Meara:
1. Ed Burns, Vietnam vet, and former Homicide detective, was the teacher(After that, a lot of guys sell water softeners, you know? Burns taught middle school in West Baltimore...there is a man doesn't like to coast. But I bet he never thought "TV writer" was gonna be on that list. That's why he's a hero.) The first sentence Simon ever said to him upon looking at his weighty library books was "Tell the truth, you're not really a cop, are you?"
2. Yeah, I know about D.C. Noir and I also know Corwood does not resemble Prop Joe, except for the occasional urge I get to bring someone flowers after we talk.(Y'all that got that know I could have gone in a very crude direction with that paraphrase!)
3. Buffistas should all be "Wire" fans because it is arc-tastic and has 87000 details to quibble over. And funny dialogue. And all that "Lie to Me" moral ambiguous thing. And lots of skin. And social conscience.
4.Kat P. sounds like your friend's experience will be well-represented. Simon likes carrots, and stories that are sad and encouraging together, and last year I told him what HSQ was. Very proud moment(for me...he wouldn't remember it.)
5. I hope we do meet, Gus.
GUESS WHO GETS TO TAKE THE BROWN BELT TEST????
No, idjit, ME.
I can't fight, I can't have a proper full nelson put on, I can't be thrown, and I need to wear headgear for any stick defenses. I'm sad about the first, appalled by the dorkiness fo the last, and pretty much A-OK with the middle two.
But the important thing, pass or fail--I get to try.
Take that, PT!
What's the best way to ease digestion of a too large meal? I almost never overeat, so I'm not sure how that works. Lie down?
Lie down is good. I also drink fizzy water. It's counter intuitive to put more stuff down there, but it actually makes everything move through the system more quickly so it relieves the belly pressure.
I can't fight, I can't have a proper full nelson put on, I can't be thrown, and I need to wear headgear for any stick defenses. I'm sad about the first, appalled by the dorkiness fo the last, and pretty much A-OK with the middle two.
That all seems reasonable and good. Congratulations! You're allowed to kick
other
people in the head all you want, right?
Yay, ita!
Kat, what courses are you teaching/facilitating? Are you liking your program?
And Ireland sounds fabulous. DH and I are going to London for his birthday the Feb. 20 weekend. We fully recognize that the weather may be shit, but as we've never been to London before, we intend to have a blast.
erika, sadly I've no doubt that whatever happens in The Wire this season will pale in comparison to the real life craziness in most large urban school districts today.
Edited because I can spell sometimes and fully is not the only adjective I know
But the important thing, pass or fail--I get to try.
Great news! Well mostly great but I am going to focus on the rightness of
t points up
this.
That's why you always get the blank-inside get-well card that your friends have to write in "I'm Sorry You Can't Kick Somebody In the Head Right Now..."
Although I often feel that way without the skills to back it up.
Kat, yeah, probably they're gonna do the composite thing. But they will be true-to-life composites. And probably if it is like the other seasons, teachers will love it, principals less so, and some superintendent will flip his shit all over the Sun for my fellow fiends and me to read.(The Wire has an authority problem...the brass hates it. Whichever brass. But since our family motto would be "I Fight Authority and Authority Always Wins." this is kind of a draw.) Balmer needs the $1,000,000,000 that every season pumps in though so the city can't complain too much.
YAY! London will be excellent fun! We're going to London for 2 days before we go to Ireland, as a matter of fact.
I'm facilitating a 6-meeting class on pop culture in the classroom and I'm teaching (though I got called director by the project director today so who knows) a class on composition and writing methodology.
ita, good luck!
Oooh. I would love to take your class on pop culture in the classroom.
Does it feel the same to teach on the university level? I mean, do you approach your planning and implementation the same way? I don't know if I'm asking what I'm trying to ask very well. Shoot.
