Man, this whole having to eat several times a day is a drag. I have no food (except moldy blueberries left over from before we left for CT) and no desire to go out and seek food. This is another example of why I need a house elf.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Pix - Jul 24, 2008 6:46:54 pm PDT #8497 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Barb - Jul 24, 2008 6:47:36 pm PDT #8498 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Drew, that sucks donkey balls, that it's something you have to deal with and hats off to you, for having the grace to understand where they're coming from.
IO totally unrelated N, I'm giggling madly over Geoff and Naughty Librarians.
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2008 6:50:17 pm PDT #8499 of 10001
brillig
I was expecting a Billy IdLOL.
Too bad I don't have good enough quality pics for that.
Strix - Jul 24, 2008 6:55:51 pm PDT #8500 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And I am off to sleep. I have to go and help a former student get a ride to a place she desperately needs to be tomorrow early am.
SuperUnemployedTeacher rides to the rescue! Whee! Past angry protestors! Fun.
But sadly necessary.
Pix - Jul 24, 2008 6:56:51 pm PDT #8501 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Erin, you are a wonderful person and a wonderful teacher. I'm so sorry that you haven't found a new job yet.
If you have any interest in moving to Cali, I have a good private school placement agency to hook you up with...(Or you could totally go public schools--I just don't have contacts in SoCal there. I have a lot in CT, but that probably won't help you.)
amych - Jul 24, 2008 6:58:30 pm PDT #8502 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
{{{{Erin}}}} and {{{{student}}}}. You're amazing, babe. And very, very appreciated.
Strix - Jul 24, 2008 7:02:15 pm PDT #8503 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Aw, thanks guys! If it weren't so scarily close to the beginning of the school year, I might be asking for some mo fo, mofos!
ChiKat - Jul 24, 2008 7:04:48 pm PDT #8504 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
{{Drew}} I am sorry for all the shitty you are having to deal with.
Erin, you are a wonderful person and a wonderful teacher. I'm so sorry that you haven't found a new job yet.
Could not be said enough.
Buffista Academy!!!!! I SO want to teach there!!!!! I foresee that this may be my last year at my current job. According to the new contract, our contact minutes will be going up to 1550/week next year and that will NOT include any safety/security minutes we're required to put in like outdoor duty, hallway duty, etc. That means that, in all likelihood, I will be teaching 7 classes and 1 advisory with one plan/lunch period. I currently teach 6, have 1 advisory, and one plan period and one 30 minute lunch. I cannot imagine taking on another classload along with my extracurricular responsibilities. I would be dead dead dead by spring break. My current schedule is too much a lot of the time.
Pix - Jul 24, 2008 7:17:01 pm PDT #8505 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
ChiKat, that's insane. This has to stop. They can't keep treating public school teachers like this or everyone is going to jump ship like I did.
In totally unrelated news, I've been watching a fascinating series on VH1 about the sexual revolution in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Every now and then I'm reminded how lucky we are in the US to have the freedoms we do and how hard people fought for them. They were just talking about Bill Baird, who traveled from poor area to poor area teaching about birth control to people with no access to sex education. He founded the pro-choice league after watching a girl die from an illegal abortion.
NoiseDesign - Jul 24, 2008 7:21:51 pm PDT #8506 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I could never be a full time attendant or CNA, I just don't have it in me. There is a CNA here helping with Mom right now and I'm helping out too and just...I couldn't do it full time, I can barely do it for this.