And a late welcome back to school to everyone!  I hope your summers were amazing and that you're ready for the new semester!

I'm Penny--forget what all of the official enrollment papers say and let's get off on equal footing--and I'm so excited to be teaching two sections of an introductory level art class at TCU!  This is my second year teaching ( Read more... )

[The video begins with a dizzying shot of Penny's room (the perceptive may notice a number of slumbering ducks and a rather whimsical blue giraffe mural) before the camera comes to rest on a Penny who looks like she has spent the last three days worrying nonstop. Which is essentially true.]

This is one of those raise-your-hand-if-you're-still-alive ( Read more... )

We're allowed to pretend curses never happened, right?

Those shoes, though... those were fierce.

[There's an extended pause.]

...Right.

Billy!  Ready to go tackle that swing competition?  I swear public humiliation doesn't count if you're not the only one humiliating yourself, and I'm totally prepared to fall on my face.

[The post begins with... piano-playing?  After a short instrumental opening, Penny sings.]

In my first days in the City
A lot of things have happened.
I learned some lessons, and I think
I was nearly flattened by hair...

When fur comes out of faucets
It should just be left alone
'Cause if you try to pet it
It starts moving on its own

And irises look tasty
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