Erstwhile Dancefloor Revolution

“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither,

deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renenwed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.” J.R.R. Tolkien   I can’t get out of the habit of reading YA fiction …

Nostalgia

Sad, all the work I put into the M.A.T. program. It is good to have this though. I did this before all the yuck started. You know what’s funny? I started doing nablopomo this year, and said offhandedly…”I just want to see how many times I want to quit.” Huh. …

Siouxsie and the Banshees: Fireworks This isn’t working the way it should. I’ll need to see what I’m missing…something somewhere isn’t turned on. Still haven’t decided on whether or not to do Fangsgiving. Talked to Mom, not sure what is going on there. I’m just sad. I have nothing important …

nothing profound

I was up all night keeping the kitty from licking his newly lost possibilities. Have you ever tried to keep a boycat from paying attention to his harbls? Not an easy thing. I don’t know what I can say. I am not sure I’m ready to host Fangsgiving this year. …

Protected: Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future ~Sivananda

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I just want it all to stop

I”m sick. From stress. I don’t even want to finish. I don’t even care about the grades. I’m not going back to this. I don’t think I want to be a teacher any longer–the kids were the only plus side of all of it and I don’t believe I want …

If the stress exceeds a critical value,the material will undergo plastic, or irreversible, deformation. This critical stress can be tensile or compressive.

With three weeks to go, I’m not going to make it. Not nablopomo, my graduate degree. (redacted) I study hours every night, write lesson plans, work on papers for more than 16 hours each weekend. What this tells me is that (redacted) Well then. I don’t know if I have …