Yesterday afternoon, before we leave work, our Assistant Principal makes the following announcement:
All after-school activities are canceled. Please check the website before you call or come in to school tomorrow.
felixnation :: Dec.19.2008 :: Mad Schemes, Odysseys, The Coal Mine, coworkers, wife :: Comments Off
That’s right. It’s that time of year.
Every now and then I order something on the Internet that I don’t have delivered to my two safe zones–work or parents’ house. It’s already bad enough that when a box arrives my dad just asks me if it’s my “little men” of miniature toy soldiers, or that the office staff tells me they got presents for me when they put a box of traded Monsterpocalypse figures in my mailbox. And this time, for some reason, I didn’t want to share the delivery of my Playstation 3.
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felixnation :: Dec.13.2008 :: Addictions, Fortuna, Hermit Cave, Mad Schemes, coworkers, friends, wife :: Comments Off
I have a deadline, and several dead lines.
24 weeks of lesson plans due by Friday, even though I’ve submitted at least 20 of them previously, give or take.
Progress report grades due this week.
Want a new idea for the next week.
Barriers to completion:
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felixnation :: Feb.25.2008 :: Mad Schemes, Odysseys, The Coal Mine, family, wife :: No Comments »
Is a glass that is neither too tall nor too deep, together with a cookie that can be both completely submerged without getting stuck at the bottom.
Hence, I must appropriate the proper permissions to conduct the following experiment:
felixnation :: Aug.08.2007 :: Mad Schemes, wife :: No Comments »
My wife and I rent movies through Netflix. We set a list of movies up in a queue, and they’re mailed out to the house one at a time as we return movies we watch.
I have to set it up to see The Big Lebowski, a guy film that I’ve never seen before.
Why?
Because of Under the Tuscan Sun. Because of death.
Oh, why haven’t I ever seen it before? That movie that’s like a rite of passage for guys?
That, I’ll get to later.
felixnation :: Aug.01.2007 :: Learnin' Stuff, Mad Schemes, friends :: No Comments »
So I say to myself, Self, if only you (I) would post to the blogs before posting to the message boards, I (you) would have fousands and fousands of blog posts instead of the [insert number of blog posts] that you (I) have.
Self replies, Seriously, what kind of name is ‘Self’?
felixnation :: Jul.30.2007 :: Mad Schemes :: No Comments »
I am constantly afraid of running out of anti-perspirant. I don’t know if it’s a fear of sweat, showers, or smell, but the fear exists at the top of my mind.
So the deoderant/anti-perspirant strategy goes something like this:
felixnation :: Jun.24.2007 :: Hermit Cave, Mad Schemes :: No Comments »
Summer for teachers means we get to live.
felixnation :: Jun.17.2007 :: Hermit Cave, Mad Schemes, The Coal Mine :: No Comments »
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felixnation :: Mar.14.2007 :: Addictions, Learnin' Stuff, Mad Schemes, Odysseys, wife :: No Comments »
As if I don’t have enough to do on my to-do list (which includes creating a to-do list), I’ve decided that the stoppage must end. It’s time to fiber things up and loosen the words like…well, you get the idea.
I have a “free” period later today when I might be able to slip in an entry or two. Also, after work, I have to disallow myself from thinking entertaining thoughts or completing personally amusing activities.
So resolution:
Before I have fun, either with myself and others, write something down because that’s fun, too.
felixnation :: Feb.13.2007 :: Mad Schemes, The Coal Mine :: No Comments »