I'm just a little boy-girl, trying to make my way in a man's world
Man, I suck at the whole LJ thing.
So anyway, classes started today--the ones I teach, not the ones I take. Those start tomorrow. I suppose it went well enough, though I was embarrassingly bad at operating the technology in my "Smart Classroom," and I uttered that immortal swear word "poop" while trying to adjust things, no doubt convincing my students that I'm some kind of goofy cartoon prude or something.
My last days of vacation were, well, less than vacation-y. My grandpa had an obstruction in his throat which was making it impossible for him to eat and causing him a lot of discomfort, so he went to the hospital and my dad went down to stay with him. The evil forces of Murphy's Law converged on Tuesday. In order of crappiness/importance: I was unable to find Jarvis Cocker's new CD in either Best Buy, Tracks, or TD's CD's or whatever that place is called. ==> Because of the weather, my mom informed me that we were driving back to North Carolina a whole day earlier than we had planned.==> Just as my dad was driving into town from my grandparents' in Illinois, we got a call from a dude at the Y: my brother had hurt his knee playing basketball, and it looked bad, so the Y dude was taking him to the hospital. All plans of a nice dinner and a relaxing last night in town were forgotten as we rushed to Prompt Care, played a fancy-pants game of Musical Cars, and made my dad utter a lot of sounds of angered exhaustion. All's well that ends well, though; my grandpa's doing a lot better, and Brendan has a sprained ACL, and though a veritable multitude of radiologists and an orthopedist were unsure at first, they now think that he has not fractured his kneecap. Which is good.
I've been cooking up a storm, and I'm excited/terrified about my classes tomorrow--I've got a full five and a half hours of them, which I really haven't had since high school. One of my classes is from five to eight in the evening--won't THAT be fun!
Since it's been a whole month since I posted the "guess what these song summaries are" meme, I thought I ought to post the unguessed ones:
1. Boy, those young people are effin' scary, with their cliques and their insults and their school shootings and whatnot. At least, that's what the older generation, who no longer understands anything about what it's like to be young, thinks, thus perpetuating a cycle in which misunderstood young folks' drama escalates with tragic consequences.--"Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance
2. So you're having sex with some hunky guy, and obviously he's too good to be true, but honestly, I have no idea how to please you--I know that you, like me, seek something beyond our mundane lives, but you seem to have gone someplace in your mind where I cannot follow. It's like you're from another planet.--"World Where You Live" by Crowded House
3. Frankly, I think that I, who have previously been unhappy, am going to make myself quite content, both in this life and the afterlife, thanks to the excellent move I made by showing up at your house yesterday. I intend to keep myself grounded and to learn from you in order to maintain the happiness of our romantic relationship.--"I'm On My Way" by the Proclaimers
4. Okay, stop flirting with me or, like, being there. You cannot possibly give me what I want, and despite what you think, our relationship really has no basis or truth. I really like relationships that hurt me, and you are too young for me to mess you up as badly as a relationship with me will inevitably do.-- "Volcano" by Damien Rice
5. I want to have sex with you, and also, I really like you, but because a woman screwed me over in the past, I will never ever tell you I love you. Hey, why are you being so mean to me?--Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" by Meat Loaf
6. Boy, the world is sad, and my house is dirty, and I don't know how, but someone seriously hurt you in some previous relationship. It's enough to make stringed instruments break down in tears.--"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by the Beatles
7. Dude, I am really horny. I know you don't have any objections to getting totally crazy in the sack, and I could really use that. I will expect both a hand job and anal sex from you, and a bunch of orgasms. Hurry the heck up.--"Wild Child" by Heart
8. Man, clubs are awesome, and dancing is awesome, so stop acting like you're so cool and above it all! Let's just forget all our troubles and put on our boogie shoes!--"You! Me! Dancing!" by Los Campesinos!
9. I keep waiting around for you--would it be too much trouble for you to pay a little attention to me? And while we're talking, stop acting like it's such an imposition for me to even ask you to spend time with me. I find it hurtful and off-putting.--"Excuse Me Mr." by No Doubt
10. Hey, forest, give me a hand. Tell my boyfriend I'm here, and let me take a nap here. I'm massively pregnant, but that doesn't mean I couldn't use a little loving.--"Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga" by the Decemberists
11. My younger brother is growing up, driving my mother nuts and following me around everywhere. Despite the relationship between us, do we ever really know each other, and if we don't know each other, can we really love each other?--"Little Brother" by Oysterband
12. I have been looking for you ever since our parting years ago. People tell me I shouldn't, but they just don't understand the magic of our everlasting love. You hear my messages to you, right? I know we'll be together again, I just know it. "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" by the Moody Blues
13. So, two people from opposite lives got on a train to somewhere and smiled at each other across a smoky room. People wander around in the night looking for that kind of emotional connection, and this kind of thing keeps happening, so hold onto those crazy feelings while you've got them.--"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey
14. Potatoes, good golly I love them. Perhaps a little too much. (ETA: Or rather, you love them. I'm just, uh, here to help.)--"Addicted to Spuds" by Weird Al Yankovic
17. War makes flowers and girls and soldiers DIE. People are so stupid.--"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by the Kingston Trio
20. Man, I wish I had the guts to kill your current significant other. I sure as hell fantasize about it all the time.--"My Ex-Lover's Lover" by Voltaire
With the end of one meme, there must inevitably come another: Here's this one I found floating around that marvelous series of tubes.
Ask me for my top 5 anything: fandoms, ice cream flavours, cartoon moments, women in my fandoms, OTPs, ideal holiday destinations, goals for the future, celebrity crushes, books I wish would be made into movies, love songs, ANYTHING.
