Shared Thoughts of 4 Former English Students

6 months! i'm definitely the ass-kicker now as the only contributer in so so long... well, here's my news, silent world: my career as an underling librarian concludes in a week and two days, on Sept. 13. i've loved my job, but--well, i have to confess, i feel like i should be making more money. 10.50/hr. isn't much for a fella with a Master's degree. but who cares?
so the news: i'm teaching as an adjunct at JCCC. two sections of Comp. I. and in another few weeks, i'll start a long-term substitute position at SM Northwest. a teacher is having a baby, and i consider myself lucky to get her classes for a couple months this semester. she teaches 12AP and 9Honors English. should be fun (except for the grading). we're reading Crime & Punishment in 12AP and then on to A Clockwork Orange. the Odyssey is in there somewhere and lots of other stuff. 9Honors is reading To Kill a Mockingbird (my favorite) and A Separate Peace, which has an impressive first few pages so far, as well as other cool stuff.
wish me luck my fellow Former English Students!
miss you gals and guy

since anyone's posted!? and the last one was me? wow. anyway, don't know if this will affect you guys, but i just had to update to the "new" blogger to sign in. so if you've gotten this far every thing's cool i guess.

going to CA next week. L.A. and San Diego. purpose: Point Loma's writer's symposium, featuring Anne Lamott and Eugene Peterson. get to see a few friends too. excellent, just not enough vacation time. lousy full-time, non-teaching work gig....
bl

yeah, seasons do that to me too, and horny season comes 4 times a year . . . w/ marguritas in the summer, black russians in the winter, dark beer in the fall, wine in the spring. and i've learned how to feel romantic all by myself. surprisingly, it's delightful.

i may be the busiest boy i've ever been: i'm about to get on the substitute teaching list; i volunteered to be back-up courier at the JoCo LIB, and i'm trying to volunteer at the K.C. free health clinic. i have a habit of thinking i'm never getting anything done or doing much, but i think i've sold myself short in the past. my last semester at PSU i was teaching, being a full-time grad student, working 10 hrs/wk at the library, and i had a little romance going. granted, i wasn't exactly reading my assignments or participating in class, but i made it through!

bl

Okay. So i am taking a shot in the dark that any of us still come here to check and see if anyone has posted.

I'm in an odd mood today. Partially due to guilt from telling half truths about my ex to the new boy I like -- or having to come clean about the half truths rather. And partially cause I was listening to Fiona Apple today at lunch and she always makes me a little loopy.

But don't you find that changing seasons do this to us? They make us out of sorts for a bit, as if our mind and bodies have to resync with the earth. It makes sense I suppose. We sleep according to the circadian rhythms, women's bodies phase in and out with the moon. So why not be in sync with the seasons.

Anywhoben. Love you all. Post!

CD

Damn that's a fine lookin' group. I can't believe I missed out on a reunion. I am SO bummed. Seriously. I miss you all so much. You guys shoulda CALLED ME when you were all together. Conference call. :)

Everything is good with me. I am getting into the swing of the singles life again. I find that I am much more comfortable being "by myself" than any time before in my life. (I did however find a makeout buddy recently. Will give salacious details to anyone that calls me ;)

Sarah: I am so jealous of your new job. It sounds like the perfect place to write and reflect. Maybe you can write your own Walden.

Tom: OMG. I thought you were dead. So happy to hear your lovely sarcastic banter. Sorry to hear about your injury. And thanks for the licking offer. Anytime.

Longfellow: I bought some bali-shag the other day and sat on my patio smoking my own rolled cigs (had to use a roller). And I admit. I thought about you the whole time.

In just everyday stuff: I had a good weekend. Ended up playing drunken volleyball and singing karaoke until the wee hours at a nearby bar.

Love you all,
CD

Hey friends! I thought I would include a little pictoral example of what I have been up to lately. This was taken on one of our hikes during the first week here. We are still doing training, waiting for the kids to arrive in a little over a week. I am excited to get things going and hope next week I will get even more comfortable with what I will be teaching.

Thanks for the last post TB! It was really great to hang out with you and I have some amazing rooftop photos to share. I will post on on here actually - we missed you Miss Davis!

Life here is good - I am really happy with the decision to come out here. Part of me was a little unsure, mainly just because the feeling of starting over again can be a little lonely, but this is good and I think being here is going to be good for my soul.

I am also hoping to write more out here - I haven't really been writing much of anything this past year, but life is a little slower and the surroundings are inspiring. So we'll see what develops.

Write me letters if you would like to and I will write back. Or send me your post addresses and I will start the correspondence.

Wow, it is hard to believe that almost two years have passed since we started the PSU thing. Remember discussing the idea of a shared journal? I think we were on Longfellow's porch. And here we are, with our online version and still kickin it.

Keep the words coming. I will check it as often as I can.

love and peace

sc :)

What's up everybody? I know that I'm the worst of everyone at this thing, but I'm going to make a better effort. I acctuallly have time today because I have the next few days off work. I fell off a roof on friday and got a week off work--paid. However, it is not something that I want to keep doing. I go back to the doctor's tomorrow for an MRI on my knee.

Letto, I really enjoyed your visit. Sorry we didn't get the chance for a teary-eyed formal good bye, next time though. How is california going?

Longfellow, you need to pick up a phone. I know that goes both ways, so I'll try to give you a call later.

Miss Davis, I would love to lick anything off your body. As soon as my P.O. lets me leave the state of Kansas, I'll be down. How are you doing with everything? I know that breaking up with someone you dated for that long must be pretty hard.

Well, the fact that I acctually got on here and posted something better get the rest of you back into it. I'm the slacker of this group--don't take that away from me.

Love you all.