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my coffee with a consolation sigh
There were two moons again that night, both two days past full. Aomame had a glass of brandy in one hand as she stared at the pair of moons, big and small, as if at an unsolvable puzzle. The more she looked, the more enigmatic the combination felt to her. If only she could ask the moon directly, "How did you suddenly come by this little ( Read more... ) -
The children you don't wanna raise.
It has reached the point at which looking at work causes physical discomfort. I do not know what to do about this, so I will do the work anyway?
Today:
- finish marking up my copy of The Outsiders and start developing an actual unit plan for the little sucker ( Read more... ) -
Thinking 'bout mahself.
Accepted into Mason's MFA in fiction. Yay ( Read more... ) -
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Jeeesusss...
I feel like shit. Scraped on a sidewalk. And rained on.
Listening to Gaslight Anthem on repeat like it's my drug because hey, it kind of is and I have no idea how I became this nasty, hypocritical person who cares about all the wrong people way too much. And all this doesn't really even get into it, but the cat is asleep on my ( Read more... ) -
No time for heavy boots.
As expected, CTY has kept me too busy to think.
It didn't quite register what program I was working for until today. Prior to today, it's been like, "Oh, yeah, well, gifted kids come here and their parents pay craploads of money for them to do so."
Today it was basically mind-numbing. These kids come from elitist private schools all around, ( Read more... ) -
Skip over this one.
THERE ARE DAYS, LET ME TELL YOU ( Read more... ) -
Because all I ever do is talk about work anymore.
ms. wright ( Read more... ) -
Shaky, shaky.
SO. Long-term subbing is something else. Suddenly I have things to grade, lessons to plan, strategies to make, and I'm quickly realizing that nobody cares about my little accomplishments but me. Well, me and other teachers, like the lady I'm subbing for 'til the end of March. It's hard to explain, though, how satisfying it is to have your plan ( Read more... ) -
The Mississippi on her knees
I am struck by the sudden urge to plan a cross country trip ( Read more... ) -
Ba da buh, ba da buh buh-duh.
Bad night of phone arguments and general ANGSTOnly thing that can make it better ( Read more... )