Thursday 13: The dirt on doctoral studies
Yesterday in class, we scrawled narratives about the experience of being in our doctoral program. While I went the stream-of-consciousness-I’m-too-tired-to-think-straight route, my …
Life in the sky: Hiding from the TSA, watching grumpy passengers, and keeping perspective
Yesterday I spent 7.5 hours at Midway Airport in Chicago. The length of a business day. The amount of time it takes …
Over the focus group hump
After whining about Easter at 36,000 feet, someone recently inquired as to why I fly so much. Aside from traveling back and …
Southwest Flight 812: In the groove, tensely
Photo from GigaIsland. Follow the link to see what pupus are. 🙂 Eight years had passed since I last clapped eyes on …
Answering the ‘WTF?’ questions and other curios
What you get from a Google images search term of “WTF?” (Credit) Today I shared some of my research experience with a …
Going to Hawaii “on business”: Photos and things
Sometimes it feels like I live in an alternate reality. In what world do GRAD STUDENTS get sent to Hawaii  for “business” …
Molested in the name of national security
Arms outstretched, palms up. Legs spread-eagle. Bare feet gripping a grimy tile floor. I stare defiantly at the onlookers as hands caress …
Back in the sky and hijacked by emotions
View from my room near LAX. I wondered why it felt like I sleeping on the tarmac. I was fine until beverage …
Managing media: A shout-out to speech communication and drama teachers everywhere
I smiled like a Cheshire cat walking into the terminal after the continuation of Southwest Flight 812, service to Sacramento. After surviving …
Daily Musing: Cocaine is not for kids
The Williamsburg Bridge. (My sis and I walked it from Brooklyn to Manhattan!) Lola first tried heroin when she caught her husband …