Can't sleep, Philosophy will eat me.
Insomnia compels me to do strange things. Sporadic sleeping habits, insomnia, and a spring break that came too early brought out the domestic in me. Maybe I was possessed by an exasperated and deceased housewife? Whatever it was, I felt compelled to clean. And organize. And neaten. And straighten. It has taken some effort, but my overall status as a slacker and college student is slowly winning out. By that, I mean I still haven't studied for my philosophy test and I have at least five novels scattered around my bed that aren't in their proper shelving spot and need to be read for various reasons (starting with Garth Nix's Abhorsen Chronicles because I promised my roommate and it's on loan from her - this will only lead to me making her read something of my choosing later). I've made a little progress in four of my DS games (three of them are Harvest Moon, one of them is Devil Survivor). I really want to hook up the PS2 and go through those games too, but I have to leave time to study. Eventually. Or rather, I shouldn't give myself more things to procrastinate with - I already have the Internet, and isn't infinite enough?
I'm starting to cook more - first it's frozen meals that I experiment with cook times or seasonings, then it'll be simple recipes and who knows what after that. Pfft. No, not really - I only start cooking more when I have someone else to cook for and one of my sisters will be joining me for a few days this week as she starts *her* spring break. Which poses the question - why did my university choose to have our spring break the week immediately prior to the one where everyone else has theirs which has St. Patrick's Day, a day many take as a grand excuse to get drunk, right smack dab in the middle? This seriously bugs me. But, anyway. Moving on.
I've been contemplating changing my major for a while now and thought that I think I might have actually had the right idea when I was in high school - I should be a language arts teacher. Rather, I want to start out as an English teacher for a high school and introduce the younger generations to good, quality reading - by that, I mean the three sci-fi greats plus Lovecraft, and a few others. I would also like to cover a Mark Twain book that *isn't* Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer. If I get to teach an honors class, I might even toss in Jules Verne and H.G. Wells because, seriously, I cannot remember any of the works we covered in high school English except for that one Robert Frost poem and Macbeth. I am sure that whatever is in the books is very influential somehow, someway, or is very interesting - just not enough for me to remember. I want to cover authors whose works reach above and beyond just a small literary circle - to the point of you've been living under a rock if you haven't heard of War of the Worlds or Starship Troopers. I'd really like to play the radio broadcast of the former, too.
I haven't just thought about what I'd like to do - I think the most important part about planning one's future is realizing that you are planning your daily life and that daily life is boring. Sure, I have fantastic business ideas that I would love to see take flight - I haven't the money or the persuasive power or even the personality to make them reality with my own hands. I can dream but the nice thing about dreams is that they generally don't go over the nitty gritty paperwork and personality problems between coworkers and subordinates and what have you. I know that I'm prone to stressing out and I think that if I did try to jump into that world I'd be biting off more than I could chew and it would bite my head off.
However, I know that I have it in me to plan out what needs to be done. I know that I can sit down and read essays and notice spelling and grammar and flow and citation and weigh it all against itself. I kind of get a kick out of that. I can deal with teenagers - I have younger siblings in that age group right now and I like to think that can help them. I can probably tutor, I helped coach my brother in mathematics, which isn't even my specialty. There is another point which I can't help but really look forward to - schedules. Regular hours, regular vacations - not as long as the kids, sure, but whee! What fun. As far as co-workers and all - well, I've never had a problem with any of my teachers in school as a student, and I've noticed many teachers have similar personalities so I think that bodes well. I think my greatest problem will probably be the problem students who get into trouble and mouth off and all that jazz - but then, that's why the term exists.
The more I think about it, the more reasonable it sounds. But, then again, I could just be fooling myself. Maybe I should have stuck with translating - but I like consistent work, and I'd really prefer to translate whatever I want rather than have it dictated. Besides, there are scanlation groups for that sort of thing - if I don't just out and out import my manhwa. Mm, Ragnarok.
I'm starting to cook more - first it's frozen meals that I experiment with cook times or seasonings, then it'll be simple recipes and who knows what after that. Pfft. No, not really - I only start cooking more when I have someone else to cook for and one of my sisters will be joining me for a few days this week as she starts *her* spring break. Which poses the question - why did my university choose to have our spring break the week immediately prior to the one where everyone else has theirs which has St. Patrick's Day, a day many take as a grand excuse to get drunk, right smack dab in the middle? This seriously bugs me. But, anyway. Moving on.
I've been contemplating changing my major for a while now and thought that I think I might have actually had the right idea when I was in high school - I should be a language arts teacher. Rather, I want to start out as an English teacher for a high school and introduce the younger generations to good, quality reading - by that, I mean the three sci-fi greats plus Lovecraft, and a few others. I would also like to cover a Mark Twain book that *isn't* Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer. If I get to teach an honors class, I might even toss in Jules Verne and H.G. Wells because, seriously, I cannot remember any of the works we covered in high school English except for that one Robert Frost poem and Macbeth. I am sure that whatever is in the books is very influential somehow, someway, or is very interesting - just not enough for me to remember. I want to cover authors whose works reach above and beyond just a small literary circle - to the point of you've been living under a rock if you haven't heard of War of the Worlds or Starship Troopers. I'd really like to play the radio broadcast of the former, too.
I haven't just thought about what I'd like to do - I think the most important part about planning one's future is realizing that you are planning your daily life and that daily life is boring. Sure, I have fantastic business ideas that I would love to see take flight - I haven't the money or the persuasive power or even the personality to make them reality with my own hands. I can dream but the nice thing about dreams is that they generally don't go over the nitty gritty paperwork and personality problems between coworkers and subordinates and what have you. I know that I'm prone to stressing out and I think that if I did try to jump into that world I'd be biting off more than I could chew and it would bite my head off.
However, I know that I have it in me to plan out what needs to be done. I know that I can sit down and read essays and notice spelling and grammar and flow and citation and weigh it all against itself. I kind of get a kick out of that. I can deal with teenagers - I have younger siblings in that age group right now and I like to think that can help them. I can probably tutor, I helped coach my brother in mathematics, which isn't even my specialty. There is another point which I can't help but really look forward to - schedules. Regular hours, regular vacations - not as long as the kids, sure, but whee! What fun. As far as co-workers and all - well, I've never had a problem with any of my teachers in school as a student, and I've noticed many teachers have similar personalities so I think that bodes well. I think my greatest problem will probably be the problem students who get into trouble and mouth off and all that jazz - but then, that's why the term exists.
The more I think about it, the more reasonable it sounds. But, then again, I could just be fooling myself. Maybe I should have stuck with translating - but I like consistent work, and I'd really prefer to translate whatever I want rather than have it dictated. Besides, there are scanlation groups for that sort of thing - if I don't just out and out import my manhwa. Mm, Ragnarok.