Blogging While Grading pt. 1

Because of the fact that I am spending my weekend grading essays for that RLJ thing I have, I figured that – since I'm super behind on my frigging blog – I should write some blog entries in between sets. Not only will I catch up on missing blogs, but it'll help keep me sane.

....Maybe. Look, I'm promising nothing, okay? In all reality, we're probably beyond hope.

At the end of semesters, it's usually up for grabs what I wind up throwing on in the background while I grade. It's never anything new-ish, since I can't watch something that completely absorbs my attention or else I don't focus on the papers. Often I'll do a series rewatch of The Guild, or I'll ultimately wind up watching a bunch of Jim Henson stuff. This time, I managed to find some terrible quality versions of The Jim Henson Hour on Youtube, which originally aired in 1989. And then, of course, because I have a great sense of self control, I decided to check on Amazon whether or not it's available on DVD (it's not) and ultimately wound up cataloging all of the Jim Henson related books that I do not own. There's one that I do definitely want, which is a collection of critical essays called The Wider Worlds of Jim Henson, but since I already have two other collections of critical essays, I should probably finish reading those first.

I'm more looking for that kick to keep me going through grading so that, when it's done, I can jump into projects that I've been thinking about. I have a bunch of puppets I want to make, so clearly this is one of the reasons I've jumped back into all things Henson. I also kind of want to buy the biography in paperback, since it just came out and I want to reread it, but that would be largely superfluous since I own the hardcover.

Clearly I have issues. But really, that should be a surprise to no one.

HOWEVER – all of this is currently going to the wayside, because I just found a place to play Muppetville online. OOPS. I've already graded ten essays (which took about two and a half hours), so that means I should play for awhile, right?

Right. 

Update: The game file is missing from Muppetville online. WHY.