i had my second meeting of composition today. i have one english major. everybody else falls into business, accounting, some sort of social science, or criminal justice. at first i was feeling a little uncomfortable working with students in fields i have only a little knowledge in. the most important thing i've learned and worked on in the past ( Read more... )

i am no longer an employee of the Becket Family of Services ( Read more... )

a brief list of things on seth's desk at work that are ostensibly, to me anyway, not necessary for working ( Read more... )

a brief list of things that have changed about me since the last time i posted ( Read more... )

i like watching the cats when ella is asleep, and bernie, in all his boredom, goes up and bops her on the head as if to say, "come play with me you lazy bitch ( Read more... )

i just got back from a hike up rattlesnake with seth. as is to be exptected with october hikes in holderness, it was inexpicably breathtaking. being up there reminds me how much i love hiking, and how i wish i did it more. granted rattlesnake is only a couple thousand feet, it's enough of a workout for me to really enjoy it and feel good, and the ( Read more... )

let me give you a sense of what kind of teacher i am. today, at work, i taught a bunch of sex offenders, drug addicts, drug dealers, and fire setters how to scare the crap out of someone ( Read more... )

i just finished reading an essay from one of my students. damn, this kid can make words come alive. thinking back to my first semester and how much i've grown since then...if this kid grows as a writer even half as much he'll probably start a new genre.

it took almost seven hours today for me to realize that i was wearing four shirts for no good reason, and that was why i was so hot

dear samuel adams ( Read more... )