Say, I've been wondering lately, because it's getting to be close to that time of year, but I haven't heard those magical words I long to hear - REDLANDS ROCKING RAMADAN. Is it happening this year? It's so cool to have a tradition. It's like the first readl vacation of the school year that I get, and I really want to blow off some steam with the REDs. Anyway, I hope we're still planning on it. You know I'm down. We should do it someplace with a hot tub. I love it when the REDs drink in the pool.

By the way, don't see The Grudge. I couldn't sleep in silence for three nights after I saw that movie. Seriously freaked me out. The ghosts are just so creepy. I still can't look at the movie poster without getting chills. Yeah, I'm a pussy, so what?

BTW, I'm working on designing a page for the REDs to keep in contact, sort of like a bulletin board, but using blogger's software. However, I'm by no means a web designer, so it always comes out looking a little like... well, shit. Here's a small example. I'm working on a way to make it go across the whole page. Whatever.

posted by MAtt D. at 5:05 PM

 
My students had to look for words they don't know in their reading and do a worksheet on it... well, just read on -

philosophy: a speculative inquiry concerning the source and nature of human knowledge.
part of speech: noun
synonym: smart
antonym: dumb

Having spent so much time around students of philosophy, that reductio struck me as really funny. Oh, you silly vatos.
posted by MAtt D. at 1:48 PM

 
Went to a country concert this weekend. Bought a cowboy hat. I shoulda been cowboy.

Lovin' it. Anyway, not much else is happening. Alli was out of towne this weekend, so the boys and I had a time. The Amazing Abenicio! even slept on my couch. I swear to God, I squeeze more livin' into my weekends than ever before. Up til 3AM on both Friday and Saturday, and I am paying for it come Monday, but at least I'm making the most of my free time. Getting eager to see the Reds. Also curious about Jew. Haven't seen him since he wrecked his ride. These short, fragmented, Hemingway-esque sentences? That's how my brain operates when I'm this dead tired. I'm Audi 5000, G.

posted by MAtt D. at 4:43 PM

 
Howdy-ho. I'm tired. I'm ALWAYS tired these days. I wake up every morning at 5:15 and show up at school by 6:30. School begins at 7:45. I'm there an hour and a quarter early every day. Well, every day except last Friday, when I woke up at 8:30. That wasn't fun, not at all. I think I turned my alarm off or forgot to turn it on, subconciously. I will get used to this, eventually. I swear I'm supposed to be used to waking up early already. But I guess I'm still not ready to give up the ghost.

I gotta be honest, there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about quitting teaching to enjoy being a young person. I'm not even technically a "twentysomething" yet, I'm still considered "early twenties." I guess this is a shock all young people must go through when at last they must join the rat race/real world/working wounded, yada yada... the shock of transitioning from COLLEGE STUDENT - RAWK ONNNNN! COLLLEGE!! to ...working professional. It ain't an easy thing to deal with, that I know for sure. But the problem is at this point, I don't know what I could potentially do other than teaching. The only other kind of job I'd want would be something manual and outdoors. Working with my hands, creating a physical difference. Building houses, digging trenches, cleaning up the rubble of the offices of a tech company after a fire set by a deranged ex-employee, that kind of thing. All I know is if teaching doesn't start to get any easier, I'm going to put arsenic in the guacamole.

posted by MAtt D. at 10:20 PM

 
I'm blogging just to keep up with it. Life is okay... grades are due monday by 10AM, ao it's a crunch to get all this shit taken care of... Paying close attention to the political situation these days. I think it's way cool that everyone's getting interested. It's a very important election. I didn't vote in the Bush/Gore election and I've regretted that for four years. (Not that it would have made a difference since CA was already for Gore and it's the electoral votes that count, not the popular.) Still not voting is not an option. Not voting this time around is tantamount to voting for Bush. Even if you're one of these "fuck the world, the government, and everything" people, this election will affect you so vote. Didn't anybody watch SLC Punk? Basically, if you're between the ages of 18 and 30 and you like where you are and would prefer not to be drafted, vote Kerry. All I can hope for is two more debates like the one on the 30th. Dem Domination.

This weekend Alli and I celebrate our 4 year anniversary. WHAT THE HELL? Four years have never gone by so quickly in my life. How did a person manage to put up with my bizarre neuroses for four fucking years? How did I manage to finally date a woman without psychotic tendencies? (Albeit, there was Heather, but she didn't have any tendencies.*yawn*) I still can't believe she hasn't run screaming for the hills after meeting my family. I mean, we're nice people, but our history ain't the most normal, especially compared to the white picket fence quality of her family life. (By the way, my dad's getting married again... This marks the 3rd marriage. Ross from "Friends" was married 3 times. My life is a sitcom. Cool.) Back to the subject at hand - Alli and I have been together for 4 years as of October 4th. I'm pretty sure this marks my decision. After 4 years anywhere, you usually graduate to the next level.

posted by MAtt D. at 2:03 PM