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Mostly I am in a state of happyishanxhaustion; this six-day schedule (5 days + school), with once a month 13-days (when I teach for a whole weekend) has got me pretty winded. Luckily, our class was basically BROKEN by our fall semester and so our teachers are taking it a bit easy this semester. I also (not quite what I expected) seem to have a ( Read more... )

I have been trying to think about whether or not a person has the capacity to say if a year is a 'good year' or a 'bad year'. I mean, certainly some awful things happened to me this year. And because they were 'unique' awful things, there's this sense of, "Oh, 2013 was a really bad year!" And while I know that in one definition, that's true. But ( Read more... )

So my surgery went off pretty much without a hitch ( Read more... )

Such strange days ( Read more... )

Oh universe ( Read more... )

Oy, lots going on. Generally good, though I am working to shift some hours around because I realized that I have two days where I'm scheduled from 9am to 9pm and have something like four hours on the subway. I think I can switch things around a little bit but it interesting to see what I get 'stuck' on -- I'd basically be cancelling one of my ( Read more... )

A12 and I went to See "Fun Home," the musical at the Public Theatre that is based upon Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir of her relationship with her father, and how that relationship is related to her coming out as a lesbian. It's a beautiful story, and I was a little uncertain how it would work on the stage: the book itself is beautiful and ( Read more... )

Fussy: Wait, are you 12 or are you 13 already?

Niece: I'm twelve.

Fussy: And what grade are you going into?

Niece: Seventh.

Fussy: How did that happen!? Sheesh. Though I'm going back to school too.

Niece: What grade are you going into?

( a considerable pause)

Fussy: 23rd Grade*

Niece: (a look ( Read more... )

( This post trigger-y for suicide )