chatter from the Library Monkey

Just to whine

I’m all itchy from passing out water at the bike race yesterday. I guess I am okay with being alone and in the middle of the woods, but it was interesting to: a) drive back and see no one had picked up the empty waterbottles AND b) a bunch of students from my school just hanging out at the finish line. Maybe they weren’t volunteering, but if they were, they didn’t look like they were doing much

Now that I think about it I am a little more annoyed. Mostly because I had to do a lot of running around to pass out the water (and to pick up my area), which really aggravated my plantar fasciitis.

The Tigers continue to win, six straight and eight of 10. Amazingly they are only five games from being .500 and six games from first place.

I made a quick trip home on Friday, did a load of laundry — finished up my laundry at the dog sitting — and mowed the grass.

Seven and a half days of school left and after Tuesday only five days with the k-5. I was amused by all the students who I would classified as — bad students — who came up to the retiring teacher and making comments on how she will miss them. She did well to keep a straight face.

Having credit card trouble. I think the bill got lost because of forwarding mail. I need to clean that up with the post office tomorrow. The card company kind of annoyed me. They have this new rule that you have to have a password. I couldn’t remember it. The woman told me until I fixed that I couldn’t use my card. I couldn’t get her to get it through her head that I was calling because I couldn’t use my card ALREADY. That was the reason I was calling! Ironically I am in the process of getting a credit card from my credit union that has an interest rate at about 40% of the current one.

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crushing

i just sat down and I miss the internet. Maybe beer and pizza will help me to forget. Or maybe not.

I thought my drive would wake me up.

It’s the second time I’ve been in the home town in about a month and the second time I ran into the young woman from my plays. She was just a kid when we started, now I think she is in her 20’s maybe not, but her friend was buying beer. Said woman has a reputation of drinking too much, so I am not sure if I should be judgmental or not

after all she might be like me, drank one beer opened the second and fell asleep. She probably didn’t eat too much pizza though.

Up early and thinking too much. I decided that the kayak I loaded in my truck was not needed, so I took it out and in the process broke a porch window… Yet another summer project. I took the pizza box and kind of blocked the window…I just can’t get get that white trash look down.

The Tigers won the fourth in a row last night, pretty cool. It would be a turning point if they could win again tonight.

My back is kind of sore, from sleeping on the floor and hauling stuff around — and the long drive probably didn’t help. The fact I am running around handing out water will likely be difficult as well.

This is the first time I have handing out water when the racers are going towards my school town. I think it has worked out that this is the third time I have done it — first even year.

I changed the insoles in my shoes because my plantar fisticus is really flaring up. I never think that I could wear those things out, but when I compared them to another set they looked kind of beat.

During my year end review two weeks ago, my principal said I was doing ‘outstanding.’ If only I felt that way. I think I feel that way because of the inability to motivate my high school staff and the main teacher I work with in the middle school is retiring.

We had a rally for the retiring teacher and so many things were clear. First ’star’ did not get up and say anything the other English teacher who has worked with the retiring teacher and she wouldn’t say anything. The social studies teacher got up and mumbled about how she was someone he looked to as an example of how to teach. I took an unhumble delight in the fact that I was the only one who was asked for a copy of what I said. This might have been because I was the only one that had a piece of paper in my hand when I spoke.

During my yearend review, the principal said the only I could do was maybe present at conferences. I so wanted to say: “To be a presenter you really need to have a staff that will work with you so you can have good practices to use as a presentation.

A fellow SLMS who went to U@B presented at the last conference — Poetry Slams. I am sure he does an okay job, but he has several staff members who help him out. That actually do encouraging things — like bonus points. I asked the high school staff it would be possible to give out bonus points for returning books (at the end of the quarters). The response was as if I asked for a bare midriff day (for either the students or teachers — some of the teachers have a lot of midriff to bare).

• I am grateful for broccoli prizza
• I am grateful for a multi-game win streak by the Tigers
• I am grateful for the ability to write a good speech

I could learn to be lazy

Taking a break from motownsports — mainly because I am annoyed. There are about five guys there who whine and whine. The great irony of it all was one of the big whiners created a thread on Brandon Inge. Then he follows it up to call him a whiner. Basically a conversation with himself and all the Inge haters. .Which is kind of common. Every three days there is a new Brandon Inge thread so people who don’t like him can whine. This one was rally annoying because four-five guys whining about how Inge is a whiner was a bit too ironic.

That thread is too expected, but the ongoing whiners started complaining about my gifs. And there probably is a rationale for me to stop the gifs, well except for the fact that the whiners tend exploit hyperbole. I probably have a gif in 30 percent of my posts, the complainers present it as if it was 70 percent.

I think I need a break, not just because of the criticism of me, but the general negative. Yes I am whining here, so there is some irony — that I am not missing. I wonder why people who see the glass half empty always seem to be the most noticed. I know some of it is because it is easier to complain than compliment. (using my gifs — the people who don’t like that will go on about it, but the people who do like them will just say: “I don’t know, I like them.”)

I’m a little surly right now, partially because I have an ache behind my left shoulder blade. I think it is due to the inactivity the last few days. I’m back to school tomorrow.

I haven’t mentioned the #27 in a while. It is a number that continues to appear in my life. Certainly (now) I notice it when it comes around — like today’s date. But then there is times when it just happens, like on the field trip last week, I stayed in Rm 427.

Up late listening to the Tigers …blow another game. It is 2003 all over. Jeremy Bonderman pitched to eight innings and shut the Angels out… Francisco Cruceta comes in and blunders through giving up two runs (charged to Bonderman) — walks, wild pitches, messier than four hour old diaper. And of course the offense, scores two runs and then spends the rest of the game walking back and forth from the dugout to the batter’s box and back.

What is tough for me is it is so frustrating and then I can’t sleep. Or the come back and it is exciting and I can’t sleep..

I’m still reading the threads… Same o same o…I think I need to move away from it all Tigers lose 3-2

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