Yes, I'm now incredibly efficient. I'm also bored and lonely. This isn't meant as to be whiny. I'm just saying that I finally realize what a great babysitter TV is, even for grown ups. It's time to find other things to do! And I thought teaching, tutoring, grading, and choir practice would keep me from going nuts. No, I was wrong. At this point, I'm ready to pull my hair out, and it's been less than a 7 day week. It's okay, you can say it: pathetic.
On the other hand, when I sat, grading in the Barnes and Noble yesterday, I witnesses one of the funniest moments I've seen in a while. Two people were sitting at a table near me having a conversation that had obviously started out as a flirtation. They looked like they should get along: both trapped hopelessly in 1970s appropriate attire, both sweating and stuttering over every word, both hopelessly incapable of liking each other in spite of the similarities that should have brought them together. The woman was wearing an emerald green, full length corduroy skirt, and a long-sleeved shirt with a bold flower pattern. She had on thick glasses that curves toward her cheek bones (giving the effect of very heavy, clear aviator sunglasses). The guy was wearing a button-down shirt and black slacks, but the shirt fit too tightly in all the wrong places, so he looked like he was wearing someone else's clothes. They were talking about education, and every time the woman brought up a point, the man had a contradictory statement waiting. Then, he brought up the fact that he was home-schooled and what a bunch of dumps public schools are, and she countered that she went to public school and found it enlightening. The whole thing turned in an intellectual pissing contest at this point, and everyone in the area started putting on head phones. This is what I would have missed if it weren't for Luddite Lent.
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