Mood:  energetic

I am so happy! I have made a tremendous amount of progress on my tenure and promotion portfolio today. If you don't know what that is, well, it's a kind of medieval torture specially devised for university professors, wherein we have to collect all of these materials related to our teaching, our research, our publications and our service to the university and committee, organize it all into a big folder, and write this ridiculously complicated reflective self-evaluation to introduce it all. The purpose? To prove that, in addition to having earned my PhD, I am worthy to keep on teaching at this university because I'm a good teacher, scholar, and faculty member.

If I'd known having a job would be this much work, I never would've left grad school!

So my friend Tinuviel *waves to elf-sister* turned me on to CSI:New York, and now I'm addicted to the whole franchise. Seriously. But you should check out her fanfic on CSI:NY, if you're so inclined - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2416270/1/Morgan_Formerly_known_as_Subtlety

It's really well-written. I happen to be in love with Danny Messer now (still also in love with Will Traveler, thankfully my very own real-life lover Charles doesn't mind a little fictional competition!). Great site for the actor who plays Danny is www.bella-dorka.com. Weird name, kick-ass fansite.

So anyway, in addition to watching bloody murders be solved, I am also looking forward to finishing up this damn tenure and promotion portfolio today. Thanksgiving is coming up so fast and I am so anxious to spend time with Charles *waves to Charles, blows kisses* and to seeing my family. If I didn't have so much cooking to do between now and then...But at least the eating will be fun!