A few things ( Read more... )

That's from The Draft, a great band made up of most of the members of Hot Water Music ( Read more... )

So, I am now a little more than two full weeks into the job and I have to say: WHOOF. I have never worked this hard before as a teacher. I have three different sections, the average class having 20 kids and there is a lot of lesson planning and homework. Honestly, I have more for me than for them. I up and out of the house each morning by 6:30am. I ( Read more... )

So I have one week down. The first week of teaching in a public high school after teaching for five years in a private catholic one was interesting in more ways than one. There were things that completely caught me by surprise: such as having to say the pledge of allegiance every morning in homeroom. My first day of classes, I am sitting in ( Read more... )

I saw a friend from high school today. The first thing is, I really don't have many friends from high school. As in, I don't talk to anyone from high school, period. High school for me was a gangrenous wound that took a long, long time to heal - that's how bad I hated it, and that hate and fear stagnated in me even longer. There are about a dozen ( Read more... )

First of all - fuck Bob Costas ( Read more... )

Today I had a nice reprieve from camp to attend the first day of orientation for my new school. I was very excited and also scared to death; specifically scared that I wouldn't crap myself. You see, apart from a cajun burger on Friday and bowl of cheerios on Saturday, I can't attribute to what evil has befallen upon my stomach and made my colon Mt ( Read more... )

I am very fond of using song lyrics for headers. so that comes from "Knifeman" by The Bronx's upcoming album. Go to myspace, listen to that shit and love it. Do it now ( Read more... )

I came home tonight and was watching Last Comic Standing, a show that I think is one of the few GOOD reality shows that I never get a chance to follow. The only drawback of the show, is that Bill Belamy is one of the hosts. I hate that guy. He sucked on MTV as a VJ, he sucks as an entertainer, and he sucks even harder as a wannabe standup comedian ( Read more... )

and you just strafed my decks, capsized my engines, and drowned all my poor sailors. I but a wee captain, commanding few good sailors in this sea of assclowns ( Read more... )