tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post5860323876719683467..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Imaginary AcademicsBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-15200336602025330572009-01-04T21:56:00.000-08:002009-01-04T21:56:00.000-08:00I can't believe how quickly my blood thinned when ...I can't believe how quickly my blood thinned when I moved to the west coast. I lived in Indiana (26 years) and Wisconsin (3 years), and then moved to California (for the last 3 years). You'd think all that midwest living would have given me a tolerance of cold that would resist jackets in the "winter" that is in the bay area. Not so. I'm sitting here freezing right now, though the high today was 53. AND my heating/electric bill was 180 dollars last month. AND I'M STILL FREEZING. Oh well. I do like winter here, though -- it's the only time there's even a hint of a chance of rain. And sunny and 65-75 every day does wear on you after a while. (Yes, I'm aware how bratty it is to complain about California weather, but I also pay 1900 dollars a month in rent, so... yeah...And that's cheap!!)Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-77739849055885144782009-01-04T21:23:00.000-08:002009-01-04T21:23:00.000-08:00With you on the suckiness of winter. What I would...With you on the suckiness of winter. What I wouldn't give for a temperate climate!<BR/><BR/>I just love the life academics/professors live in books and movies. If only it were so! It seems like I spend quite a bit of time trying to convince people that "conference" is not code for an exotic vacation and that I do indeed have to work in the summer - without pay, no less.phd mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708857060614302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-13955440607495733382009-01-04T18:32:00.000-08:002009-01-04T18:32:00.000-08:00I just finished that book tonight! I liked it qu...I just finished that book tonight! I liked it quite a bit, but I was rolling my eyes about Hanna's working conditions (flying first class for the rich collector?). The lack of closure about all the smaller narratives was rather frustrating--but I liked the way all those mysterious threads influenced the provenance of the manuscript.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-59664945090083984542009-01-04T18:08:00.000-08:002009-01-04T18:08:00.000-08:00I think she's trying to give a sense of a Barcelon...<I>I think she's trying to give a sense of a Barcelona accent</I><BR/><BR/>If that's true, it's sort of unfortunate, because a true Catalan accent would mean that they didn't speak with the 'th' sound. That's a common marker of Castilian Spanish, but people who are native Catalan speakers who are hardcore about their identities will speak with a Catalan accent, and Catalan doesn't have the 'th' sound.<BR/><BR/>/pedanticIanquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268223727887685830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-90940712164525380662009-01-04T14:21:00.000-08:002009-01-04T14:21:00.000-08:00I'm starting to think there are only two phases to...I'm starting to think there are only two phases to winter: cold and miserably cold. The compensations are that there's usually no snow to shovel with "miserably cold."<BR/><BR/>The way you feel about academic movies is kind of the way I feel about Woody Allen movies. Everyone always has limitless amounts of money and fabulous apartments, even if they're supposedly writing for a living--hah!undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.com