anime birthday meme

snagged this from seta_suzume.

1. Hit up the "Birthday Calendar of all your favorite Anime Characters" here !

2. Search your birthday on the page and see what characters share it! (2a. be surprised if you actually don't share a birthday with anyone from Naruto, Saint Seiya, or Prince of Tennis)

3. Now, even if you don't know anything about any of the characters, you have to pick your "favorite" and respond with a picture of them.

There were a couple for my birthday. I picked two.

I knew Ryouji Kaji from Neon Genesis Evangelion



and one I didn't know Tamao Tamamura from Shaman King

Worked hard to get my classes ready

All but one are. However, HUGE change happened at work. I look away from my email for 2 days...The new provost dumped that idiotic J-term. While no one objected to an intercession term for those wild different classes you've always wanted to do, we DID object to it being in JANUARY. For field biologist it was pointless. And frankly if a student didn't have to come why would they in Jan. The real reason is, though not outrightly stated was budget. Our former president dumped this on us and ran. I assume she expected we would work for FREE. Know anyone willing to do 3 weeks of overtime for free? It's not in our contract and there isn't money or the willingness to find money to pay us for it. If we revisit it, I hope they do it in May like most schools.

There is some cool stuff going on in Jana's blog, a big upcoming paperback sale. You can look at it here

Andhere's a new writing market for us all Uncanny Magazine