I know you're probably students. I know you probably don't have a lot of time to meet for practice. I also know you suck badly, and need said practice. But Memorial Day will start in about 3 hours, so you better shut up soon. Seriously.

Oh, as they say, dear. Hang in there, Shir-- homicide is not a good mix with statistics.

Nora, what's your paper on? Are you a fellow grad student? I'm writing a research methods paper at the moment, and it's driving me slightly loopy. 2000 words down, 4000 to go. And then I get to start on the Disability Studies paper of the same length (this being my actual MA subject).

I am doing a legal analysis/research paper for my Law & Higher Ed class on legal recourse available to those denied tenure. (Short version: it's a hard row to hoe.)

Yeah, basically, unless you have a handwritten note from the chair or the APT committee that says "we're not giving X tenure because's s/he's [insert protected class here]", you're kinda stuck.

ayup.

Oh, as they say, dear. Hang in there, Shir-- homicide is not a good mix with statistics.

They stopped. 30 minutes after the unofficial entrance of the day (the official ceremony, and start, is in 2 hours).

Statistics, however, aren't done with.

Trying to find my henna.

Trying to find my henna.

Heh-- your mention of henna reminded me of my doofus moment of the week. Friday night I went to go color my hair and didn't realize, until I'd emptied the tube, that what I was squeezing into the activator was the conditioner-- not the color.

Whoops.

I still have dull hair.

Hang in there Shir! I know you can do it. Fluffy is waiting for you, when ever you want. Just call ahead so I can fake illness and leave work to greet ya!

I wanna live in Laura's dream. Especially the part of scantily clad women rubbing skin lotion. Nice! Very detailed remembering of dream.

Seska, I have a nueromuscular disease and get around on for arm crutches, hence the curiosity. Back at the end of Bush (I) realm here in the US, he signed the Americans with Disabilites Act (ADA) that put out a ton of guidelines to make the world more friendly for folks with disabilities. Does the UK have anything like that? I haven't been there yet, so I can't guess, but my time in Australia (part of the commonwealth and all) was very disabled-accommodating (golly that sounds like a weird phrase, but I'm still waking up).

OK, off to work for me. Woot. The partial day off yesterday was nice. I need 4 more full ones. And today, opening night, the weather has decided to open the skies and drop an ocean of water (line from the play... life imitating art?), and where is my rain parka? Ayup, in the car. :: sigh ::

omnis audis, I'm disabled/a PWD too (part-time wheelchair user, part-time crutches user, genetic condition causing joint problems and some other fun). My course is *amazing*, and I'm hoping to do a PhD (if I ever get funding, which could take a while) - but I have to get past research methods first. Gah.

We do have pretty good disability rights legislation here - the Disability Discrimination Act. Progress has been *slow* since the the act was passed in 1995, what with all the old buildings etc, but we're getting there.

Shir, sociology is cool! That's basically what I do. No statistics for me though. I try VERY hard to avoid them. At some point I might have to take a stats class, but I'm taking bets on how far I can get into a sociology-based PhD before that. For statistics are evil. History studies, though, that sounds good.

Ok. I think things are starting. Will check in later.

genetic condition causing joint problems and some other fun

That sounds like my husband, the connective tissue in his joints is failing. Hubby's ancestry is very Nordic. He has extra bones in his spine, and his neurosurgeon said that indicated descent from a specific valley in NOrway.