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[insular_tahiti]

(1) i sucked it up and bought a guitar: an epiphone les paul, with amp and corresponding attachments. if i am going to have 14 months to myself doing nothing, i might as well take up an instrument and play shellac songs or something like that

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[shoukinkasegi]

Not for nothing, but Global trumps Wüsthof.

[insular_tahiti]

i don't know, really. there's not much difference between the two, but wüsthof guarantees their knives for life. but anyway, i love my 8" knife.

[knowthewords]

Hey, I dig the guitar choice. Maybe you can learn to play some Nickelback covers.

As for your other "issues", I'd suggest narcotics.

[insular_tahiti]

or...not. i'm not going to spend money on a guitar to play nickelback songs. i might as well get another amp and try to remake metal machine music.

and as boring as augusta is, maybe narcotics would take away the boredom. but i have legal prescriptions for xanax, klonopin, ativan, and ambien, so i could have quite a party with those.

[knowthewords]

Yeah. Ambien is great as soon as you start to fight the need to sleep.

[michaelpop]

Good call on getting a guitar. You should be a total pro by the time your convalescence is through.

Re: 7: I don't know, that's a tough one. I mean, I hear where you're coming from, but at the same time, your friend makes a good point too. Let me re-watch Dangerous Minds and get back to you.

[insular_tahiti]

the only problem is the guitar is on backorder, and i won't receive it for at least 2 (and maybe 4) weeks. son of a bitch. because i can't drive for another month, i'm pretty screwed.

(7) is kind of a tough question. i know plenty of teachers in the baltimore city school system (including one teacher who was teaching the exact same students i was teaching at my school), and he dressed in suits and stuff too (he was my age, too; the only difference was that he was white). but i maintain that every job like that requires some kind of formality or professional attire. i enforce that point pretty steadily; even if you're not a good teacher, you at least have to seem like you have you shit together. a lot of teachers are kind of lax about attire, admittedly, but if you're teaching in the ghetto and you're trying to get into college or even a higher-paying job (McJobs aside), you don't wear a pair of jncos (do they even make those anymore? wtf?) and a fubu jersey to your job interview: you wear a suit.