Bob’s Blog

I think all teachers get a manual on their first day of their jobs. It’s called, “How To Be A Prick To Your Students”. Some teachers use this, some don’t. I, for one, cannot wait to get this manual when I start to teach.

My Shakespeare’s England professor decided to send an email out to everyone, explicitly stating that people need to come to class. Just about everyone in class shows up, and what does he do?

Not show up.

This is the second time he’s done this.

Bastard.

I’m in a bit of a funk right now. And, apparently some people have noticed how drained and “defeated” (as Jim puts it) I look. I’ve got a lot on my mind. I’m stressed about school, and next semester. Add issues/problems with friends and no money to this, and I’m really a mess right now.

It’s weird. I hate this semester. 18 hours has been brutal on me. But, I’m not at all looking forward to winter break because it will be spent working. Yes. I will be spending my Christmas Eve, my New Year’s Eve and most likely New Year’s Day working. That’s life though. And, next semester’s classes aren’t going to be something I’ll be enjoying.

Next week will be ferocious. It will be a bad, bad week. And finals week will not be good either. This is a slow week, maybe I’ll use it to try and get a head start on a lot of these final projects and papers due.

Here’s the bright end of nowhere
Here’s the results of all our days
Used to lay on the roof and drink beer
And try and count up all the ways
That you could waste away
Looking back it seemed so simple
But having done it I couldn’t say

The lights are out baby
And I’m a mouse
The lights are out
Baby so hear me out
The lights are out baby
And I’m a mouse

If there is one thing I’ve learned through the past 3-4 years (and 3-4 days), it’s that things will never be the same for me here in Cleveland. It’s hard to lose someone who’s been with you most of your life. Through the good, the bad, and the ugly. Who has had your back through times you should’ve gotten your ass kicked, the times when you just needed someone and they were always there for you, and who gave you some of the best times of your life.

Granted, this has been going on for me on and off ever since I came here to BG. It’s more or less just life and that’s the way it has to be. People come and people go. People drift apart because they are in two very differant points in their life and the things you once had in common have disappeared. I’ve accepted this as an inevitable part of life. But, regardless of this, it’s hard to lose a friend. And it’s even harder when they’re your best.

So, I’m home. And it is extremely nice already. I feel relaxed and stress free. The ride home was a ton of fun also, to say the least.

So what are my plans for break? Not much and I have no real plans set aside from family (although, I would really, really like to catch Walk The Line sometime this weekend). I really don’t want to do anything, to be honest. There is one thing I can assure you though: there will be a mass consumption of food for the next 3-4 days. Turkey, potatos, green beans, and everything else that comes with Thanksgiving. It will be both utterly ridiculous and glorious at the same time.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. What am I thankful for? Everything. I love life right now. And, I sometimes think that we tend to take things for granted. I love my family, and all my friends and I just don’t know what I’d do without them all.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

I’m a big fan of Thanksgiving. Why? It’s just the best holiday ever. If you really think about it, what holiday could possibly top Thanksgiving? Let’s think about this for a moment.

On Thanksgiving Day, it is essentially the laziest day of the year. Nevermind the actual cooking. Your job on Thanksgiving is to eat. And not just eat, but eat as much as you possibly can before your stomache feels like it’s going to explode with Thanksgiving goodness. On top of this, you watch football. You eat, and watch football. All day. How amazing is that? Oh, it gets better my friends. The best part has yet to come.

You nap. Yes. You nap the day away. In fact, it is encouraged that you do so. You eat all that turkey, watch some football, eat some more, sleep, wake up, grab some pie and continue to eat until you fall back asleep.

It’s really mindblowing on how amazing Thanksgiving is. I mean, sure, Christmas is cool. You get to open presents. And yeah, on the 4th of July you get to set off roman candles at your neighbors houses. But, on what other day of the year are you encouraged to eat a digusting amount of food and nap? None.

That’s why Thanksgiving rules.

I head back home on Tuesday night. I’m really looking forward to Thanksgiving and break in general. I need some time away from school, and BG in general. I’m just straight up tired of school at this point.

I also need to go back to the store and try to get my job back, just for winter break. Sigh. It’s stressing me out because there’s a very good chance I will not get any work, and that will just absolutely screw me the hell over.

I miss Cleveland though. As weird as that sounds. I don’t really plan on sticking around after I graduate, seeing as the economy sucks for teachers. I cut my ties with my friends back there, aside from my best friend. I absolutely hate my job. But I miss it. And it’ll always be home, I suppose.

Hi. This is my new home. In case you’ve been wondering, I’ve been “bloggingâ€? for over 4 years now. Yes – doing it BEFORE it was cool.

I thought it would be cool to go to WordPress instead of Livejournal, Myspace, or any other of the stuff out there. LJ is lame, MySpace annoys me, and I can just do more with this. I haven’t figured out anything with this yet, so, bear with me (I think that sidebar is absolutely hideous). But it’ll be fun regardless, because I’m a fun guy.

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Diversity is fun. Without it, we would all be boring.