Post-Turkey Day Ruminations

      I was thinking that I'd like to write a blog post this evening. I then proceeded to open up Blogger, saw that I hadn't posted anything in several weeks, and then proceeded to feel guilty and ashamed. My apologies. The days really fly by this time of year. They have a tendency to do that, between the holidays and impending final presentations. I'd like to take a little time to bring everybody up to speed on what's been going on in studio.

      Final presentations are just around the corner. About 36 hours from now, I think. At this point, our studio project really is all over but the crying winning. Seriously, though. This time of year is often reserved for despair and last ditch efforts to save your ass, and then more despair as you realize your ass is beyond saving, and so on. I'm very happy to say that I've not fallen victim to that cycle. It's easy to spend a whole semester digging your way in to that grave, if you're not careful. As I've mentioned before, I really do like the way our project turned out, and we've put in the work up to this point so that I'm not running around like a chicken with my head cut off here in the final productive hours of the semester. That's not to say there's no more work to be done between now and Wednesday afternoon, but my head is securely intact. I'll give a report later this week on how things formally wrapped themselves up.