Sunday Salon – November 2, 2009

Where did my weekend go?  I know that we “fell back” today and gained an hour, but I don’t feel it.  In fact, i feel more like I lost a day or two or three, maybe more?  Seriously, I had big plans for productivity this weekend.  I’m actually on duty all weekend, which prevents me from going out and doing much of anything.  Staying in can be boring, but it can also be productive.  But I haven’t been productive.  Granted, I did get around to visiting a good number of blogs and attempting to catch up on what was going on in the blogosphere, but I haven’t gotten much reading or homework done.

So I am dedicating this wonderful Sunday to research on Coleridge and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, some light blogging, some heavy reading (I hope I can finish Mercury in Retrograde today or tomorrow) and maybe a light nap.   It’s a very ambitious plan, but you have all inspired me.  I know that many of you do so much more than I do and still manage to read a couple books a week.  This really makes me feel like a slacker.  Like, HELLO!  Jennifer, you can do so much more if you just concentrate and stop procrastinating!  So here’s to ending procrastination in the month of November!  After all, I need to pop out a 50,000 word novel by the end of the month for NaNoWriMo.  I know that I failed the RIP challenge miserably, but I’m not going to fail anymore!  It’s time to push my way to success!  And I’m not taking the RIP challenge of my list either.  I will complete the challenge even if it is way past the deadline!

Yes, I’m feeling motivated and energized.  I have my coffee and I’m ready to rock and rumble!

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Sunday Salon – October 18, 2009

I can’t believe it’s Sunday already.  My mini-vacation at home is coming to an end so soon.  It greatly saddens me.  I didn’t get much leisurely reading done while I was hiding away in my room at home.  The weather was surprisingly warm and I found it difficult to concentrate much on anything.  Still, I began to dive into Mercury in Retrograde by Paula Froelich.  Let me tell you, it has been a treat.

This week I have been in paper writing mode.  I’m a huge procrastinator and as midterms are approaching, more and more papers are due around the same time.  It was pretty brutal but I got through it.  Still, I finished my last paper for the week on Thursday at 3 AM.  Not idyllic.  Now I’m behind on my reading on all fronts so I plan to lock myself in my room today and work on wading through Wordsworth and selected readings on Latinos and political power.  Fun stuff.

Have a great Sunday!

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Sunday Salon 9/27/09

Happy Sunday everyone!  I am hoping that today will be a productive day for me as yesterday was not.  I got halfway through Austenland after watching Bridget Jones Diary.  I think watching a movie with Colin Firth really got me in the mood for this book because once I started reading it, I found it really difficult to put down.  I basically fell asleep with the book in hand.  I should finish it sometime this morning so expect a review either today or tomorrow.

While attempting to catch up with my google reader, I came across something that really got me thinking: in her BBAW post about goals, Sophisticated Dorkiness mentioned guest posting somewhere.  Now, I’m not really interested in doing too much guest posting myself because I hardly make the time to post on my own blog every day, but I think it would be great to have some guest posts on my blog to make up for the fact that my ability to read and review has slowed down tremendously since school started.  If you are interested, please shoot me an e-mail (JLesnick@scu.edu) or leave a comment below.

Short Sunday Salon today as I have much to do!  How’s your Sunday going?

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Sunday Salon 9/20

Happy Sunday again everyone.  Sorry I have been extremely MIA this last week.  My excuse this week?  Preparation for move in, which was this weekend.  Yes, my residents are finally here!  Preparing for their arrival has been BRUTAL.  I have gotten very little sleep as I checked their rooms, did heaps of paperwork, prepared bulletin boards, and began planning programs.  Due to all the work I’ve had to do, I was not able to read much.  I’m still working on catching up with all of you – my google reader is full beyond belief, but I’m trying to remain patient as I pace myself through the remnants of BBAW.

I wish I could have participated more in the wonderful week of celebration.  I was hesitant to add too many new blogs to my reader because I am so busy already.  Still, I gave into temptation on numerous occasions.  There are just way too many amazing people out there!

Classes start tomorrow.  I’m not ready at all.  I’ve been putting all my energy into being a CF and preparing the halls for people.  Being a CF is definitely a full time job and once school starts I’m not sure how much time I’ll have for anything else, but things are bound to slow down a bit once everyone is busy with school.  I’m very excited to finally be back in classes.  I’m finally focusing on my major (English) and minor (Political Science) so my classes are bound to be full of really interesting reading and discussions.  I don’t want to bore anyone, but I will probably be posting on some of the things I read in class – maybe it might open some people up to new reading topics?

Well, this has been a busy weekend and I’m looking forward to tonight when I’ll finally get some free time to read and blog – look for me to catch up on some of your older posts.  Sorry it’s taken me so long, I really do appreciate all your opinions and love that you take the time to read and tell all of us about it!

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Sunday Salon

Happy Sunday everyone!  This last week has been incredibly busy.  I’ve hardly had any time to sleep!  Still, I’ve been doing some light reading here and there.  I finished my Young Adult piece of the Dog Ear Reading Challenge, and the review will be up tomorrow.  I tried branching out to something different, but it turned out to be a little disappointing to say the least.  Still, it’s nice to try new things every now and then – reading the same kinds of books all the time ends up being quite boring.

BBAW is coming up.  Not sure what the extent of my participation will be (next week is bound to be busy for me as it is the last week of summer).  I’m currently jumping into a nonfiction book that ticked my interest (Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women).  I have been running through hours and hours of diversity training as part of the CF formation process.  The conversations have been enlightening and incredibly informative, but there are certain things that I wanted to learn more about.  The first and foremost being a more in depth look at women and feminist issues, which this book obviously does explore quite in depth.  It should be a great week for me and all my fellow bloggers.

As always, Happy Reading!

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