And if you like, I'll ask you a top 5 in the comments!
So anyway, classes started today--the ones I teach, not the ones I take. Those start tomorrow. I suppose it went well enough, though I was embarrassingly bad at operating the technology in my "Smart Classroom," and I uttered that immortal swear word "poop" while trying to adjust things, no doubt convincing my students that I'm some kind of goofy cartoon prude or something.
My last days of vacation were, well, less than vacation-y. My grandpa had an obstruction in his throat which was making it impossible for him to eat and causing him a lot of discomfort, so he went to the hospital and my dad went down to stay with him. The evil forces of Murphy's Law converged on Tuesday. In order of crappiness/importance: I was unable to find Jarvis Cocker's new CD in either Best Buy, Tracks, or TD's CD's or whatever that place is called. ==> Because of the weather, my mom informed me that we were driving back to North Carolina a whole day earlier than we had planned.==> Just as my dad was driving into town from my grandparents' in Illinois, we got a call from a dude at the Y: my brother had hurt his knee playing basketball, and it looked bad, so the Y dude was taking him to the hospital. All plans of a nice dinner and a relaxing last night in town were forgotten as we rushed to Prompt Care, played a fancy-pants game of Musical Cars, and made my dad utter a lot of sounds of angered exhaustion. All's well that ends well, though; my grandpa's doing a lot better, and Brendan has a sprained ACL, and though a veritable multitude of radiologists and an orthopedist were unsure at first, they now think that he has not fractured his kneecap. Which is good.
I've been cooking up a storm, and I'm excited/terrified about my classes tomorrow--I've got a full five and a half hours of them, which I really haven't had since high school. One of my classes is from five to eight in the evening--won't THAT be fun!
Since it's been a whole month since I posted the "guess what these song summaries are" meme, I thought I ought to post the unguessed ones:
1. Boy, those young people are effin' scary, with their cliques and their insults and their school shootings and whatnot. At least, that's what the older generation, who no longer understands anything about what it's like to be young, thinks, thus perpetuating a cycle in which misunderstood young folks' drama escalates with tragic consequences.--"Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance
2. So you're having sex with some hunky guy, and obviously he's too good to be true, but honestly, I have no idea how to please you--I know that you, like me, seek something beyond our mundane lives, but you seem to have gone someplace in your mind where I cannot follow. It's like you're from another planet.--"World Where You Live" by Crowded House
3. Frankly, I think that I, who have previously been unhappy, am going to make myself quite content, both in this life and the afterlife, thanks to the excellent move I made by showing up at your house yesterday. I intend to keep myself grounded and to learn from you in order to maintain the happiness of our romantic relationship.--"I'm On My Way" by the Proclaimers
4. Okay, stop flirting with me or, like, being there. You cannot possibly give me what I want, and despite what you think, our relationship really has no basis or truth. I really like relationships that hurt me, and you are too young for me to mess you up as badly as a relationship with me will inevitably do.-- "Volcano" by Damien Rice
5. I want to have sex with you, and also, I really like you, but because a woman screwed me over in the past, I will never ever tell you I love you. Hey, why are you being so mean to me?--Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" by Meat Loaf
6. Boy, the world is sad, and my house is dirty, and I don't know how, but someone seriously hurt you in some previous relationship. It's enough to make stringed instruments break down in tears.--"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by the Beatles
7. Dude, I am really horny. I know you don't have any objections to getting totally crazy in the sack, and I could really use that. I will expect both a hand job and anal sex from you, and a bunch of orgasms. Hurry the heck up.--"Wild Child" by Heart
8. Man, clubs are awesome, and dancing is awesome, so stop acting like you're so cool and above it all! Let's just forget all our troubles and put on our boogie shoes!--"You! Me! Dancing!" by Los Campesinos!
9. I keep waiting around for you--would it be too much trouble for you to pay a little attention to me? And while we're talking, stop acting like it's such an imposition for me to even ask you to spend time with me. I find it hurtful and off-putting.--"Excuse Me Mr." by No Doubt
10. Hey, forest, give me a hand. Tell my boyfriend I'm here, and let me take a nap here. I'm massively pregnant, but that doesn't mean I couldn't use a little loving.--"Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga" by the Decemberists
11. My younger brother is growing up, driving my mother nuts and following me around everywhere. Despite the relationship between us, do we ever really know each other, and if we don't know each other, can we really love each other?--"Little Brother" by Oysterband
12. I have been looking for you ever since our parting years ago. People tell me I shouldn't, but they just don't understand the magic of our everlasting love. You hear my messages to you, right? I know we'll be together again, I just know it. "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" by the Moody Blues
13. So, two people from opposite lives got on a train to somewhere and smiled at each other across a smoky room. People wander around in the night looking for that kind of emotional connection, and this kind of thing keeps happening, so hold onto those crazy feelings while you've got them.--"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey
14. Potatoes, good golly I love them. Perhaps a little too much. (ETA: Or rather, you love them. I'm just, uh, here to help.)--"Addicted to Spuds" by Weird Al Yankovic
17. War makes flowers and girls and soldiers DIE. People are so stupid.--"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by the Kingston Trio
20. Man, I wish I had the guts to kill your current significant other. I sure as hell fantasize about it all the time.--"My Ex-Lover's Lover" by Voltaire
With the end of one meme, there must inevitably come another: Here's this one I found floating around that marvelous series of tubes.
Ask me for my top 5 anything: fandoms, ice cream flavours, cartoon moments, women in my fandoms, OTPs, ideal holiday destinations, goals for the future, celebrity crushes, books I wish would be made into movies, love songs, ANYTHING.
And if you like, I'll ask you a top 5 in the comments!