Limit of 15, 2 week checkout).  I got some Tom Waits, Duane Eddy, Marianne Faithfull, Eurythmics, Genghis Blues soundtrack, Loudon Wainwright III, Concrete Blonde and others.  I didn’t even have to work hard to find that many and there were so many more interesting ones checked out.

I have hereby resolved to patronize my public library, one of the finest in the nation actually, The Urbana Free Library.  I only have 8 of my pre-rented movies left I think, so maybe I’ll see what I can find in the way of movies too.

Anyway, just wanted to give a shout out to UFL and its wonderful staff.

One more week of Thesaurus Construction and then LEEP On-campus for Summer semester starts Friday and lasts through the next Thursday.  Workshops to help with and teach.  New instructors to work with.  Distance ed friends to see and new ones to meet.  Passwords to change.  On-the-spot tech tips and assistance to give.  One of our busiest times, although Summer’s lighter than Fall or Spring (which is mid-semester unlike Summer which is at start).  It is awesome, actually, working with these distance students.  I seem to have the best of both worlds by being an oncampus student and getting to work closely with many of the distance students.  [Note to self:  I need to remember to think like this more often; especially about, oh say, Tuesday the 13th.  ]

I think I’m babbling again.  Been doing that a lot lately.  So maybe it’s best that I haven’t been blogging much.  Don’t feel too generally steady lately.  Just a bit too much going on too quickly with too many other important things just getting forgotten about, much less done.  <sigh>  There is value in undergoing this; the question is "where is the balance?"  And that I do not know.  I only know that this isn’t doable for long.

I’ve been getting involved in more things.  I have things to talk about and things to say.  Things to read.  Ideas for articles.  Conversations to engage in.  An upcoming Carnival to host.  I’m hoping that a few days before the Carnival (19th) is the day I get to leap into the ether again.  I want, no need, to soar.  I just need some breathing room.