"So I Can Die Easy"

I purchased a new pillow and a new desk fan Saturday. Easily the best sleep- and comfort-related purchases I've made in the past year or so. The new pillow is fantastic, and the new fan actually blows out air and is quiet: two characteristics not shared by my previous fan.

So it's rather frustrating that I slept like crap last night. I think it has something to do with the four-hour nap I took around 4.00 yesterday afternoon, but I can't be certain.

We're getting awful close to the end of the school year. In a way, it seems so far away: still fifteen calendar days until we're done. At the same time, I'm freaking out and thinking, Crap! I've only got fifteen more days to cram my students' heads as full of information as I can! Nooooo! It's quite the position to find one's self in, let me tell you.

This weekend is the school bookfair. The Literacy classes are having a major sale Friday and Saturday to help buy new books for the rather tiny school library. We've had all sorts of donations come in, so there's lots to choose from and plenty of good deals to be had. I'll probably be there at some point on Saturday helping out and possibly entertaining people with my guitar-playing skillz (which are like skills, only cooler because they have a "z").

In conclusion, Wes Anderson is a brilliant director. He can actually make Ben Stiller act like someone other than Ben Stiller. I wasn't aware that was actually possible. But Rushmore and The Royal Tenanbaums are both brilliant films with excellent soundtracks. S'true.

~chuck

Song of the Moment: The Faces, "Ooh La La"