posted 2005/08/05 at 15:01
You know, there's something about going back to your college campus for the first time in over two months that's just so ... what's the phrase I'm looking for ... oh yeah: totally fucking depressing.
In all seriousness, it was interesting to be back there, even if only to take care of some peripheral business. I did get a chance to tour the classroom I'll be teaching in this coming semester, and it spawned some mixed emotions in me. On the one hand it's going to be fun being able to help turn young minds onto the joy of critical thinking and critical teaching, especially now that I've got a whole lot of reading under my belt and I have a pretty good idea of what I'm in for in my new career here. On the other hand, well, this is an awesome responsibility, and if I screw it up then I could send a bunch of students into Composition II totally unprepared. I think I'll do okay, but all the same I think I need to have my two "mentors" in the English department look over my preliminary syllabus here to see if I'm on the right path.
While I was out just now I took care of some shopping I needed to do, including getting Penny's present for when I see her this weekend. I don't want to give away too much, but I'm sure this present will net me at least one big hug. :) While I was out I also picked up Mary Timony's Ex Hex, and I'm kicking myself for not picking up her solo stuff here sooner. Mary formerly fronted Helium in the 90's, and is unfortunately known to most people as "the chick that destroys that overhead projector in that one video they kept showing on Beavis and Butthead." Mary's a tremendous songwriter with an absolutely dreamy voice, though, and for those of you who tend to pooh-pooh the music I like as being "too soft," Mary definitely knows how to rock, and Ex Hex takes me back to listening to my Helium CDs non-stop back in the day when I needed a break from listening to lots of Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. Definitely check her stuff out if you get the chance.
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