Crushed by the weight of Responsibility and other stuff...

I had no idea how taxing it would be to work two jobs (teaching and then twenty hours a week programming) as well as attending classes at school and then giving a reading last week.  It seems that when I get home, all I want to do is catch a two hour nap, then work at grading papers, writing, critiquing fiction from my workshop and THEN going out with friends if I have time.

Then there's also the fact that I recently purchased a domain name and am working on setting it up so it might be worth a few thousand in about 6 months or so...

I got the idea from my boss who owns 50 different domain names and who make s killing off of most of them.  I'd rather not reveal the names here (Google search = employee blogging about work, etc) but from what I've seen, it's not hard to turn a $25 investment into $8,000 within a few months time.

So please, go to my BETA site for discussing LOST TV show type stuff and sign up.  If you post enough and we are in touch, count on a dinner from me.  Or at least drinks.

http://www.lostforums.tv/forums/

And onto other stuff.  I recently won $200 playing Keno and another $150 playing scratch off tickets.  And no, I don't do that crap often.  It was good to get a bit of money, especially since my rent was due and all kinds of weird shit has been going down in my building recently.

My piano composing neighbor was finally evicted from his apartment after spending 4 months in the mental hospital.  He is now being deported to Argentina.  This sucks.  Another neighbor of mine has gone mental over the fact this has happened and seems ready to join him in the psych ward.  Me?  I'm looking for a new place to live.

Can't wait to move outta this place to be honest.

I gave a poetry reading on Friday on campus and I was shocked at how well it went.  One of my friends told me it was the best poetry reading she's ever been to.  Gotta love friends for the ego building eh?  But seriously, it did go rather well.

Other than that, I've been learning how to play pool really well with the local pool shark who has also become a friend of sorts.  He is a Gulf War vet and our politics differ, yet we have a good time debating things a lot.  And I joined a local pool league....  Hmmm...amazing what boredom will drive me to.

Tomorrow, my fiction workshop is critiquing my story. The first one I've written in 14 yrs!  So I'm nervous.  But mainly, I'm doing well.  I may get my mitts on a recording of my reading and for those with nothing else to do in their lives, I'll put a link up here so you can listen, if you are really that interested.  Let's face it though, few Americans are interested in poetry.  A fact I've come to accept.

My class is doing well.  Except for the fact that I OVERSLEPT today and didn't make it in.  So I called a fellow colleague and told her how I'd overslept.  She recommended I make up some bullshit story about how I was on my into class and hit a dog.  But the dog lives because I play hero and take it to the vet.  So I actually DID this.  And yes, I felt guilty.  But it worked.  All the females in my class had total sympathy whereas the guys didn't really care except that got out of having to go to class today.

Basically, I'm as bad as my students.  Oh well.  Do any of you have excuses for oversleeping you are proud of?  Well, share 'em here!!!  It'll make me feel better!!!!

Comments

[Chris L]

I'd love to hear the audio recording...

c (one of the few Americans-- or any other nationality)

[bolt]

yeah, me too.

[Dave]

No joy on the losttv link.

[Oedipa]

thanks Dave!!!! The link is now fixed!