From the monthly archives:

February 2005

MWT?

25 February 2005

middle school is great. the students try really hard to frustrate me. but, if i turn it back on them, they lose, and i garner ‘middle school respect points’. now these points cannot be bartered in the same way as ‘teacher respect points’, which are earned through adult behaviors, oh no. case in point, one [...]

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Don’t Call It A Comeback

25 February 2005

i’ve been here for days, though its homophone is equally descriptive. i had a birthday, bought a house (along with many trappings at the local home depot), administered the sinister TAKS to peevish 13 year-olds, grilled meats, bested a student in physical contest, and kissed a baby for non-political reasons since last i typed. i [...]

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Freakout

18 February 2005

we’re closing on our house today at 10 am. i woke up at 5 unable to sleep, which is absolutely typical for me, but i am having even greater anxiety than usual. egad. oh god. i hope everything goes smoothly. the local news is so so so stupid. so happy to get away from tv [...]

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