...like a disease. Truly, I have this image in my mind of this putty like substance coating the nation little by little. This disease called unemployment and layoffs ( Read more... )

Okay, GM, fuck off. I am so tired of hearing you whine and get your way. Oh, poor us, we can't afford out $10 million dollar bonus this year. Wah wah wah ( Read more... )

Okay. So its possible that I over react. I think that the issue is really not so much that I don't have reason to be upset, but that I get overly upset and act in probably inappropriate ways. Its a possibility.

Last night went over to Scotts, the usual drama. Won't bother to get into it here.

Beyond that though, today was a good day. Went to a ( Read more... )

Ok. Now I'm depressed. And easily annoyed by our overly rambunctious neighbors. Really, they have been so fucking rowdy since yesterday. Its pissing me off ( Read more... )

So I teach in an inner city school a couple hours from the border. Needless to say, the vast majority of my students speak spanish. I am learning, picking it up at a decent pace, and at the very least, I know the words I shouldn't hear coming out of their mouth. Today I had to give two referrals to students for cussing in spanish. They have had ( Read more... )

 It's been 10 days, I'm on medication to help curb the cravings, and I still think about it. Not constantly. Not super intensely, but I still think about it. I notice it most when some stressor triggers me. My first reaction is to crave a cigarette. Realizing I can't have that, my brain searches for something else to subdue the feelings with and I ( Read more... )

 This New Years is already exponentially better than last years. 
To 2009.....

So my 7th period is my "Class from hell." I have done everything I can possibly think of to get them in line, nothing works. Today, 2 days before winter break, they are worse than ever. I tried and tried teaching this afternoon and finally got so frustrated I threw up my hands and declared that "I give up!" I wrote a list of things that needed to ( Read more... )

 ...completed a good portion of an online US Constitution course...
...created a kickass home-made 3-D Christmas tree with Zellie ...
...cooked a huge pasta meal for dinner/lunch for a week at school...
...attempted to be a nice girlfriend to Scott because he is sick.

While that may only be 4 things and not look like much, consider that I completed ( Read more... )

Today started off with a bang. I had a 7:30 meeting for one of our students. He has been at an alternative school for 45 days on suspension for behavioral issues. He was allowed to return on a behavior contract, but since then has been a passive-aggressive little shit. He isn't outright disrespectful. He no longer cusses and throws things at ( Read more... )