I forgot, my iPhone has my "Weather" playlist, filled with songs about storms and rain. Somehow, it's making me more happy, despite the grey weather, that is so not SoCal.

Caffeine-free Midol, man. It's a diuretic and it really helps with menstrual backaches, for me.

I will be trying this next time, thanks!

It's not that I don't like being a girl, but Universe, can I be a guy next time, please? Just for variety?

I half expect her to tattoo (C)(R)(TM) all over her vajayjay next, and then send out a C&D letter to all 3.5 billion women on the planet.)

snerk

Day has taken a turn for the slightly distressing as my sister once more brings her babysitting work home with her and a neighbor decides to rehearse his teen band at volumes loud enough to be heard many yards away through closed doors and windows. *twitch*

I think I'll saddle up the bike and visit a local (plant) nursery.

I half expect her to tattoo (C)(R)(TM) all over her vajayjay next, and then send out a C&D letter to all 3.5 billion women on the planet.)

If I need to replace my laptop it is entirely Sean's fault.

One of my classes was observed today, and I got a fantastic evaluation! The only negative comment was that I could possibly speed up a bit, which was weird, because every single other teaching evaluation I've ever had has told me to slow down. I've been focusing on trying to slow down this year, and maybe I went too far.

Also, it was the class with the iPod people, and I tried your suggestion of announcing "No electronics" at the beginning of class, and it worked! Which was great, because another one of the positive comments on my eval was that the students seemed to all be taking notes and not texting.

I also got a positive comment for addressing my students by name. That one's kind of amusing me -- I have horrible face recall, and it usually takes me much further into the semester to know all my students' names than it takes other instructors, so once I do know someone's name, I make of point of using it every time I address them so that it will stick in my head.

Hah. That's awesome, Hil.

GO HIL!

Woe, I am bereft, because work's IT people must have seen the usage lists, and they added buffistas.org to the filter setup. I can only get onto the board after 5 Mountain Time, when the filters get turned off (probably so the IT people back on Eastern time can play WOW, I bet). Ah, me, they're going to make me work.

Or I can write instead, I suppose.

Or you can try alt.buffistas.net.

Is that the regular board? I went to buffistas.net and saw the test board.

(edit: just had a weird moment of cognitive dissonance/whatever by seeing my name in print)