Nothingness

My electric heater arrived today. Talk about fast shipping. It was free too. Came fully assembled so all I had to do was fire it up. It's warmed up my living room nicely & it's completely silent. The air doesn't dry up either since it uses oil. Will wait to give it two thumbs up after the electric bill comes in.

Got called on in two of my classes today. After you're done with the first year, teaching socratically should be outlawed. I'm sure I've ranted about this before so I won't rehash it. In one of my classes, the prof requires the back 4 rows to be empty. And there're 80 students in this class! Doesn't make any kind of sense being packed like sardines. The prof says the energy of the class is much better when we're seated so close. What?! I can just see the pillow talk at night, "Honey, guess what I had my subjects do today..."

I found a $3 car wash today. The kind where you drive your car through. There's an attendant who inserts the money for you into the machine & then another one who guides your car into the slot that rolls your tires forward. And then they have free vacuuming. Love it. But it's too cold to be vacuuming so . . .

My last day on the job was last Friday. Won't be looking for alternative gainful employment this semester. I have too many papers to write & classes to study for (read: need time to sleep). If I get too broke I'll look for some menial job at the school that doesn't require me to do any type of thinking.

Gas bill . . .

this month was a whopping $220! Yikes. The utility company reads the meter every other month. So last month, my bill was $40. But after they came out & read the meter a few days ago, this was the rude surprise I got. Either my apartment was unoccupied all of last year or the tenant did not turn on the heat - the usage for the entire last year was ridiculously low which is why I get a low bill every other month (estimated reading). So I have ordered a space heater off of Amazon. This better not result in a big jump on my electric bill.

How lazy have I become? So lazy that the only thing I go to the stores to buy is groceries. Everything else I order online. The convenience of shopping with the click of a mouse has become addictive. I blame it on the cold weather. Speaking of which, the high today is 7F. Just lovely.

One year from today, a Democrat will be inaugurated into office! Who that will be is still up in the air. The more I listen to Hillary though, the more I dislike her. This began when she talked about the president needed to be someone who could handle a terrorist attack from jump just like the British PM had to when there was some terrorist activity in his country soon after he took office. Sounds like W.'s politics of terror to me. Scaring Americans into voting for her smacks of shadiness. But whatever. So long as it's not Mitt Romney taking that oath one year from today, may the best guy or gal win.

Story of the Day

Its always upsetting when I see news stories where parents kill their kids for some random reason. So today, there was a story in the Houston Chronicle about a mother who dropped her 2 kids at the fire station and drove off. They had pissed her off & she'd had enough. While they were too old to be covered by Baby Moses' law, the mom won't be charged with any crime. And yes, she did finally go back to get them after she'd cooled off but CPS was eagerly awaiting. The kids though reportedly had a grand time at the fire station.

Now I just wish other parents would do the same instead of having to do this and this and this. Each of these parents should have a one-way ticket to life in prison. Forget due process . . . just throw them in the slammer & call it a day.

It's 5 am & I'm still up writing my Note draft that's due this Monday. When I picked my topic, I thought it was amazing. But now, not so much. There is just no research out there & there's no way to change your topic once the editors assign it to you (we had to write 3 topics & they chose 1 out of those three). So I need to figure something out very fast because the Mon 5pm deadline is looming very large. What's at stake you ask? 2 credits - which are only given to you if you meet the good faith effort, as is yet once again determined by the editors . . . but I digress.

I'm baaack...

back to school that is. I have 5 classes this semester:

International Human Rights
Evidence
Criminal Procedure
Professional Responsibility
Civil Procedure II

I also gave a 2 week notice to my job (by email no less). I'm quitting! Don't have the energy to juggle school, work, & journal this semester so something had to give. But my leaving was really precipitated by the hiring of a new boss lady who is starting to crack the whip. It was very laid back last semester but it's starting to feel like a real job now. So, hasta la vista.

The Human Rights prof is turning out to be the most boring person I've ever had the misery of listenening to, but the subject matter is interesting & he doesn't call on folks so I'll hang in there. The rest of the profs are fabulous!

Buckeyes lost again! I mean, how many chances can a team be given?