Grading -- and the nighttime lighting of my living room -- sucks ( Read more... )

Mom showed this to me a while ago, but thought I'd post it anyway, because I rediscovered it and it's still pretty durn funny.



So...since it's been a while since an actual, legitimate post, I thought I'd summarize with a bulleted list:

• I have fully recovered from the Alien Egg Removal Surgery. I have a ( Read more... )

A day late, but...Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! :)

...I now need to prepare for a second day of fun, family, and food. Nom nom nom!

High school was a rough time for me. My self-esteem was nil and I spent most nights in my room trying to get my homework done perfectly all the while fending off fits of anxiety and one hell of a voice in my head. Its favorite jeer was that no matter how hard I tried, nobody ever noticed me -- at home, at school, at church. If I died, he said, ( Read more... )

After a year's hiatus, No Rest for the Wicked updated again today! :D ( Read more... )

I posted this on Facebook a week or so ago and watched it again today. It's still making me crack up, so I figured what the hey -- I'll share it here, too haha :)

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The days are mashing into each other and time is playing tricks with me. Things that happened a week ago feel like they were months ago and yet emails I feel I've only just gotten were ( Read more... )

Student: Are you teaching [such 'n so math class] next semester?

Me: Yup!

Student: Oh good! I'll have to look for your section and sign up for it.

This is the lift I've been needing all week :D

Dziadziu's surgery will be on Wednesday ( Read more... )

...that song is stuck in my head. Runnin' on empty ( Read more... )

There's an old Peanuts cartoon in which Linus sits by the side of the road, eating animal crackers. Snoopy walks by, observes the scene, and shudders, saying, "He's eating animal crackers! And...and...smiling!"

I gave a test today and wished students a good day on their way out. Somehow, it made me feel a little like Linus...;P