Gone, Baby, Gone (or I Used to Work Here, Part 3)

I think this will be the last post about poor old Carroll Hall. If I'm still in Akron when the landscaping is done, I'll give you an after.


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In other news, A. Van Jordan read yesterday and totally knocked my socks off. I'll be reading M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A during my break today so I can ask him smart questions during workshop. Okay, I'm really not the question asking type, but we'll see. At any rate, he gives a good reading. But at one point, I thought he said Nemesis was the Greek goddess of midgets, and I thought that was really weird. Then I realized he said Greek goddess of vengeance.

Before the reading, I hung out with Dawson and Little Eric. Always a good time. Doesn't Little look tough in that picture?

PS - I neglected to mention the wonderful photographer behind the camera. I was also hanging out with the one, the only, the Colt. Sorry Frank.

And some of my students came for extra credit. These guys play for our soccer team, which is apparently a pretty big deal.

And later, to deal with the stress of PhD decision day, I went to the bar. This isn't my Guiness, but it was poured so nicely I just had to take a picture.

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I got a super nice rejection from OU yesterday. I was waitlisted and everyone accepted the initial offers. Looks like I'm off to Chicago. (Unless something miraculous happens with Mystery School #2.)

I used to work here, part 2

Above: yesterday. Gorgeous blue sky, 70 degrees, and Carroll Hall completely gutted.

Below: today. Not quite so nice out, the other side of Carroll Hall being torn down from the inside out.

All those hours spent tutoring lost like dust in the wind...

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I need a pause button on my life. Then I'd have time to clear up all the confusion I've left you dear readers with because I never answer questions in my comments any more. But for now, I have class plans to attend to. Lunch break is over.

I used to work here

This is my first attempt at camera phone blogging, so you can't see that the roof is gone and most of the windows are blown out. It makes me sad. I guess they're building "green space" where all the old buildings are. Stupid. This is supposed to be an urban campus. Trees are great but I'm not a fan of trying to make UA look like every other college campus in the country. I like my dirty, gritty sidewalks and old looking buildings. Boo.