Remember the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" we told you about weeks ago? Well, through some volunteer work at the Nashville Peace and Justice Center and while getting ready for school (my non-teaching gig is to coordinate the Environmental Club at the school) I came across the site www.climatecrisis.net again. The site is encouraging people to pledge to see the movie and actually provides a link so that one can pledge on a friend's blog. And ...voila... we have "installed" one on this blog. Since the link counts how much of an impact a specific blog has had we insist you pledge (AND see the movie, obviously, because a promise is a promise, right!?) and not embarrass us here ;-) So, all of you who have a US zip code, please use the link on the right, pledge, and find a night & a theater to see the movie, resp. put it on your to-watch movie list!
There's really not too much else to report at this point. Patrick successfully changed advisors today, without tears or hurt feelings. He will now work with someone a bit more established and renowned in the field of 20th century American social history. The professor just changed to Vanderbilt this semester, which is a perfect time as Patrick is planing his comprehensive exams for January/ Feburary. As for me, school starts again tomorrow and with it a more structured and hectic life again, I am sure. Actual teaching doesn't start until Tuesday, but there are lots of parent nights, inservices, introductory sessions, etc. in the meantime. While I'm a little nervous about the amount of work waiting for me, I am also ready to go back in a way. This is what gave certain meaning to the summer, if you will, and what made the sweet times even sweeter, if you know what I mean? And we both have had a truly great summer filled with plenty of pleasant, exciting, new and valuable experiences that we will cherish throughout the year and thereafter. Sigh...
Well, time to try the "early to bed, early to rise..." thing again.
As always, we will keep you updated on what's happening in our little world.
Good night...
About Us
- Patrick & Lydia
- Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- He, from Nashville, TN, meets her, from Berlin, Germany, while volunteering for 2 weeks in Weimar (Germany) in 2000. Many emails, flights and phone conversations later, he moves to Germany, where they get married before eventually relocating to Nashville. He currently works on his PhD in Modern American History at Vanderbilt University and she just finished teaching high school for two years. They both just relocated from Nashville to Knoxville, where she has recently started a PhD program in Experimental (Social) Psychology. In the meantime they are happy to have summers off to get out of the house and onto the road. Traveling is a passion for both and has led them to many places in Europe, the US, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. (Likely, they are brooding about their next trip this very moment to get their minds off of all the other, less fun stuff they need to do.) Worried about boring friends & family with mass emails, they decided to update those interested in their adventures on the road and at home with this blog... (And since Lydia is furthest away from home, it seems she will do most of the reporting...)
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1 comment:
Where's the link for the pledge? Huh?
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