http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/ This is my collection of Sugarpackets.]]> en-us 2009-11-17T19:22:05-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/034195.html Writing a journal for class has given me the opportunity to pull my thoughts together in one place. It's a peaceful and familiar place--it's my blog. Early in the semester, I established this as a place where I would post... ENGL 688 KarissaKilgore 2009-11-17T19:22:05-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/034244.html Sherwood was my childhood dog. My family got him when I was 12, and he was 12 when he died just last Thursday, so I'd had him half of my life. Needless to say, it's been difficult to deal with.... KarissaKilgore 2009-11-16T06:02:35-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/034219.html This is just a brief post to say that I'm not graduating in December. If you're in-the-know, you're aware that my plan was to write my thesis so I could finish my degree next month and be on my way... KarissaKilgore 2009-11-15T16:49:55-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/034296.html I've had my first class with my GPLC students (finally!). They're great guys. Both are talkative (sometimes more when prompted than just on their own) and are actively interested in our lessons. It's exciting. My first class was half the... KarissaKilgore 2009-11-12T19:14:31-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/034149.html My dog. He turned 12 in October. In a few minutes I'm leaving to meet my mom at home. We're taking him to the vet to be put down. Mom says he hasn't eaten for the past two days. They've... KarissaKilgore 2009-11-12T14:37:23-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/034099.html Almost done with my thesis. I am currently incorporating comments from my committee readers. After that's done, there's only a little left to do! I managed to work some wiggle room into my work schedule this week. I'm taking three... KarissaKilgore 2009-11-10T19:28:19-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/034002.html I couldn't last forever, could I? No, I'm not invincible, it seems. I woke up feeling achy. Then my head hurt. I went to work anyway. I couldn't get warm. I cuddled into my sweater coat in my task chair... KarissaKilgore 2009-11-05T19:08:22-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/034267.html I haven't seen that word since French class in high school when we learned about occupations. A bricoleur is defined as a handyman. (You might call un bricoleur to assist you with leaky pipes or to clean gutters. That's how... ENGL 688 KarissaKilgore 2009-11-03T21:22:11-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/033927.html Updates noted with an asterisk (*). Trying to stay positive. Trying to stay afloat with classes amid thesis madness. Spent Daylight Saving Time sleeping, as expected. I think I averted a cold and/or the flu by getting decent sleep this... KarissaKilgore 2009-11-02T19:28:35-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/033852.html I'm posting this article for myself and anyone else out there who needs help writing a teaching philosophy. I read this once, but I need to read it again--especially because the teaching philosophy is integral to getting a job... or... ENGL 688 KarissaKilgore 2009-10-28T18:36:34-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/033830.html Updates noted with an asterisk (*). I'm almost there. What's difficult now is that friends are calling to make plans for Thanksgiving and I just can't get my brain to think past November 16th (for obvious reasons). Now that I'm... KarissaKilgore 2009-10-27T19:48:43-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/033768.html So I'm at my friend's house yesterday after my presentation at the EAPSU conference and we're about to eat lunch together. She made scrumptious salads for us. I go to take a bite and I have this sudden stabbing pain... KarissaKilgore 2009-10-25T08:30:45-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/033666.html Updates noted with an asterisk (*). Closer and closer to the deadline! But I'm still progressing, and proud of it. Complete thesis recordings. Done 9/22/09. This took longer than anticipated. I would have been okay with that if it hadn't... KarissaKilgore 2009-10-19T20:02:50-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/033517.html Updates noted with an asterisk (*). More progress! I am working harder than I ever have in my life. (I only wish that "life" would stop getting in the way... I will make it all worthwhile! Complete thesis recordings. Done... KarissaKilgore 2009-10-13T20:20:03-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/033516.html When I'm writing and I'm lost in my words, my fingers moving deftly over the keys, my mind far from where I sit, sometimes I get the feeling I'm being watched. And I am. By my dog, Trixie. She's curled... Trixie KarissaKilgore 2009-10-13T20:15:01-05:00