Years ago I saw Tori Amos in concert. The best way, I found, to describe it was to liken it to a religious experience (or as close to one as I would be able to recognize ( Read more... )

How can I summarize the last few months of my life: the move, the new job, the new details? Well, it would take awhile and it wouldn't be particularly interesting, so I'll sum it all up by saying that I love my job, I love my apartment, and I have my own private Queer as Folk neighbors (think Emmett and Ted ( Read more... )

In two days I am moving to the part of LA referred to as "the valley". I have a cute little pad with lots of storage and a garage. And to top things off, I am less than 1 mile from school so I purchased a sweet Schwinn to replace go ol' Wendy as my choice of commute. Maybe now the ass and thighs will get the attention they are so desperately ( Read more... )

In case you haven't heard, Thursday's the new Friday. Pass it on. So yay! It's almost the weekend ( Read more... )

At 3:00 pm today, I settled into a student desk and prepared to make my last parent/teacher interaction of the week. On the To Call List today: a mother of a son who has a 32% in Algebra II who is concerned with my claim that "there is no hope he will pass ( Read more... )

Peter Gibbons: So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life ( Read more... )

As Margo flips channels on the Samsung, choosing Legally Blond II over Reefer Madness, I find irony in the fact that I am having a little 'reefer madness' of my own ( Read more... )

American Cities That Best Fit You:

65% Atlanta

55% Chicago

55% Miami
55% Washington, DC

50% Las Vegas

Which American Cities Best Fit You?

No wonder I keep moving...I've never lived in any of these cities.

I'm sick of school. So sick that I wonder if I'm in the wrong profession. Like I haven't perfected the art of NOT caring whether my students learn or not, and this is my ultimate downfall as a teacher ( Read more... )

Life ( Read more... )