I have been blown away by the thoughtful comments on my Mormonpalooza post about the shiny, happy evangelization of Mormon housewife blogs. You ladies had some great insights, and showed me I didn't have it all figured out. Keep it coming!
All my late-night Mormonpalooza writing has made me realize that I am in academic writing withdrawal. Compared to my scattershot short posts this time last year, I am practically an essayist here. I never thought this day would come, but I actually miss collecting footnotes and outlining dozens of pages.
True confession: I have seen all the Twilight movies on opening night, but I don't really care that I wont see Breaking Dawn. The protagonists are so insufferable that at this point I'm Team Charlie, Bella's bewildered dad.
Last weekend my family survived the epic matchup of Oldsmobile vs. Bambi. On the way to an engineering open house at Virginia Tech, Brother #2 and my Dad got a lesson in the physics of collisions. Now we have a totaled car and a teenage concussion, but the deer is missing a leg. I'd call that even. Also, the iPhone flashlight app is very useful in times like this.
In happier news, The Beau passed his dissertation defense with flying colors! Now comes the fun part of writing several hundred pages on representations of martyrdom in late 17th century England.
When I look at coverage of Occupy Wall Street, I see 19th century revolutionary protests. He sees the late Stuart period. I love when we have nerdy conversations like this one:
Him: "I should just take the train up [to NYC] and get myself arrested. I'm studying 50 feet from the station."
Me: "I don't know if I would have enough money to bail you out...But I would publish a pamphlet with woodcut illustrations about your ordeal!"
Him:"I am intrigued by this account of the protestors pointing at blood on the ground saying 'That's our blood!' Did they dip cloth in it and keep it [like a 17th century person would]?"
The soundtrack of The Mission makes for epic invoicing background music. The only thing better than Jeremy Irons' voice is Jeremy Irons as a Jesuit priest.
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