Well, I finished class at 3:00pm, but have been trapped in the office by a flash flood. Surprise, surprise! (Have I ever mentioned how much it rains up in this biotch?)
For lunch today, I went over to the cafeteria on campus (where I have a faculty/staff meal plan). There were hordes of junior high school students (here for a summer basketball camp) trampling through the place. I could hear the roar before opening the door to the building. So, I got a to-go box and loaded it up at the salad bar, because I could feel blood vessels in my eyeballs starting to throb. It was like the 7th level of Hell. Seriously, as good a deal as the price of the faculty/staff meal plan is, I don't know if I'm going to renew mine. Half the time I can't even access the damn food because of weird seasonal operating hours or bus-loads of school children.
My class started off fun. For pre-reading activities and cultural cues, we watched some stuff on Youtube, including: The Partridge Family, The Donny and Marie Show, The Brady Bunch, and Madonna videos (the students DJ'ed... I let them choose which videos we should watch). They were totally getting into it, before the wireless internet in our building stopped working again (unrelated to the later flash flood). Welcome to the Magnolia State!
Tonight, everyone's going to see a local film about some kind of Cajun werewolf that I just can't get horned up about. I've tried. I watched the trailer, but it only reinforced my initial reaction ("Uh, no."). Firsta all, I've never liked monster movies, so I can't imagine a tongue-in-cheek parody of a monster movie really doing it for me. Seconda all, I just don't like townie stuff. I wish I did. I'm sure I'd meet lots of interesting new people if I did. I know, I know... but I just can't.
Even if there was something fun (i.e., boozy) going on tonight, I still couldn't go because I am so broke. After not getting a paycheck for the second half of May (the downside of 9-month contracts), my wallet is hurtin'! This weekend is not off to a very promising start!





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