The same crap, different mouth.

Ok, first things first. I went to the library yesterday and after some time of confusion (I'm embarrassed to say I hadn't been to the library in so long that I didn't know how to look up a book title. How sad.) I found the fiction books, though not the title I was after but I wandered till I found something interesting. I also went to the books on CD and found a couple of comics reading their books and thought, "oh good something to entertain me while I do other stuff around the house." So I pick up a couple. One of the comics I picked up was George Carlin. I remember finding George Carlin funny, if irreverent, on lots of topics. I've listened to one CD an honestly, while somewhat entertaining to listen to, I found many of his comments, not so much offensive, but obnoxious. The same obnoxious, crap, whining, rhetoric. I think anyone who knows me knows I can handle laughing at or discussing the flaws of, myself, my religion, my race, blah blah blah. I think I'm a pretty open minded. Mind you I know everyone says that. Who's gonna say "I think I'm a close minded bigot"? No one, however, I think I'm as normal/open minded as any other person. Back to George Carlin, while witty with his word play (I did like that), I think alot of his Bitching (cause make no mistake it is that) is the same crap I've been hearing from students/negative people all semester long and personally I'm really tired of it. I'm no polly anna, but crap, do something or shut your pie hole. I'm so sick of people crapping all over christians. You know what, no one said all christians were perfect, no one tried to claim that believeing in an all mighty being and his son that died for my sins was any easier to believe than UFO's but you know what, thats why its called faith. You don't want to believe, that is your choice. I want to believe, that is my choice, I won't bitch at you for your choice if you don't bitch at me for mine. Why is it ok to say "Don't shove your misguided belief down my throat" But when I say "Don't shove your atheistic belief down my throat" then there's something wrong with that. Look buddy if you have an issue with the Catholic church, that is your issue. You always want "religious" people to respect your choice to not believe, well respect my choice to believe, and quit insulting something thats important to me, do it on your time, not mine and away from me. If you want to hang out with me, shut up about it, if you can't shut up about it then get away from me cause I don't want to hear it.

Also, not all christians claim the more um shall we say "vociferous" of the group. While it is unfortunate that these are the people who get the airtime and set the image, perhaps you should practice that "open mindedness" you seem to profess and realize that not all christians are cookie cutter, we're all different people, and just so you know we don't all check our brains at the door when we enter church. Evidently you seem to check yours when you run into a christian.

Sorry for the rant, but you know this has been bugging me for a long time. It wasn't George Carlin's content that surprised me, I pretty much expected what I got (though not quite so attacking, more funny) but it was my reaction that surprised me I guess.

Anyway, gotta get back to cleaning the kitchen. *sigh*

Redfox is shutting down

I have handed in the grades (which by the way were done THURSDAY, but the damn online system was down due to volume, don't we forsee that happening oh round about this time in the semester? why don't we do something about it?) and evidently the little switch in my head that is in charge of getting things done, has flipped off. Now mind you that switch is pretty tricky during normal hours, sometimes it doesn't like to flip one way or the other. However today after the grades went it, I could almost hear the tricky bastard flip and the powergrid just caved. I am in no way, shape or form interested in doing any work. None. I suspect I can be persuaded to do work at home, like laundry, bathroom cleaning, vaccuming etc. Why would I want to do that instead of say clean up my office? I don't know, its vaguely mindless tasks, and I get a nice sense of accomplishment and I can watch stupid TV intermittently. Though I know were I at home, I probably wouldn't want to do those things either. It's very much a feeling of apathy. The brain has just checked out for a while.

I've just realized what I really want to do. I want to read. Like the reading for enjoyment kind of reading *gasp* what? Read for purely the FUN OF IT? I think I remember something like that existing many moons ago back in the days when tuition was being paid in stead of being paid to me. Yes I think I will try this radical thing called 'reading for fun'.

Some of my fondest memories of summer were not days at the beach (I grew up in Chicago, and no we did not swim in Lake Michigan), but days spent laying on my bed (always on my tummy with my head facing the footboard) and reading. Devouring books like they were the last things on earth. I would read for hours on end, until my mom made me STOP reading, and do something else, like set the table or something. I think my mom liked that I read, but then she kind of got annoyed with the non movement of it all. I remember the joy of going to the library, it was a never ending supply of new places. As cliche as it sounds, reading really did take me to a different place. Of course I liked reading alot of fantasy in those days and well it was a different place full of elves, gnomes, orcs and goblins. Rangers, Hero's, Kings, heroines, and wizards and witches. It was really incredible. I need to rediscover that, and now that the library is literally within a stones throw (the next building over) and I have a library card (my faculty ID), I think I'll head over, maybe thats what I've been missing.

I think I can hear the power grid warming back up, the lights are buzzing on, the switch has been flipped. Hmmm put away some papers and then I can head to the LIBRARY!! Yippee!

I love summer!!

-the fox

sleep deprived

I heartily apologize for the vaguely incoherent parts of the previous post. Sleep deprivation does things to me. Bad things. Ok, namely grammatical error things. I just spend a few too many seconds trying to spell grammatical. *sigh* need sleep.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

the fox.

Red pen, slashy slashy

Ijust had to post this. It's from one of my students exams, I asked a question regarding infection, immunity and vaccinations in particular. This is what I got:

Passive Immunity-antibodies stimulates from everywhere.
two types of vaccination: 1) booster 2) zooster

Mind you, this in no what whatsoever answers the question, except for part of the question asked them to "name the two types of vaccination we discussed in class".

Someone shoot me. *sigh*

why do I bother to go over this in class? why do I bother to make powerpoint notes? why do I bother to send them to the students and suggest they buy a book? They obviously are not using any of it.

Back to my grading.

Red pen slashy slashy.