Project 13

Avoision or is it Evasion?

2008-01-07T22:35:00.000-05:00

I avoid too much stuff.

I also have too much work to do because I avoid too much stuff and therefore never decrease the work I have to do.

I wonder if there is a connection between the two?

Nah.

I should be doing my taxes now. You know, the ones from last April? See, I did do them, but the USPS decided to dip them in water, so I have to redo them.

As I am so good about doing things the first time, this has worked rather well for me. Now there is the bonus that it will be a financial windfall at an unexpected time. Which is totally cool as I'm being sued by an Oil Company.

Now mind you, I have bigger fish to fry than an oil company at the moment, but money is money.

So, a coworker I have just had a baby. It's funny as he was about to buy a house so I scared the hell out of him with my doomsday predictions. It turns out that the benefit of bringing myself to financial ruin is I can prepare this guy to prevent it from happening to him. I'm like Suze Orman post that crippling bankruptcy she never had.

In other news, my daughter has found a taste for the second sweetest of the transition elements. Our government spends much money on pamphlets to scare the hell out of you over such things. Oh, do they make any recommendations? Not really. Just point out the need for special education plans. Thanks, government.

On blogs: is it bad that most of the blogs I read, I read for the purpose of having someone to make fun of? That is like way shallow. Way shallowly awesome. But still.

Nope, still haven't started those taxes.

So, had jury duty today. Turns out I am biased against prosecutors. Or at least I was against one awhile back so I am blacklisted forever. Which is cool as missing a week of school to hear about inappropriate touching of a minor is not on my life's goals list.

I was watching the daily show a few months back (you know, when they had writers) and there was a segment about how Dick Cheney has blocked out the Vice Presidential estate from google maps. I just started work as a security guard and it turns out my site is also blocked from google maps. what makes it stupid is that you can pretty much make out everything anyways. What's that large blurry circle where the natural gas tank used to be? Yup, no idea. Terrorists are stupid.

More later. +/- 6 months later.

P.S. Blogger suggests labels for this post: "e.g. scooters, vacation, fall"

Those are very good ideas.

Miscellany

2007-05-20T00:18:00.000-04:00

What does a clay pot have in common with me?

It had to be fired too!

So, I've been fired. To be honest, it's really really stupid. There is genuinely no good reason to fire me. I care about my students, I do a good job, I am in charge of clubs, I stay for extra help, I am on committees...it's really stupid.

I guess we'll just add this to the list of many many bad things that have happened this year. I am pretty depressing person to talk to, I think. Not that I am "woe is me" and sound like droopy dog, but any life conversation with truth in it probably doesn't exactly inspire anyone.

We have our first open house tomorrow, so I'm staying up late to do much housework. I am working incredibly slowly because it feels like my back will give out at any moment. This is making me very productive.

I like iced tea. A lot.

Denial

2007-04-18T01:16:00.000-04:00

Sometimes I wonder where I'm heading exactly. I feel that I am intelligent, but not intelligent enough in any one thing to be fully successful at it. I learn incredibly fast how to do things, but for some reason never quite get to mastery level. I don't think it's due to laziness per se, I honestly have no idea what the deal is.

I teach a subject (intro level, but still) for three years and can't pass a test on said subject. I can talk physics all day long but can't pass a test on it. Does that make me the opposite of Marilyn Vos Savant? She can pass a test on anything, but can talk all day. The difference? Her you want to punch in the face. I think she's my rival. More another time.

I do the family thing ok, but can't quite get that thing right. I think I'm developing some ostritch mechanism that can't quite be figured out. Now the plus side is I don't feel that I am drowning in sand, though keeping your head under it for this long one ought to really.

So, the future. Quarterlife crisis? Nah, no way I'm making it to 100. Heck, my body going numb on the highway shows that's not happening. I seem to have this ongoing battle with certainty. Not that I have something against life's little mysteries, but it'd be nice to have a good solid foundation. Some bed rock. Even fresh stuff. Pahoehoe would be cool. I like pahoehoe. I digressed again. I guess that's my "thing". That and typos.

Songs of the Moment

2007-04-18T00:55:00.000-04:00

Hey, I'm obsessive compulsive about such things, so here's what's on rotation in my head ALL THE TIME:

Alina Simone - "Saw Edged Grass" (going on like 4 months)
[Stream]
Heather Duby - "Make Me Some Insomnia"
[Click to Stream or Right Click to stick it to the man]
Sarah Shannon - "Can't You See"
[Stream with effort: Music -> Sarah Shannon]
Annette Farrington - "Labyrinth"
[Stream]

Plus side of myspace: music
Minus side of myspace: Eye bleeding layouts See Farrington, Annette.

No need for introductions...

2007-04-18T00:44:00.000-04:00

It's funny. I had all these ideas, but the process of setting this up and typing the wrong password over and over again made them go away. More later, I guess.