Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Competent Official College Professor UPDATE

I wore my turquoise pretty-girl flowy skirt today. LOVE my turquoise pretty-girl flowy skirt. I was walking down the hall from the lady room (so named because there is one--ONE--stall in there for an ENTIRE FLOOR of women) and I heard somebody in the hallway call my name. I turned around, and he pointed behind him. Confused, I twirled. He sighed, then mimed tugging at the back of his waistband. I began mentally preparing the sexual harassment lawsuit. What th--

The Problem: Back of the turquoise pretty-girl flowy skirt was tucked up into my pantyhose AND UNDERWEAR.

Person doing the pointing: Co-chair of the department, whose specific duties include decide who will teach what on a semester-to-semester basis.

I do not love my turquoise pretty-girl flowy skirt ANYMORE.

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Monday, December 12, 2005

Rest

My final word on bad Christmas music is pretty much here (and, in one last burst of anger, here), but that was written before I became a teacher, and now I must alert you to my frustration with Mel Torme and Nat King Cole. Now I hear "Yultide carols being sung by a choir" and I'm reaching for my red pen, becuase "being sung" is passive voice, and its perpetrators must be destroyed if the world is to continue its proper rotation.

I'm also stunned that I originially didn't include a very large scream-at for the Beach Boys with the earbleed-triggering "Little St. Nick," in which we are solemnly informed that "Christmas comes this time each ear." Thank you, Mike Love. I wasn't aware.

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Sunday, December 11, 2005

And how was YOUR weekend?


Just another day as High Princess FlowerWreath here on Endor.

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