Box of Whine

• Sundays shouldn’t be jam-packed with things to do… I think I’ll ignore it for a little while more
• Sunday is yelling in my ear, I couldn’t ignore it at all
• Unmotivated in the face of needed action. Passive-aggressive resistance.
• 40 minutes into the day and the outlook is already bleak.
• Scratch that previous ‘bleak’ comment, I guess you can’t judge a day by its morning.
• Can your personality feel numb? Because, I think mine is today.
• I hear you knockin’… but you can’t come in…
• Everyone is posting a doppelganger… yet, I don’t want to post a picture of Penn Jillette
• How come students only listen when I say the opposite of what I meant?
• Panang or Red Curry tonight?
• Bills and taxes make me feel anxious and dirty.
• How apt: Bills and taxes before bed; dreams of mass terrorism all night
• Some days aren’t counted by minutes and hours, but rather words and silence
• Today was why teaching isn’t a singularity: You’re a counselor, cheerleader, enforcer, listener, and adviser… and then you get to teach
• The correlation between cordial and cantankerous can merely be a couple of centimeters wide
• Keep on moving, nothing to see here.
• I went out to find myself and all I could find was where I had just been
• Everything happens for a raisin.
• Watching Duck basketball is like watching someone mug themselves.

During my prep today, I took my usual walk down to the office to check my box for anything of significance.  Inside my box was the January 28th edition of Duck’s Illustrated Magazine, held open to an article about the Oregon’s  Women’s basketball team losing four games in a row .  At first, I was slightly baffled.  I’m not a huge fan of basketball, I’ve have  been known to play a little basketball or even go to a basketball game or two, but not overly interested enough to read an article about it… at least until I read the byline.

One of my students, Kyle, who had graduated last year, was the author of the article.  I poured over the article and then passed it around to the different teachers that I know had stock in Kyle.  The article received a lot of excited reactions, from me especially.  In no way am I saying I played any part in his good writing or getting to  see him working in the field he has always aimed for–I’m merely proud enough to say, “Hey, I know that guy!”

• Chris It’s gray and raining outside–a good reason for 30 miles of bike trails.
• Chris Can’t feel my extremities, crusted in mud, and both thighs are cramping no matter how I am situated = a great bike ride
• Chris Consoling Jess, her Vikings aren’t going to the Super Bowl.
• Chris A kid actually pulled out an old school gameboy and tried to play it instead of reading. I’m not sure which part of that surprises me more.
• Chris Hopefully in 45 minutes we’ll get to see whether our district is making drastic cuts or just cuts. Seriously, dude.
• Chris Early results on 66 & 67: Both are passing… these are early though…
• Chris 2 Portland TV stations are calling the election: Both passing will pass.
• Chris Almost 80% in on 66 and 67: Lane County has yet to be delivered.
• Chris Interesting: the YES campaign is at a McMennimans, where as the NO campaign is at a Phoenix Inn.
• Chris Oregonian predicting that 66 & 67 will pass.
• Chris 66 & 67: 75% of votes in, Yes is holding.
• Chris Done keeping up with coverage tonight… I guess I can sleep a little easier…
• Chris wonders if robotic kangaroos dream of electric wallabies.
• Chris Steaks, potatoes, and a bottle of Australian wine… why, hello Wednesday, stay and chat for a while.
• Chris Alright Wednesday, you chatty ne’er-do-well, get out… my head is hittin’ the pillow and you’ve worn out your welcome
• Chris My hallway smells like Gary’s.
• Chris “I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.” -J.D. Salinger.
• Chris Do you ever have a really obvious epiphany over something obscenely trivial that everyone else probably had years ago, and yet, you in your denseness never caught on until nearly half a decade later when there was no significance or reason for having said epiphany? Yeah, me neither.
• Chris It’s a groan-athon at Mac Court where no pass stays in bound except to the other team.

• It easiest to choke on words, especially when they are someone else’s
• Chris is running for the hills.
• I’ve grabbed life by the horns, unfortunately, it turned out to be a goat.
• Still cramping from yesterday’s run… It’s just my body being passive aggressive.
• Ran ragged through their rigid requests and rambling, unreasonable requiems.
• Gut pain: still ever-present, even after a day of nothing in particular.
• Completely full from homemade Red Curry Chicken with Rice Noodles.
• Yes, but how many dog-light-years is that away from Earth?
• …the day that keeps on giving… and not in the good way.
• The trouble with days like this is that eventually perspective sneaks up on me and rubs it in my face to not whine. Such a bully.
• We go together like keys and parrots.
• There are days that bash you over the head, poke fun at all of your inadequacies and then boxes your ears for listening for too long.
• It is awlays nice to look through the Woodburn Independent and see someone who i went to 1st garde with arrested for Meth
• Coffee press, you’re my new best friend.
• Blue wizard needs food badly. Blue wizard is about to die.
• Melbourne to Bangkok: BOOKED!
• Finally made it to a winter formal… 10 years after the fact.
• Since when did they invent the 6 way grind?
• Now it’s “insane in the membrane”… Hello, eighth grade year all over again?
• I’m surprised this generations knows all the words to “i like big butts”… A timeless classic apparently.