Bebir de sangre es bebir de vida
I have half a bottle of Sangria left; no, I am not drunk at the moment, although a nice buzz is not a bad idea. Keith, K.T., and I went to see "Cursive" on Monday night in Tulsa at Cain's Ballroom. For the first concert I ever attended it was fun and impressive. The crowd was small, and I had hoped the band would stick around to sign a few things before they left, but alas, they did not. We left Tulsa at 11:30 pm and reached home at about 1:30 am - not bad, but I had a helluva time catching back up on my sleep.
Crystal, a girl I work with, just announced today that she found out she was five weeks pregnant. This sounds nothing like me two or so years ago, but I wish I could be too. My rational mind knows that I need to wait until at least I get out of school, Keith could be in school still, and I am fairly sure we could handle having one kid. But I'm going to have to go against my biological clock and instincts that are screaming "Procreate," and wait until we can afford it. It really is sound advice.
Starting December 1 through the 22nd, I can use my holiday gift discount coupon along with my employee discount card. Hmmm, what to get Keith? Not really sure at this point; he has posted a wish list and that is what he really wants, but they do not have any of the items on his list at walmart - drat! I'll think of something, there is plenty of time until christmas.
"To drink of blood is to drink of life" was the title for this entry, sorry, but I had to have one last good Ricean moment. It really pisses me off that Anne Rice has found religion; Stephen King has found it too, for that matter, and it never fails that once a really good artist or writer finds religion their art and work suffers for it. This is of course in general, I am not saying that religious work or art is worthless; what I am saying is that those artists and writers who are new to a religion usually do not have a firm grasp on it yet and should stick to what they know. Take chances, but do not get those chances published unless you know they are of the same quality as your past work/art.
Another thing that has been on my mind lately is ESL and spanish speakers in America. I have a paper to write for Advanced Comp class on this topic in relation to family literacy. I really do not want to write it for fear of coming across as a racist bitch - which I am not. I actually am invested in the problem because when I begin teaching I will encounter students who are not literate in either Spanish or English; what to do? There is no quick fix as far as I can tell. It is going to take time and dedicated teachers who are willing to put forth the time and effort to help these children (possibly even their parents, those who are willing to learn English) so they do not become stuck in the same vicious cycle as their parents. That cycle is of course one of disenfrancisement, low wages, and being looked down upon by the rest of society not for their skin color, but for the language that they speak, and the language which they do not speak. Huh, I think I just had a glimpse at how my paper is going to read...yay!
That's about it for now. School may or may not be cancelled tomorrow due to foul weather. I will check the pipeline before class tomorrow; but I hope school isn't cancelled because that will throw finals week even further off, and at this point I am just ready to be done with the semester and have a few weeks of rest.
Crystal, a girl I work with, just announced today that she found out she was five weeks pregnant. This sounds nothing like me two or so years ago, but I wish I could be too. My rational mind knows that I need to wait until at least I get out of school, Keith could be in school still, and I am fairly sure we could handle having one kid. But I'm going to have to go against my biological clock and instincts that are screaming "Procreate," and wait until we can afford it. It really is sound advice.
Starting December 1 through the 22nd, I can use my holiday gift discount coupon along with my employee discount card. Hmmm, what to get Keith? Not really sure at this point; he has posted a wish list and that is what he really wants, but they do not have any of the items on his list at walmart - drat! I'll think of something, there is plenty of time until christmas.
"To drink of blood is to drink of life" was the title for this entry, sorry, but I had to have one last good Ricean moment. It really pisses me off that Anne Rice has found religion; Stephen King has found it too, for that matter, and it never fails that once a really good artist or writer finds religion their art and work suffers for it. This is of course in general, I am not saying that religious work or art is worthless; what I am saying is that those artists and writers who are new to a religion usually do not have a firm grasp on it yet and should stick to what they know. Take chances, but do not get those chances published unless you know they are of the same quality as your past work/art.
Another thing that has been on my mind lately is ESL and spanish speakers in America. I have a paper to write for Advanced Comp class on this topic in relation to family literacy. I really do not want to write it for fear of coming across as a racist bitch - which I am not. I actually am invested in the problem because when I begin teaching I will encounter students who are not literate in either Spanish or English; what to do? There is no quick fix as far as I can tell. It is going to take time and dedicated teachers who are willing to put forth the time and effort to help these children (possibly even their parents, those who are willing to learn English) so they do not become stuck in the same vicious cycle as their parents. That cycle is of course one of disenfrancisement, low wages, and being looked down upon by the rest of society not for their skin color, but for the language that they speak, and the language which they do not speak. Huh, I think I just had a glimpse at how my paper is going to read...yay!
That's about it for now. School may or may not be cancelled tomorrow due to foul weather. I will check the pipeline before class tomorrow; but I hope school isn't cancelled because that will throw finals week even further off, and at this point I am just ready to be done with the semester and have a few weeks of rest.