Mr. Cuddles and Sucka

What up?

So, Mike requested that I blog again, so that he would have an opportunity to leave long Naomi-bashing comments. So, not wanting to disappoint, here we go.

Last week Mike and Brian got a new addition to their family - Mr. Cuddles. Mr. Cuddles is a rather large Piranha. Mike and Brian spent a whole day getting Mr. Cuddles and then standing in front of the tank watching him and waiting for him to eat the gold fish that they had immediately dumped in his tank. The day after Mr. Cuddles moved in, there was a tragedy in the house. Sucka, Mike and Brian's Sucker fish committed suicide, as he was no longer able to stand the lack of attention he was getting with Mr. Cuddles there. Mike and Brian found Sucka on the carpet the next morning. RIP Sucka.

Much to Brian and Mike's dismay, Mr. Cuddles doesn't seem to want to eat when people are watching. So, naturally, they've decided to starve him for a week or so and then feed him so that he eats immediately in front of him. I though that was very nice.

Anyway, in my life, the Winter term is coming to an end, so I'll be a little less busy. I'm not teaching my ESL class for Focus Points anymore, which is a relief, but I think I will be teaching Effective Business Writing for University College this Spring. That should be interesting, as I'll be drawing on my experiences at Marshall and Associates for much of it. With a little less going on, I'll hopefully be able to follow through on my job applications, instead of just sending my cover letters and resumes into the application abyss. - Wish me luck!

In other news, (and yes I do consider my life events news) I think I'm going to be presenting my thesis research at the Rocky Mountain Communication Association Conference. Apparently the professor heading up the conference scheduling was very impressed by my paper submittal, so that's exciting for me.

The end of last week and this weekend were the School of Communication Summit, which I helped to organize and run and the IIC 10-year anniversary events, which I headed up. I'm sooo happy that it's over and everything managed to work out all right. I saw my thesis advisor, who came back from New Mexico University to attend the events and she kept urging me to apply for PhD programs. Apparently, an IIC student applied to the doctoral program and UNM and was one of seven students out of 70 applications offered a full ride to the program, with Mary Jane's (my advisor's) recommendation. So, I started thinking about applying - they have a really great Intercultural Communication program at UNM. Anyway, we'll see. If I'm still working random jobs this Fall, I think I will apply to PhD programs.

All righty, enough random thoughts for today. - peace out