I'm going to Mason on Monday for Jessica's brother's wedding on the 4th.  It should be a good time.  Then that Saturday I have a bachelor's party to go to.  Camping the following weekend.  My sister's wedding the weekend after that.  All this business makes it hard to go into hiding as I like to do during the month of July ( Read more... )

It's summer break.

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/just_plain_stupid/World_War_II_for_the_Internet_Generation/

lol

My kids have been such assholes the past few weeks.  My allergies/sinuses are not being happy.  Sometime during our summer VACATION my school is having a MANDATORY tenth anniversary party.  Tickets cost $85.  How can you have something be mandatory over a vacation?  How can a company have a mandatory party for their staff,  but make the staff pay ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Yf-7Z_6PE

It seems I have quite the habit of writing letters and never sending them.  I found one such letter early this morning.  Marked October of 2006,  this one was actually in an envelope and addressed and ready to go.  But it must have gotten mixed in with some student work never to be relayed.  Naturally I opened it and read it.  It told of a rather ( Read more... )

OMG the kids stink like broken ass today.

I wish I was whatever it's called when you can't smell things.  Like blind of nose or something.

EDIT:  horrendous spelling/grammar.

The kids are restless.  The teachers are tired (and under paid,  coincidentally).  And yesterday...yesterday I truly lost my cool for the first time in front of the kids.  Sure,  there have been times when I almost lost my cool.  And it goes without saying I've gone off on students before.  But that's not losing your cool.  Screaming "shut up!" to ( Read more... )

Bah.

Bah,  bah,  bah.

So my pants just ripped about 6 inches down the left leg.  It tore right along the seem behind the pocket,  so no skin or anything is exposed.  But I'm debating if,  after this class,  I should go down and tell them i have to leave early today due to the rip in my pants not being very professional or appropriate for working around children