My cat is asleep on the sofa right behind my shoulders and he's snoring. It's the cutest sound ever. It's a wee snore.

t hearts Aimee

Timelies, all. Re: parents in school. Not only did my mother teach at my junior high, I had her for 7th grade math. Which, though it sounds horrifying, was really okay. I was wildly unpopular and mostly ignored or scorned, and it was nice having someone who loved me close by if I was having a particularly crappy day. I can't even imagine how difficult it must have been for her to see me that unhappy for three years.

My car got towed yesterday! Because apparently I was blocking someone's driveway! It cost me a lot of money and made me sad!

I'll post a more detailed account in LJ eventually, but I wanted to tell you guys.

Oh, poor P-C.

I wouldn't have thought that math could be non-secular. I mean, it's numbers. What was the non-secular version?

I've seen some stuff about this. Most of the "Christian" objections to "secular" math seem to be around abstract algebra and set theory. Pretty much, those fields will let you do things like define a set of objects, define operations of "multiplication" and "addition" on them, which have to obey certain basic rules, and then you've got what's called a ring, and there's all kinds of neat stuff that happens there. The problem they have there is that this implies that the system of numbers we use is just one of an infinite number of possible ones. That there's nothing "divine" about how we do addition and multiplication -- you don't need to base the system on actual physical things in G-d's world in order for it to work.

And while all this stuff is first dealt with explicitly in undergrad courses (generally one of the first courses that a math major will take after calculus), it filters down in various forms into most math curriculums for younger kids.

Oh, poor P-C.

It gets better: my friend's stuff was in the car, and she left it in there before going back to class. Also, my BFF and I had made plans to go to the Exploratorium, which were then foiled, but we instead went and explored the North Bay a bit, and she enjoyed herself anyway.

You'll love the Exploratorium, P-C. I did.

And sorry about the towage. S and I have both had to deal with that, though not recently (thank Dog).

My car got towed yesterday! Because apparently I was blocking someone's driveway! It cost me a lot of money and made me sad!

That sucks. We had our car towed once because they went and posted signs after we'd parked it that all the cars on our street had to be moved before a marathon. But it was between street sweeping days and we didn't need the car so there was no reason to go look at the change in signs.

They really rack up the money by charging you hundreds and hundreds to store the car at the lot. As it was, we had to wait two days to get our paychecks to get it out and that cost us about $250 extra. Also, the lot was way the fuck out in nowheresville and very difficult to get to.

{{P-C}} Having the car not there is a totally sucky experience.

Hee Aimee! I ventured into a BMW dealership once to test drive their minivan thing. The attitude of the salesperson pissed me off so much I wouldn't have purchased from him if he gave me the vehicle for half price. No I did not feel it was a privilege for him to allow me to buy a car.

Boggled at the notion of Kristin being wildly unpopular and mostly ignored or scorned. It is probably a good thing that I have almost no recollection of my teen years. I'll just create a happy memory in those empty braincells.

Hey Sean, are you still around? How is your mom doing?