Keeping Busy

My blogging has been way down over the last month, but not without reason. I'm aboard the emotional roller coaster of a job search. I want to be a professor when I grow up, so I've been busily applying to open faculty positions. Twenty-three so far:

"But wait," you say, "that's only nineteen!" Right you are. There are actually two in Pittsburgh, and I think some of the east coast ones got bunched up. Number twenty-three is here:

Although it may appear that I'm just applying to any place with an opening, that is in fact only partially true. My vetos fall into one of two catagories: 1) schools that are lame, and 2) schools that are in Texas. Actually, I'm okay with a semi-lame school if it's in a really cool place. I also bent the rules and vetoed Louisiana Tech under option 2.

So far, only two responses, both rejections. Oh well, they're all long shots. All part of the aforementioned emotional roller coaster.

I have at least four more applications to go, which all fit nicely on an east-coast map.

Big Snow

What better way to celebrate our recent three feet of snow than with some cat pictures?

Swayze doesn't like to go outside when it's below 45 degrees, but he made an exception yesterday when he inexplicably climbed onto the big snow and started swimming across the yard. He got about 15 feet in, sat down, and started crying for his mommy, who proceeded to rescue him.

St. Augustine

Greetings from St. Augustine! Okay, so maybe I'm a few weeks late posting about my trip to Florida, but better late than never. Here's a lovely picture of the Casa Monica hotel where I stayed (work picked up the bill). It's right across the street from Flagler College.

My first three days in Florida were spent cranking out data for our Powerpoint slides, and my last two days were spent outside in the not-freezing weather. I played a round of golf on Thursday, and did some sight seeing down by the ocean on Friday. There's a fort in St. Augustine called Castillo de San Marcos that dates back to 1672. Phallic symbols were apparently in vogue back then.