'The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men...'

Pizza Squares
Well, we're a week into school (and a month into this blog), and as I predicted, I'm blogging during my plan. But, in my defense, I'm way more planned right now than I ever was. I think. Maybe it's just that classes are 20 minutes shorter this year. Or maybe it's that I'm not in a disgusting cave of a room and actually don't mind sticking around till 4:00 or 5:00 most nights to get work done. Or maybe it's that my new room is actually with most of the rest of the department so I feel a part of things, even if those things are sometimes a mess. And, of course, it's my second year here, so that's a big deal — while this is not exactly my second year teaching, it is my second year of a full-time public school appointment. However I describe it, things feel a whole lot less stressful this year than last year. Which is nice.

'I don't really like reading Sci-Fi'
Poor Creighton. His first hour Sci-Fi class is pretty cool, but several of his students couldn't even make it though the forward of Brave New World this morning. Many of them were girls, evidently, who informed him that Science Fiction really isn't their favorite genre to read. Keep in mind that this is a senior elective. And they've been in the class for a week. And "Sci-Fi" is the name of the course. Huh??

Taxi Driver
I just picked up the new Death Cab album, Plans, yesterday. I'll have to listen to it some more to really give a good recommendation, but I've heard enough to say that if you like Death Cab (or some of Ben Gibbard's other side projects) you'll probably enjoy it. Also, Kanye is "blowin' up" some more, as the kids say. Morning Edition. The cover of Time. And of course Late Registration came out yesterday. I haven't heard it yet, but the Headmaster says, "it's out of control hype." We shall see.