Work

Tomorrow, I start teaching (at this point 24 hours hence, I'll be finished with my first class and about to start the second). I've already lamented that I don't know where summer went--although I know it started late, both for me (summer school) and in terms of temperature (June rains and chills). But that doesn't mean school starts any later, alas.

Right now, I'm writing a paper proposal on female nudity in early feature films, circa 1914-17, and its relationship to art, allegory and the questions it raises about the treatment of femininity on film. I'm blogging as a break, to get my head together, and to try to work through some ideas to somehow make them clear enough that the proposal gets me onto a decent panel.

But I have to ask, who had the bright idea to make this due around the beginning of the academic year? Mid summer, late September, either would be better. I also have to proof read two syllabi by the time Mad Men is on tonight, ensure I have my lecture notes ready and ideally finish my third syllabi so I can finish typing in book corrections on Tuesday and Wednesday.