Nice to know I was right to dislike Valentine's Day. Is any holiday safe from stupidity around here?

( Private to Raikov )

 [Giovanni's been working in his office most of today, grading papers and working on Tuesday's class lesson. There's soft music playing as usual, and Mica is snoozing near the whiteboard...and Notte's asleep on his head like usual desk, looking like a black koosh ball with a snazzy hat. The teacher is free to bother though ( Read more... )

Archer, you enjoy orchestras, correct?

 [Giovanni is currently reading some large Geology text for his class on the couch, having gotten slightly better from the nasty shock of his kid disappearing. He's still been quiet for a bit, but there's not the oppressive air around him right now.]

( Private to Lyra )

 [CHRISTMAS TIME. That special time of the year where friends and family gather and spend quality time together, swap presents, and stuff their faces with delicious food.

Or that's how most did. The only family Giovanni had here was his kid that hated him, and his uncle was out of the city for the holidays. But he still decided that he'd try to make ( Read more... )

 Archer. You're staying in a hotel for a few days. Your bags are outside the room.

( Private to Sasha and Vinnie )

[For those who might have noticed, a certain black car is back in the teacher's parking lot as of tonight, and while he was in a fairly decent mood arriving 'home' from the trip, Giovanni had already noticed a strange air to the place. It seemed charged, like something hung over the faculty and students' heads from a recent happenstance. Not a good ( Read more... )

 [GEOLOGY STUDENTS AND LURKERS and everyone else who watches this derp. HAVE YOUR TEACHER POPPING UP ON THE SCREEN. He looks rather pleased about something or another.]

Class is going to be canceled for the next two weeks, as I'll be out of the city on a research trip. If you have any questions about your assignments or anything else, voice them now ( Read more... )