10 Songs That If I Found Out I Would Never Hear Again, I Would Be Cool With It:

(Please note this doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad song, it's just that I never have a desire to hear it again)


"Rocket Man" - Elton John


"Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N' Roses


Whatever that Titanic song by Celine Dion was called


"Sweet Home Alabama"


"We Will Rock You" - Queen


The Bodyguard song by Whitney Houston


"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana


Most Micheal Jackson Songs (especially "I'm Bad" however, major exceptions for "Billie Jean" and "Man in the Mirror" though)



Any Korn song - God Awful Rock Music. Should be forbidden.



"Wind Beneath my Wings" - Bette Milder - Maybe the song on this list I hate the most.

They actually played this at my wedding reception. . They actually freakin played this. I told them I wanted "classics" (Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, etc.) and this is what they played. I was so pissed. If I wasn't completely tied up during the song I would have told him to stop it during the song. I did go up to the DJ afterwards and explain what "classics" meant. Side note: My PC was crashing or something crazy, so I was only able to burn a CD of music that was about an hour long. So, there was some cool music played.

Fragments Here, There and Everywhere

Talking about Buddhism in class today, I was discussing "healthy" attachments and "unhealthy" attachments, which led me to a discussion on stalkers. I fell into my odd habit of taking the voice of point of view I am talking about, (in this case "I know she loves me, if only she can understand how much I love her", etc.)  this led my students to laugh and made me remark that I might be performing my bit "a little too convincingly". I did note I thought every guy in the class had at least driven by someone's house after a breakup at least once. I said anyone who hasn't just "isn't romantic" - which someone said that that might be considered creepy, of which I replied the line between creepy and romantic is a very thin one.

Days like today remind me why I love teaching. I felt "on" like I haven't in a long time.

Thinking about why God created humans and thinking about why I had children...are there similarities?

Quickly read through two books the past week - The Crescent Through the Eyes of the Cross and the graphic novel, Persepolis. The first not too shabby - and in the context of evangelist Christian books - it's amazing. The author is a Arab Christian and he treats Islam with respect and dignity (that it deserves)  while also having a distinct Christian point of view. Wasn't sure if I was going to learn something about Islam but I did.


Persepolis was great - couldn't put it down - I will have to check out part two soon. I was interested in assigning this in my Intro to Humanities class or a Eastern Cultures class but I don't think it has enough on Iran or on Islam in the book...but highly recommended for graphic novel folks.

Hunger Banquet tomorrow...need my beauty rest. G'night to all.

Thought of the Day

Why is it that as men age their interest in the weather increases with each passing year?

Fragment Time

I feel like I need an art project soon. I have ideas, but they all suck.

I go through these reading stages where I can do prolonged reading of the most dense or boring material (or what others would call dense and boring) and then suddenly I have no desire to read anything above an 8th grade level (this is where comic books come in handy). I am going through the "comic book" period right now.

So I am in the middle of a Star Trek: Next Generation re-watch (or "watch" as I haven't seen most episodes) and I finally hit a rough patch - the start of season five. I have slowed down my rate and I fell asleep in the middle of an episode --three episodes in a row! Granted, I was on the bed and sleepy but still this hadn't happened but maybe once before. I usually fell asleep around the 15-25 minute mark and then would wake up with five minutes to go when the music got dramatic or something blew up. I am still counting the episodes. I was talking about it with someone later - and they nailed it - the color scheme and lighting (not too bright, hushed and pleasant colors) almost induces relaxation and sleepiness (with a little help from Picard's voice and the whooshing of the doors).

The damned Klingon shows always bore me. The are so predictable and are basically the same three characters every time. There's the back-stabbing Klingon (required one per Klingon episode), the older, more reliable Klingon (sometimes the character is the hidden "spy"), and then a bunch of no name tough guys. That's it. Damn, even Wharf bores me, it's always "Sir, I believe we should fire immediately". I understand he's head of security but still, predictable, annoyingly grim and predictable. Sidenote: spell check on Blogger has Klingon in the dictionary. Wow.

I like the fall. It makes the summer in South Texas almost worth it. Almost.


I also feel like I haven't written anything of substance in awhile. I have half finished blogs I should get to. It kinda bothers me. Almost.



The funny thing about teaching three classes in one day - I get a little loony the last time around. I am tired and at times-- I dread walking to that last class (at 3:30) to give the same discussion I have already had twice in the day. Then I get in there, open the door and the adrenaline kicks in and I am all ready to roll. Teaching is such a performance art. So, how about another list!

Things I like about Teaching College

You always get the last word.

You sometimes see light bulbs go off.

You get to be around inspiring young people.

Academic freedom

Making the class laugh

Asking hard, deep questions

Telling stories

Watching young people excited to live life on their own terms.

Trying to change people's minds

Drawing connections from an older class topic/reading/film