http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/ This is my collection of Sugarpackets.]]> en-us 2008-08-19T20:41:26-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027619.html I won't be able to say much more about it, but I'm digging the training I'm getting at my new job! Today I attended a session on SGML and XML. Given: I taught myself HTML and CSS as I went... KarissaKilgore 2008-08-19T20:41:26-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027608.html I turned 23 at 7:27 a.m. I was already at work, coffee in hand, and passing out cupcakes to my coworkers. That made me happy because when I was little all my friends would bring treats to school for their... KarissaKilgore 2008-08-13T20:42:02-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027604.html I started my new job yesterday. So far it's still relatively safe for me to talk about it... after I'm cleared I won't be able to say much at all. One of the policies even mentioned blogging, so I know... KarissaKilgore 2008-08-12T18:30:15-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027590.html Michael Girdano died serving our country in Afghanistan, fighting for freedom. He is a member of Apollo-Ridge High School's Class of 2003. And he is a hero. I remember when he found out he was going to West Point in... KarissaKilgore 2008-08-03T21:51:53-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027578.html I had a strange dream last night that involved large shoes and people messing up my name (neither of which are unusual in my life since I do have large feet for a woman and people screw up my name... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-30T11:38:09-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027570.html So exciting! My brother Caleb was the starting pitcher for the USA v. World game at the 14th Freeport International Invitational Baseball Tournament! He and his catcher, Ryan Coulter, were the starting battery for the USA team. They did so... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-27T12:35:43-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027566.html This has got to be the coolest event in my county... The Annual Freeport International Invitational Baseball Tournament takes place every July--this year is the 14th year of the competition. Teams from around the world and different states in the... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-26T15:59:46-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027565.html I'm so grateful for friends and family who care about my recent bout with chronic boredom... Instead of letting me sink into vapidity, they have offered up books to complement my already ridiculously large stack of reading material. Since I'm... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-26T15:35:03-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027561.html A few weeks ago my mom called me and asked if I was sitting down. I assured her that I was, and prepared myself for bad news. My aunt was in the hospital at the time, so my heart started... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-24T11:04:23-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027558.html Among modern annoyances, these little suckers are pretty intolerable. I rate them just below to regular "old skool" pop-up windows and screwed up bread crumb navigation patterns. You know what I'm talking about, especially if you blog at SHU using... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-22T19:38:11-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027557.html I've been noting the changes to the blog interface since Dr. Jerz updated to Movable Type 4.12 and (today) 4.13, and among the first dealt with design. Not the design of the MT interface (though that's changed a little too,... about me KarissaKilgore 2008-07-21T22:22:44-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027550.html I thought I was dying yesterday, honestly. Couldn't get warm, and it was 90º outside. Then I couldn't cool down and I was cooking ice packs on my forehead. Sleep was infected with restless dreams and plagued by sore bones.... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-18T18:06:58-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027534.html Books about cowboys, manliness and masculinity, and linguistic identity construction swarm my desk and nightstand. I have two folders filled with articles on McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses--one yellow, physical folder under a pile of books and another folder on... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-10T18:41:21-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/027516.html Working Papers in Composition and TESOL, May 2008 IUP's online C&T journal selected the life story interview I did for publication! The paper was the result of a project I did in ENGL 729/829 Second Language Acquisition. Projects from five... KarissaKilgore 2008-07-02T10:39:57-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KarissaKilgore/025745.html It was 7:45 a.m. We walked into Leonard Hall, taking the stairs like we always do from the ground floor all the way up to our classroom. The brown double doors were propped open to greet the cool morning and... KarissaKilgore 2008-06-24T16:44:37-05:00