oops...no class today, since everybody gets time to go do field research for the profile paper. so i didn't have my routine of going to office after class and blogging about class. but guess what. even if i did have the routine, i still wouldn't have been able to blog, because the internet is STILL down at A&M. argh.

also, i found out today that Octoberfest has been cancelled. this is supremely yucky. octoberfest is a writing conference held each year at A&M and is run by the A&M Writing Project and the A&M/UAH Inservice Center, and lots of teachers in the area attend workshops on aspects of writing. nationally acclaimed writers also give talks and sign books. but because Alabama voted down the proposition to give more money to education and other necessities, one of the first things cut was professional development...that is, monies needed to hire substitute teachers so that Alabama teachers could attend Octoberfest and perhaps improve their skills and network...well, all that won't happen.