I'm here to pump you up!

Went back to the gym today. Went well and I feel like I have this new found power. Hopefully it leads somewhere. 

I'm totally hooked on the song, "Take Me Back to Paradise," by .38 Special. It's really rad! 

It's not about pure sunshine.

It's all about pure sunshine. 

Just finished reading Pure Sunshine by Brian James. Was not bad at all. Pretty good for a quick read. My friend, Simone gave me this thought; it plays out like Catcher in the Rye except light. You know what I mean, like diet Catcher in the Rye. It left me with a lot of questions but satisfied. Just about any book published by Push is good reading. Can't complain. 

Back to work tomorrow...normal, five day work week with a culmination of a 48 hour Florida trip. Should be a grand time. I will try to take many photos. I will put in serious effort. This trip is about four years in the making. Carpe diem baby! Carpe diem! 

Next up to be read: Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman. WOOT! HUZZAH! YAWP!

PS: My students and I are entering week 3 of Lord of the Flies. A quest will be had this week. I also need to finish my bulletin board. Here's hoping to a strong, effective, tolerable week! Cheers! 

PPS: I enjoyed the sun being out today very much. 

Day off

This day off is sweet. I haven't done anything exceptional but that is okay. 

I'm supposed to start hitting up the gym today but it's wicked brick outside. Tomorrow definitely. No exceptions. 

I'm reading "Pure Sunshine," by Brian James at the moment. 

I will finally get to discuss "How I Paid for College..." with someone today. I read it like 3 years ago and my friend just finished reading it. I'm excited. Great book. Very funny. 

The Living End rocks! Need to see them live. 

What it is to yearn?

I'm yearning a lot these days. I need some changes but yet I'm still too chickenshit to take a chance with some of these changes. 

Three days of work to go before a three day weekend. 

Florida for a weekend in two weeks. 

I'm still yearning. 

A typical day in my current life does not allow enough time to listen to music. 

Damn!

I'm old. 

Is it June yet?

Sunday morning workshops are over. 

The only thing job related spilling into over into the weekends now is Saturday school but I alternate with two other people so I do Saturday school about once a month. I have about 2 or 3 Saturdays to go. 

I'm loving the fact that the sun is out longer now. Totally rad. 

Life Lesson #4563

Never do more than two shots of Jameson while at a happy hour in the presence of some of your former high school teachers. Never, because then you'll end up puking in the car of one of your former teachers. And that is just embarrassing. 

I know this not because I experienced it firsthand but I know somehow who has. 

Music...

...is my addiction. No doubt about it. 

Just downloaded Dark Tranquility's "Haven." 

It's good so far but it makes me feel weird that I downloaded just mere days after downloading All That Remains' first record, which I've listened to but not as much as I would have when I was still devoted to CDs. 

It's tough being a devotee of music. 

FATA and Literature updates

I feel the urge to see From Autumn to Ashes live again. I need to go to a show in general. It's been so long. Too long. It's not my fault the last string of shows have sucked though. Or is it? 

Arch Enemy and Dark Tranquility are coming in April/May. I will want to check it out. 

Every Time I Die is coming around later this month. I will want to check it out as well. 

Now on to something similar yet not. Got some new books to read. The question now is when will I have time to read? WHEN?! 

Maybe Summer, haha. I love my job but it does not leave room for much if any pleasure/self-acquiring knowledge reading. I need to get a job in Brooklyn or Manhattan so I have to take the train to get to work. This way I'll read on my way to work, always. 

Always. 

So many pages to read with no time at all. Romantic tragedy. 

Educational workshops and beer

To recap the latter half of the week, I showed Lost in the classroom as a visual bridge to Golding's Lord of the Flies. I'm excited and I managed to get 45 of my students hooked on Lost. I renewed my interest in the show. Everyone wins!

Went to an educational "code switching" workshop/conference yesterday afternoon...yawn. Afterwards I hit up TGIFridays and then a bar called Ulysses off the financial district. The bar was totally awesome. It had the whole Irish Pub theme going with a framed photo portrait of our most drunk president, Ulysses Grant. WOOOO! 

Left the bar 'round midnight but I missed my LIRR train home so I had to hang around Penn Station for about the time that it would take me to watch Monster Squad. 

Simone's birthday dinner/bash thing is tonight. Need to finish her mixtape and then it's onward to a few more pints of Guinness. 

Workshop tomorrow morning, ugh. It's the penultimate one though.