Tag: the philosophy of the everyday

Our last tear

I forgot my ex-fiancĂ©e’s hairstyle. I realized that while high, camping alone in Wyoming. I had to look it up, but the thought made me cry. I think about her daily, sometimes with nostalgia, sometimes with sadness or guilt, sometimes I just remember her giggle or the way she wrinkled her nose. But I rarely…

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Ten Sunrises

My uncle once said, “how many more times am I going to see you? Ten?” I’d never considered the finitude of that relationship. Within a few years, his brother, another uncle of mine, died. He was 54. I saw him fewer than a dozen times in that period. Related posts: Two Top Ten Lists… sort…

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Quantitative and Qualitative Experiential Knowledge

Stop asking me what Latinos think. Ask a pollster. I can tell you how I feel about stuff, but come on!

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Circling the Flame

This is a sort-of-sequel to this post. It is all-but-decided that I will be joining the faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno in September. This blog has been going since I was a junior in college, it’s strange to think about how I’ve completely turned the tables and am now a professional academic. I…

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Life is living through distinctions you had once denied existed

This is my third, and probably final year on the academic job market. I have been doing extremely well: I applied to 16 jobs, have been interviewed by six departments, and been offered fly-outs to four of those. My former adviser sent me a single-word email, “wow” when I told him. I’m super nervous, but…

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Getting Your Hopes Up

I had a choice:

1. Remove all of the information about this interview out of my life, computer, and mind
2. Get my hopes up.

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