may 1, 2002.

Not really that much to say. I'm still working hard - extra hard since I found out that they'd paid me for 100 hours when I can only work 80 before my laptop is repossessed by the university. They don't seem to mind, but it's creating guilt and the desire to stay on everyone's good side. Hence: working extra hard. And since the worst day of creating web pages is 20x easier than teaching Grade 7, I don't have that much to complain about.

The neat thing is that I'm working in the basement of one of the Education buildings, so every day I can chat with those professors that have decided to keep office hours in this strange period of uncertainty. I actually have to restrain myself from bugging my Education professor, as given that chance, I will talk to her all the time. I'm trying to avoid my boring work by chatting with the one person in the building who understands where my head is at after these last five weeks. She's never going to turn me away (this is a woman with extensive experience with Special Education and she has a well-developed ability to make small talk with the most unlikely characters). So it's up to me to practice self-restraint.

This oughta be interesting.

I dropped off a substitute teacher application form today. I'm really doubtful about substitute teaching in general, but it offers mad cash compared to what we're used to, and besides, I need to do something with this expensive degree. So it's off into the world of the abused substitute. Yay.

There's something wrong with my ear. Collin - the guy who pierced it - says that it's building up scar tissue, and that some hydrogen peroxide should fix it right up. I'm trying that tonight; if it goes well you won't hear about it again and if it doesn't work you get to hear me regret piercing it in the first place.

I'm hoping that it'll clear up before my parents get here. I don't relish explaining it to them.

This month's design was intended for July, as I had another design for this month. But then I decided to wait until I was actually a sub before unleashing my substitute-riffic design on all you unsuspecting patrons.

The fonts and such come from the usual places. Please let me know if you like it. Hell: expecially let me know if you don't like it. I can only change for the better with feedback.

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