5/5/2007.
More details forthcoming.

First off, condolences to pezzgrrrl on the death of her grandfather. Ben Gettys, Sr. was kind, funny, and intelligent man. I am fery sorry I couldn't attend his memorial service. Condolences also, to joeve on the death of his wife. I can't imagine the kind of pain he must be experiencing ( Read more... )

I spent a month and a half as a bookseller, but I've been moved to the inventory staff. This was the position I interviewed for, so I'm quite happy. I've been able to take six more students. I'll have the days I need off for AWA off. (I'll have to work Thursday through Saturday, but I'll be free to drink Saturday and Sunday nights.) I'm going to ( Read more... )

I totally swiped this from dwinghy . Go to musicoutfitters.com. Enter your high school graduation year into the search window. Italicize the songs you hate, bold the songs you like, and underline your favorite song. So ...

( My results are somewhat deceptive. )

I'm enjoying working retail. When I started the job, I thought I'd tolerate the job and enjoy the books. I do like the books, mind, but I also like helping people. Every request is different, even when people ask for the same books. I like helping people come up with gift ideas, decide which summer reading books would be most enjoyable, or just ( Read more... )

I'm now a full-time employee of Borders in Dunwoody. I start next week. I'm very, very happy and excited. This job has many advantages, but the biggest of them is that I get to continue tutoring. The next biggest is that I can meet up with gmslegion for lunch!

I've been meaning to post an anecdote from last weekend. CB and I were at Parker's on Saturday, hanging out with MTV in Spanish on in the background. Most of the videos were videos from 1987 with what I guess are modern Latino pop songs overdubbed and the faces of Latino artists cleverly replacing those of Foreigner or RATT or whoever. So, whatever ( Read more... )

Ye Gods! Tagged by a meme!

Things you enjoy, even when no one around you wants to go out and play. What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level? Make a list, post it to your journal... and then tag 5 friends and ask them to post it to theirs.

1. Watching stuff, dumb, smart, funny, sad, I love my stories.
2. Reading history. I've only ( Read more... )

I guess I'll use student frustrations as my impetus to post. I got up way to early this morning because a student whom I'll call the Marquise is worthy of the guillotine. Bleh. We had our last session on Sunday, but then early Tuesday, I got a call from the office. The Marquise's mom ordered an extra reading lesson for her, and they'd misunderstood ( Read more... )

I had my second session with a young man I'll call Aurelius today. He's bright, but exhausting to work with. He's being scouted for baseball by many, many schools as he has happily told me. He wants to improve his scores (unlike my previous future Major Leaguer), but he's half-assing it. Aurelius is bright enough that it's a struggle to challenge ( Read more... )