2002-03-26 ± 10:53 p.m.
must slow down....too much coffee...

so many things rushing through my head. I just finished grading 60 final exams...I had just hit my stride, found a nice rhythm when starfucks (of all places) closed...had to rush home and emulate the situation at my kitchen table.

why was I at the most abhorent of corporate coffee conglomorates (I know that's spelled wrong. deal.)?

because the places I like are not conducive to getting work done. I stayed at Brasil til it was too dark to see the words on the papers and my solar calculator refused to function. I realized that for all it's overplayed jazz classics and mass produced "cafe" ambiance...starfucks is the perfect place to drink crazy-caffinated mochas, zone out and do so tedious grading. that place was brighter than a new set of bulbs in a hex at darque tan.

I've come to realize that my job is only difficult if I choose to make the success of my students a priority.

I have chosen to make the success of my students a priority.

therefore:

my job is difficult.

though I think the PC (do people still practice this?) term would be "challenging"...yeah...getting 60 kids to buck up and learn f'n English is a tad bit challenging. a smidgin if you will.

I can't believe I'm this awake right now.

I will read 100 hundred years of solitude until I confuse myself to sleep...

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