spotted in the wild

[freckles_and_doubt]

Invigilated an exam yesterday, what might turn out to be my last invigilation at my Cherished Institution. I feel... fairly neutral about it, actually. Meh. On the other hand, I was impelled to philosophise about the T-shirt slogans students choose to wear to a final exam. One has to give points for lateral decontextualisation to "I LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR", which might also have a certain wistful subtext. Mad props for retro grunge to the Pearl Jam shirt, and to the very gothy shirt which educated the invigilator about the existence of Opeth - heavy metal, it transpires, gothy vibe notwithstanding.

I honestly cannot feel, however, that it constitutes good exam superstition to write an English exam wearing a shirt sporting the slogan "JUNK", or "ZERO", or "GUESS".

The whisper flies around the 'net: TV has spoken! it says, "Come back, Joss Whedon, all is forgiven!" Not only is there the possibility of a new Joss TV series of a sf nature, it's with Eliza Dushku. While I am happy about this, I am also alert to the dangerous precedents of the Joss/Fox combination. Pajiba agrees.

I am grateful to all the maddened knitwitterers who leaped in to point out my probable errors with mysterious stitch-materialisation. Personally I incline to tngr_spacecadet's theory that it's all because of quantum, but will investigate the suggested possibilities nonetheless. I have not yet ripped back to restart my four mutant rows, on account of how I've spent the last three days completely avoiding a horrendous pile of marking, and thus haven't had time to knit. I have also, in deference to the prejudices of certain readers, set up an entirely separate blog for purposes of knitwittering, to be found at Purl-Handled Revolver, and would be delighted if knitting-inclined readers would join me there. For the record, it's all scroobius's fault. All of it.

Comments

[egadfly.livejournal.com]

I think you've got an extra " in your Pajiba link. The article is here: http://www.pajiba.com/once-more-with-pajiba.htm

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

Au contraire. I had one too few. Thanks for pointing that out, it'll teach me to post in a hurry while simultaneously cooking supper, reading knitting blogs and straining every nerve towards marking avoidance.

[egadfly.livejournal.com]

Pedantry at your service. I know you don't get enough of it from others on here ;)

But let me encourage the multitasking. It adds spice, which is often good when cooking.

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

You would be completely amazed at how many things I can do simultaneously with assiduously avoiding marking. It's a skill.